Great publicity, June! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & June Everheart" <everheart@suddenlink.net> To: "June Everheart" <everheart@tyler.net> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:31 PM Subject: [TX-ETGS] ETGS Meeting Saturday, January 12, 2008 > Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX > > Saturday, January 12, 2008 > > Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium > > 2:00 p.m. > > > > Speaker: Dreanna Belden > > Program: "Research, Rummage, and Reconnoiter: Online Exploration at the > Portal to Texas History" > > > > The Portal to Texas History offers students, genealogists, and lifelong > learners a digital gateway to the rich collections held in Texas > libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private > collections. The online materials encompass books, manuscripts, and other > historic materials from over seventy collaborative partners. This free > resource opens many sources to genealogists as well as to other serious > researchers and scholars and can be accessed on home computers. > > > > Ms. Belden holds a MLS from the University of North Texas, and her > interests include exploring how digital cultural heritage collections can > most effectively be used in education, and working with museums and > libraries to place their materials on line. She is currently serving on > the 2008 Texas Library Association (TLA) Conference planning committee, > Co-Chair of the 2009 TLA Conference Planning Committee, and Chair of the > TLA Digital Libraries Round Table, and Chair of the Training Group of the > Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative. > > > > Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the > Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. > Tecora Steen will give a short program about "Using Photo Shop." > > > > Information on upcoming programs can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html > > > > ETGS will hold their annual seminar September 13, 2008 with Desmond Walls > Allen. More information can be found at our web-site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html > > > > East Texas Genealogical Society represents 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 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 everheart@suddenlink.net or go > to: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ > > > > Submitted by June Everheart, 1st Vice-President. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >