LLOYD BOCKSTRUCK FEATURED SPEAKER AT ETGS SEMINAR The East Texas Genealogical Society will conduct an all-day seminar Saturday, September 13, at the First Christian Church, Conference & Scout Rooms (behind the Church), 4202 South Broadway, Tyler, Texas. Mr. Bockstruck is a frequent lecturer at local, state and national genealogical societies. He is well known as an outstanding speaker and we are pleased that he will be conducting the following sessions during our seminar. FINDING SUBSTITUTES FOR BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS - Vital statistics are a major record source because they follow an ancestor from birth to death. A person’s lifespan dates may provide the data to separate him or her from others of the same name. Vital statistics may also serve the purpose of identifying the parents. Learning to let other record groups reveal the same information is a lesson all genealogists must master. LESSER USED GENEALOGICAL RECORDS - Beyond deeds, wills, marriage records, and censuses, many other records remain for the enterprising and ingenious genealogist to seek out. While they vary from one jurisdiction to another and from one century to another, it becomes imperative to consider lesser used records in order to extend a pedigree and to confirm or refute the one you have prepared. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES - Unlike the New England and Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies were directly under the control of the crown. They were primarily rural so their land records are a mainstay in documenting the existence of ancestors and providing filiations. During the Civil War there were significant record losses. Their political philosophy and religion caused them to have a different approach toward record creation. NEWSPAPER GENEALOGY - “Read all about it” was the cry of newsboys at street corners across the country in the last century. Newspapers complement civil records in town halls and county courthouses; they also offer substitutes for missing civil records due to fire, theft, tornadoes, and floods. Determining their availability and whereabouts are also challenges for the genealogists, but the dividends are worth the effort. Lloyd Bockstruck is the supervisor of the Genealogy Section of the Dallas Public Library and his column “Family Tree” appears weekly in the Dallas Morning News. He is a faculty member at several genealogical institutions and is a fellow of the National Genealogical Society. He has received numerous awards and honors including the NGS Filby Award for Outstanding Genealogical Librarian. Registration will begin at 8:30 am. The seminar will be from 9:00 until 3:30 pm. The cost is $25.00 per person if registered before September 1, or $30.00 per person after September 1. Participants should bring a sack lunch or plan to eat at nearby restaurants. Soft drinks and light snacks will be provided. Visit our Web site at www.rootsweb.com/txetgs/meetings to print a registration form. Or, call Scott at 903-592-6576; or send an e-mail to [email protected] for more information.