PLEASE PAST THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR OTHER GENEALOGY CONTACTS! Angelina County Genealogical Society Free Help Desk at 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference Three $25.00 Cash Prizes for Local Entries in Texas State Genealogical Society Youth Writing Contest CONTACT INFORMATION: Vivian T. Cates, 2007 President Angelina County Genealogical Society Are you looking for worthwhile ways to spend quality time with your children, grandchildren or other family members close to home in air-conditioned comfort without spending loads of money on gasoline and amusement park tickets? Then the Angelina County Genealogical Society has an answer for you at the free genealogy research HELP DESK being staffed by volunteers from the society during the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference on the main college campus in Lufkin. The main conference dates are this Thursday-Saturday, July 19-21. Copies of books published by the local society about the history and people of Angelina County will be for sale from the society’s book table at the conference. The GENEALOGY HELP DESK will be open on Friday and Saturday July 20th and 21st during the conference in Computer Lab 101 on the first floor of the Community Services Building off the south parking lot. Conference registration is NOT required to use the HELP DESK. Visitors will be urged to visit the other conference vendors is Hudgins Hall, the old fine arts building. Visitors to the HELP DESK will be able to sign up for supervised, limited online-guided practice research time in the Community Services computer lab. Volunteers will be available to help both the just beginning and the advanced researcher to trace their family history sources said. At the HELP DESK and book table the local society will be promoting the annual Texas State Genealogical Society Youth Writing Contest by offering three cash prizes of $25.00 each for local entries in the state contest. One prize will be for a 4-H Club Member. The other two prizes will be for one Boy Scout member and one for Girl Scout member. Each entry for the local prize must have a letter of recommendation from their group leader stating that they have completed the group’s requirements for a genealogy project and/or badge in their organization. The entry must also meet the TSGS Youth Writing Contest requirements for their age group. The deadline for entries in the state contest is September 15, 2007. State level prizes will be awarded at the TSGS annual conference being held in Tyler, Texas, Friday and Saturday, November 9-10, 2007. Complete information on the writing contest can be obtained from the society’s HELP DESK at the conference or from the Texas State Genealogical Society web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs. Click on “Writing Awards” on the left hand side of the web page and scroll down to information on Category VIII, Student Awards. Scouting or 4-H Club membership is only being required for the local society’s three prizes and is not required to enter the state contest a local society officer said. A student could make significant progress during the conference toward completing the basic requirements for a project suitable for entry in the state contest society sources said. At least in recent years, no student from Angelina County has entered the state contest society sources said. All student entries must be recommended by a TSGA member or affiliated society. There is no limit to the number of entries that can be recommended by a TSGA member or affiliated society. While the competition is called “Youth Writing Contest,” a creative writing essay is NOT required according to the contest rules. The state contest has three age divisions. The elementary division is for students in fourth through sixth grades. The intermediate division is for students in seventh through ninth grades. The secondary division is for students in the tenth through twelfth grades. The basic requirements begin with the completion of three family group sheets back to the grandparent generation, a lineage/pedigree chart with four generations, a map showing where their family lives or has lived, and a written life story based on interviewing a grandparent. Additional requirements such as pictures and documentation are added for the older two divisions. Three cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50 are awarded in each of the three divisions. Adults and area youth wishing to obtain additional genealogy research help from society members can schedule an appointment for Monday afternoons until 6:30 p.m. by leaving a request for the society with their contact information at the desk in the Oral McMullen Genealogy Research Room at the Kurth Memorial Library in Lufkin. An adult relative or youth group leader must accompany all students under age 18 to use the help desk at the conference or for appointments for help from society members at the library. The society can provide help for completing community service projects often required for 4-H Club, Boy and Girl Scouts, college scholarship applications, college admission programs and other similar activities. The society can be contacted by regular mail addressed to Angelina County Genealogical Society, Post Office Box 150631, Lufkin, Texas 75915-0631. Make contact on the web at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txacgs & txacgs@inu.net. A message can be left for the society in person at Kurth Memorial Library, Ora McMullen Genealogy Room, 706 South Raquet Street, Lufkin, or by calling 1-936-630-0563. Membership dues in the society are by the calendar year. $10.00 for individuals. $15.00 for two persons at the same address. $5.00 for students. The society meets the third Monday of the month, with some exceptions for February and December, at 5 p.m. in the Community Room of the Kurth Memorial Library, 706 South Raguet Street, Lufkin. The society publishes a fall and spring newsletter, “ECHOES THROUGH THE PINES.” Angelina County Genealogical Society Officers are Vivian Cates, President; Fred Preston Vice-President and Program Chairman: Anita Crona, Secretary; and June Moffett, Treasurer. Flora Pearson is Book Chairman. Charlene Ham is Membership Chairman. Mary Griffin is Publicity Chairman. Ellen Pyle is the Newsletter Editor. Debbie Parker Wayne is the society web page master. For more information about the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference go to the college web site at http://www.angelina.edu. Go to the pull down menu at the left and click on genealogy. For additional information contact Community Services Division at 633-5206 or Brian McClain, Small Business Development Center, in the Community Services Division Office in person or by calling 633-5394. The free HELP DESK for genealogy researchers staffed by volunteers from the Angelina County Genealogical Society was added to the annual conference to generate more local interest in genealogy and historical research and to attract more local people to attend the conference college sources said. In the past the conference has attracted speakers and attendees from several other states besides Texas, but local participation in the past has been less than desired. Registration for the conference now qualifies as continuing education credits for public school educators according to conference information. Melvin Johnson of Nacogdoches, Angelina College liberal arts instructor, is faculty coordinator for the conference. Trevia Wooster Beverly of Houston is the program chairman.

The posted message by Vivian Cates is not an official announcement by the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference. Please go to http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm for information. Not planned as a part of the 'official' conference, the "Help Desk" is an independent effort by the local society to serve area family researchers. The Conference's Vendor & Exhibit Hall is free to anyone. You do not have to be registered for the Conference or the "Help Desk" to browse this area and make purchases. It is still not too late to register for the Conference and join in learning sessions led by professional genealogists and lecturers. The Thursday LAND WORKSHOP is still open; GENEALOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE is full. Still a few openings for Friday & Saturday, to be on a first-come basis until filled.. Note the registration forms on the menu to the left at http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm * The Conference Syllabus is already at the printer. If you do register, please let me know and I'll add a Syllabus Notebook for you. There is a separate syllabus for each Thursday workshop plus the one for the main Friday/Saturday conference. Trevia Wooster Beverly Assistant Conference Coordinator & Program Chairman 713.864-6862 treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivian Toole" <vtoole@inu.net> To: <GEN-EVENTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 9:19 PM Subject: [GEN-EVENTS] LUFKIN TX 7/20-21/2007 FREE RESEARCH HELP & YOUTH PRIZES PLEASE PAST THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR OTHER GENEALOGY CONTACTS! Angelina County Genealogical Society Free Help Desk at 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference Three $25.00 Cash Prizes for Local Entries in Texas State Genealogical Society Youth Writing Contest CONTACT INFORMATION: Vivian T. Cates, 2007 President Angelina County Genealogical Society Are you looking for worthwhile ways to spend quality time with your children, grandchildren or other family members close to home in air-conditioned comfort without spending loads of money on gasoline and amusement park tickets? Then the Angelina County Genealogical Society has an answer for you at the free genealogy research HELP DESK being staffed by volunteers from the society during the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference on the main college campus in Lufkin. The main conference dates are this Thursday-Saturday, July 19-21. Copies of books published by the local society about the history and people of Angelina County will be for sale from the society's book table at the conference. The GENEALOGY HELP DESK will be open on Friday and Saturday July 20th and 21st during the conference in Computer Lab 101 on the first floor of the Community Services Building off the south parking lot. Conference registration is NOT required to use the HELP DESK. Visitors will be urged to visit the other conference vendors is Hudgins Hall, the old fine arts building. Visitors to the HELP DESK will be able to sign up for supervised, limited online-guided practice research time in the Community Services computer lab. Volunteers will be available to help both the just beginning and the advanced researcher to trace their family history sources said. At the HELP DESK and book table the local society will be promoting the annual Texas State Genealogical Society Youth Writing Contest by offering three cash prizes of $25.00 each for local entries in the state contest. One prize will be for a 4-H Club Member. The other two prizes will be for one Boy Scout member and one for Girl Scout member. Each entry for the local prize must have a letter of recommendation from their group leader stating that they have completed the group's requirements for a genealogy project and/or badge in their organization. The entry must also meet the TSGS Youth Writing Contest requirements for their age group. The deadline for entries in the state contest is September 15, 2007. State level prizes will be awarded at the TSGS annual conference being held in Tyler, Texas, Friday and Saturday, November 9-10, 2007. Complete information on the writing contest can be obtained from the society's HELP DESK at the conference or from the Texas State Genealogical Society web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs. Click on "Writing Awards" on the left hand side of the web page and scroll down to information on Category VIII, Student Awards. Scouting or 4-H Club membership is only being required for the local society's three prizes and is not required to enter the state contest a local society officer said. A student could make significant progress during the conference toward completing the basic requirements for a project suitable for entry in the state contest society sources said. At least in recent years, no student from Angelina County has entered the state contest society sources said. All student entries must be recommended by a TSGA member or affiliated society. There is no limit to the number of entries that can be recommended by a TSGA member or affiliated society. While the competition is called "Youth Writing Contest," a creative writing essay is NOT required according to the contest rules. The state contest has three age divisions. The elementary division is for students in fourth through sixth grades. The intermediate division is for students in seventh through ninth grades. The secondary division is for students in the tenth through twelfth grades. The basic requirements begin with the completion of three family group sheets back to the grandparent generation, a lineage/pedigree chart with four generations, a map showing where their family lives or has lived, and a written life story based on interviewing a grandparent. Additional requirements such as pictures and documentation are added for the older two divisions. Three cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50 are awarded in each of the three divisions. Adults and area youth wishing to obtain additional genealogy research help from society members can schedule an appointment for Monday afternoons until 6:30 p.m. by leaving a request for the society with their contact information at the desk in the Oral McMullen Genealogy Research Room at the Kurth Memorial Library in Lufkin. An adult relative or youth group leader must accompany all students under age 18 to use the help desk at the conference or for appointments for help from society members at the library. The society can provide help for completing community service projects often required for 4-H Club, Boy and Girl Scouts, college scholarship applications, college admission programs and other similar activities. The society can be contacted by regular mail addressed to Angelina County Genealogical Society, Post Office Box 150631, Lufkin, Texas 75915-0631. Make contact on the web at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txacgs & txacgs@inu.net. A message can be left for the society in person at Kurth Memorial Library, Ora McMullen Genealogy Room, 706 South Raquet Street, Lufkin, or by calling 1-936-630-0563. Membership dues in the society are by the calendar year. $10.00 for individuals. $15.00 for two persons at the same address. $5.00 for students. The society meets the third Monday of the month, with some exceptions for February and December, at 5 p.m. in the Community Room of the Kurth Memorial Library, 706 South Raguet Street, Lufkin. The society publishes a fall and spring newsletter, "ECHOES THROUGH THE PINES." Angelina County Genealogical Society Officers are Vivian Cates, President; Fred Preston Vice-President and Program Chairman: Anita Crona, Secretary; and June Moffett, Treasurer. Flora Pearson is Book Chairman. Charlene Ham is Membership Chairman. Mary Griffin is Publicity Chairman. Ellen Pyle is the Newsletter Editor. Debbie Parker Wayne is the society web page master. For more information about the 11th Annual Angelina College Genealogy Conference go to the college web site at http://www.angelina.edu. Go to the pull down menu at the left and click on genealogy. For additional information contact Community Services Division at 633-5206 or Brian McClain, Small Business Development Center, in the Community Services Division Office in person or by calling 633-5394. The free HELP DESK for genealogy researchers staffed by volunteers from the Angelina County Genealogical Society was added to the annual conference to generate more local interest in genealogy and historical research and to attract more local people to attend the conference college sources said. In the past the conference has attracted speakers and attendees from several other states besides Texas, but local participation in the past has been less than desired. Registration for the conference now qualifies as continuing education credits for public school educators according to conference information. Melvin Johnson of Nacogdoches, Angelina College liberal arts instructor, is faculty coordinator for the conference. Trevia Wooster Beverly of Houston is the program chairman. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-EVENTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message