General
Membership Meetings
Our
General Membership Meetings are conducted on
the last Tuesday
of each month with exception of December.
Fort
Worth History Center
501 East Bolt Street
Fort Worth, Texas
Contact
for more information.
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Upcoming
is our September Meeting
Speaker:
Pattie
Gillespie
Topic:
Finding Our Scottish Immigrant's Home
With American Documents
Tuesday
- September 26, 2023
5:00
- 7:00 pm
2023
Schedule
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January
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Speaker:
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Suzanne
Fritz, Fort Worth History
Center Librarian
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Topic:
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Allocate
Ownership & Set-Up a
Genealogical Will
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| Haven’t
we all wondered how to save
our work after we are gone.
Will it be thrown out, can we
donate it? Suzanne will help
us. |
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Meeting
Cancelled due to a Winter
Storm!
The
presentation was
rescheduled. |
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February
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Speaker:
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Suzanne
Fritz, Fort Worth History
Center Librarian |
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Topic:
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Allocate
Ownership & Set-Up a
Genealogical Will |
Are
you an avid genealogy
researcher but unsure about
how to share your family
history with the next
generation? Learn how to
allocate ownership and set up
a genealogical “Will” with
Librarian Suzanne Fritz.
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This
is the meeting that was
planned for January.
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March
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Speaker:
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Janet
S. Minke |
Topic:
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Genealogy
in the Field, Pt 1 |
Have
you visited your family
cemeteries, courthouses and
places where your ancestors
lived? Janet will use her own
experience and case studies to
illustrate reasons for going
“out in the field” to broaden
your genealogical knowledge.
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April
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Speaker:
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Janice
Blakely
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Topic:
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Adoption
Research
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| Do
you have adopted relative
wanting to trace their
biological parentage?
Are you uncertain how to trace
their lines for them?
There are Search Angels out
there who help with
this. Often, the answer
is DNA. Please come hear
Janice tell you her own advise
gleaned through her own
experiences with adoption
research and family ties.
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May
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Speaker:
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Sheryl
Rascher
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Topic:
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What
You Should Know About County
Histories
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| What
You Should Know About County
Histories and Why You Should
Read Them is a discussion
about including these
histories in your research,
who might be mentioned, when
they were written, who wrote
them, where to find them, what
you can expect to find, and
how to handle Frustrations and
Joys encountered when writing
one. |
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 June
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| Speaker:
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Celia
Brannon |
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Topic:
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The
Regulator-Moderator War in
East Texas
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Did
you have ancestors in East
Texas during the Republic era?
Could one of your ancestors
have been a REGULATOR or a
MODERATOR? Come hear more
about this conflict that had
to have President Sam Houston
intervene to restore safety.
Was it over land, family, or
politics? Celia will tell us
more!
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July
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| Speaker:
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Janet
S. Minke |
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Topic:
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Genealogy
in the Field, Pt 2
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In
Pt 1 Janet shared that 1)
Genealogy “in the field” is
always an adventure – you
never know what you will find
– or who you will meet. 2)
Even though you do much of
your research today on the
internet - lots of family
history is still only
available in person. 3) Life
is uncertain – historical
libraries close, people die,
memories fade, gravestones
topple. And 4) Cemeteries may
provide clues or resolve
questions. In Pt 2 she
recounts some of her own
adventures “in the field” over
the last 40 years – with
discoveries in Iowa, Ohio and
New England.
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 August
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Speaker:
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Gaby
Kienitz
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Topic:
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Deciphering
and Writing Historic
Handwriting |
| Does
reading cursive on old
historic documents make you
curse? Learn some techniques
and tools for deciphering
historic handwriting, and get
a chance to test your own
skills at writing cursive with
a dip ink pen.
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 Tuesday
September
26th
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Speaker:
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Pattie
Gillespie
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Topic:
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Finding
Our Scottish Immigrant's
Home With American Documents
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PATTI
GILLESPIE, B.A., M.S. brings
a special energy to her
genealogical presentations.
She is currently presenting
to groups around the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex,
but has presented to TxSGS
and RootsTech, just to name
two. With 25 years of
research experience Patti
established her own research
business, Family Lines &
Stories, in 2010 with a
website/blog
www.familylinesandstories.com.
Patti is a former chairman
of the national 2015 Video
Professional Management
Conference (VPMC) sponsored
by the Association of
Professional Genealogists
(APG), former pioneering
regional director for Family
Search in a 10 county
indexing program in North
Texas, and former instructor
of a six-week genealogy
course for 2 years. Recently
she was thrilled to both
attend the Gen-Fed
Conference held at the
National Archives in
Washington DC and be
selected as a Citizen
Archivist for the National
Archives Fort Worth.
Patti is a founder and
president of Wise County
Genealogical Association,
serves on multiple boards in
Wise County and as a Family
History Consultant for the
local Family History Center.
Patti has set a goal to earn
her professional
certification soon.
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 Tuesday
October
31st
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Speaker:
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Suzanne
Fritz, Fort Worth History
Center Librarian
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Topic:
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Finding
Native American
Indian Ancestors
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Learn how
to get started researching
your family tree and find
Native American ancestors. The
recent release of the 1950
U.S. Federal Census is a good
starting point for gaining
insight into your family
history. Suzanne will share
some newly published record
resources.
SUZANNE FRITZ is a Librarian
with the Genealogy, Local
History & Archives Unit of
the Fort Worth Public Library,
now the Fort Worth History
Center. She relocated to Fort
Worth from Naples, Florida
where she worked as a Public
Service Librarian and
Genealogy Specialist. Suzanne
received her B.A. from Mount
Holyoke College and her M.S.,
L.I.S., from Simmons College,
Boston. Suzanne is interested
in a variety of topics
including: Italian-American
immigration, German-American
genealogy, and Native-American
records. She’s realized that
one of the benefits of moving
to Texas is working on family
history projects that draw
from the rich record resources
pertaining to Texas.
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 Tuesday
November
28th
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Speaker:
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You
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Topic:
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Show
& Tell
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| Do you
have an item or two you
inherited from an ancestor? Or
is there something amazing you
found that belonged in your
family and you got it back.
Bring it or a picture, along
with a short story about it
and your ancestor. We’ll share
with the group. We will
display them during the
program. |
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December
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Meetings
are not typically scheduled in
December
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