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Saturday, August 15
A Summer of DNA Virtual Conference (Seminars & Workshops)
9:00 am Location: your computer or phone!
Learn more at the website and register today. |
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Wednesday, September 2
FGS Virtual: Blazing Trails in the Heart of America (Seminars & Workshops)
Location: your computer or phone!
You won’t want to miss the final FGS Conference virtual-style! They have a variety of learning sessions to meet every genealogist’s needs. With so many topics—including DNA, Ethnicity & Nationality, Methodology & Skill-building and so much more!
Join in on September 2 for Live! sessions that include CeCe Moore, Thomas W. Jones, Ari Wilkins, Judy G. Russell, and Lisa Louise Cooke. They’ll also have special presentations and hear the latest from Ancestry and FamilySearch. Participate in a live chat with genealogists from around the world!
You will also be able to visit our Virtual Exhibit Hall starting September 15. |
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Saturday, September 12
ETGS Monthly Meeting and Presentation (Meetings)
2:00 pm Location: your computer or phone!
After a short meeting, our program will be a pre-recorded informative presentation by Sharon Batiste Gillins - "Research Treasures in the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration)".
ETGS Members will be emailed the ZOOM address for the online meeting from info@etgs.org.
Whether researching an ancestor or looking for historical context in the 30s to 40s, there’s something of interest in the W.P.A. records. This lecture introduces the structure and major projects of the W.P.A. including how to use finding aids to locate information to support research goals.
A life-long interest in her family’s history led Sharon to an active involvement in genealogical research for more than 25 years. Ms. Gillins’ career spans 40 years in education, retiring as Associate Professor at Riverside Community College, Riverside, California. She frequently calls upon her career background as a college educator to present lectures locally as well as at regional and national genealogy conferences. Sharon’s research and teaching emphasize strategies and underutilized record sources that can be used to discover details of Southern life and ancestry during the 19th Century including that of planter slave owners, enslaved people, and free people of color. At present, Ms. Gillins is a Research Associate at the Mary Moody Northern Endowment in Galveston, Texas, where she is responsible for the Moody Archive consisting of family and business manuscripts and photographs that date to the early 1800s.
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Saturday, September 19
Dallas Gen. Soc. Fall Seminar: Paths to Freedom (Seminars & Workshops)
Location: your computer or phone!
Dallas Genealogical Society invites you to their Fall Virtual Seminar.
Tonny Burroughs, FUGA will present Paths to Freedom: Essential Steps for African American Genealogy.
Tony Burroughs is founder and CEO of the Center for Black Genealogy. He is an internationally known genealogist who taught genealogy at Chicago State University for fifteen years. Burroughs has researched Olympic Gold Medal sprint champion Michael Johnson’s family history, and consulted on the Smokey Robinson genealogy, the Oprah Winfrey genealogy, Reverend Al Sharpton-Strom Thurmond genealogy, African American Lives2, Who Do You Think You Are, and The Real Family of Jesus. He has also consulted with Chicago Public Schools, New York Public Schools, Chicago City Colleges, and Ancestry.com. |
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Saturday, September 19
Hopkins County Gen. Soc. Fall Workshop (Seminars & Workshops)
8:30 am to 3:30 pm Hopkins County Library, Sulpher Springs, TX
John Sellers has lined up four amazing topics that you will not want to miss hearing. For more information click here. |
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Wednesday, September 23 through Friday, September 25
We Are Cousins Virtual Conference (Seminars & Workshops)
Location: your computer or phone!
Register early for $99.95 to enjoy three days of learning from the comfort of your own home. Can't make it those days? We got you covered. All presentations will be recorded and available at the conference website, September 26 through November 30, 2020. https://wacconference.com/
We Are Cousins is A South Texas and Northeastern Mexico online genealogy Community. www.wearecousins.info
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Saturday, October 10
ETGS Monthly Meeting and Presentation (Meetings)
2:00 pm Location: your computer or phone!
After a short meeting, our program will be a pre-recorded informative presentation by Janine Cloud - "Birds of a Feather – Y-DNA Research and Group Projects".
ETGS Members will be emailed the ZOOM address for the online meeting from info@etgs.org.
Y chromosomal DNA passes only from father to son, but while the path of inheritance is simple, choosing which Y test to take can be confusing, and using the results once you have them can be even more confusing. Group projects can help alleviate some of that confusion as well as help focus research through comparison with other testers beyond simple one-to-one matching.
Janine Cloud started on the phones at FamilyTreeDNA in 2011 and created the Group Projects team, which she now manages, in 2014. She is also the event coordinator for FTDNA and has given DNA talks at the local, regional, and national level since 2015. A fifth-generation Texan, Janine is a registered member of the Cherokee Nation.
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Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 15
TxSGS Family History Conference (Seminars & Workshops)
Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, TX
Save the date for our 60th Anniversary Celebration!
All the details will be posted on the Texas State Genealogical Society's website. ! |
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Saturday, November 14
ETGS Monthly Meeting and Presentation (Meetings)
2:00 pm
Details of the virtual meeting will be posted soon.
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Saturday, December 12
ETGS Monthly Meeting and Presentation (Meetings)
11:30 am
Details of the virtual meeting will be posted soon.
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Saturday, April 3, 2021
Family History Fair / Discovering Your Roots and Branches (Seminars & Workshops)
Location: to be announced
ETGS and the Tyler Stake of the LDS organize an annual day of workshops designed for the beginning and experienced family historians. Various speakers cover many topics of genealogical interest.
Note: This is a tentative date, depending on many factors as our country becomes active again after the pandemic isolation.
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