Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, July 14, 2007 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Paula Perkins Program: "Immigration and Naturalization Records for Historians and Genealogists" One of the most difficult problems family historians encounter is locating an ancestral village in the Old World. Part of the solution to that problem entails knowing when and where an ancestor arrived in what became the United States. Covering time frames from the Colonial period to present, this program will study the types of records that may contain information concerning the arrival of an ancestor in America. It will also study the contents of those records and where those records may be located. Paula Perkins, a native Texan, is a professional consultant, lecturer, and instructor of genealogy classes. She has been featured throughout Texas and other southern states as a speaker, including radio shows guest, for over twenty-five years. Currently she is president elect for the Collin County Genealogical Society. A past president of Peters Colony Historical Society, she also served as executive vice president of Dallas Genealogical Society, She created and maintains a web site as county coordinator for the TXGenWeb. Paula has successfully accomplished research in many Southern and U. S repositories. She is a past coordinator for the Dallas, Texas local PBS station community outreach program in conjunction with the popular PBS series "Ancestors." Paula is also an Instructor of genealogical courses at the Houston Community College and a member of several genealogical/historical societies where her ancestors once resided. Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. Scott Fitzgerald will present a program on "Going Googling". Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html ETGS will be the local host this year for the Texas State Genealogical Society's annual conference on November 9 and 10, 2007. More information can be found at our web-site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/tsgs_2007_flyer.pdf East Texas Genealogical Society represent six counties which are Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith counties. ETGS publishes the "East Texas Family Records" four times a year which features articles and records concerning our six counties and a monthly newsletter "The Bulletin" which features information about our society, things of interest to our members and information about our six counties. ETGS has began a First Families of East Texas covering our six counties. To find out about this program go to following link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/FirstFamilies/firstfam.html For more information, you may contact me at scottfitzgerald@tyler.net or go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Vice-President.