Those of you who enjoyed Don's lecture will want to try and make his all-day Thursday presentation at Angelina College in July. Land Workshop: How to Find Your Ancestors in the Land Records. Our ancestors left a paper trail in the land records that exist in an uninterrupted series from the arrival of the first settler in the colonies to the present time. Land records and deed records provide a valuable resource for finding your missing ancestors. Over ninety percent of the adult white male population owned land before 1850. Most of our ancestors were ordinary farmers and land records were often the only trace that they left in the county records. This lecture will also demonstrate the procedure for plotting the outline of a tract of land using the metes and bounds description found in the deed. Each student will then participate in a hands-on session using a protractor and ruler to plot metes and bounds descriptions for a two different land tracts. We hope you'll join us! Not only will you receive information that you can use, but I'm sure as experienced researchers you can lend to the class discussions .... and a great opportunity to network (bring you business cards). ___________________________________ In Search of Unknown Generations at the 11th Annual ANGELINA COLLEGE GENEALOGY CONFERENCE* Lufkin, Texas July 19 - 21, 2007 * Certified by the Texas Education Agency as a Certified Professional Educator (CPE) Provider This is an opportunity to attend lectures by some of the region's most popular speakers. Choose from thirty different topics including military, maps, using today's technology, common surnames, newspaper research, DNA, racial mixtures in the South, cemetery research and more! Syllabus & Handouts. Book Vendors and Exhibits 2007 Faculty Desmond Walls Allen Trevia Wooster Beverly Carolyn Earle Billingsley Emily Anne Croom Charlie Gardes Pat Gordon Melvin C. Johnson Don Raney John A. Sellers Take a look at the full program, speakers, registration form, etc. at http://www.angelina.edu/genealogy.htm For questions, please contact Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas 713.864-6862 treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Assistant Coordinator & Program Chair ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence E. Oliver" <oliverl@suddenlink.net> To: <TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: [TX-ETGS] Handouts for June 6,2007 Meeting - How to Find Your Revolutionary War Ancestor > On June 6, 2007, the Society was treated to a very informative talk by Mr. > Don Raney on "How to Find Your Revolutionary War Ancestor". This included a > very good handout. > > Mr. Raney has graciously allowed us to post that handout on the ETGS Website > so those who were unable to attend would have access to this information. > > The handout is located at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/raney-rev-anc.pdf > > You can also access it through the following page: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/200706mtg.html > > Larry > Lawrence E. Oliver > ETGS Web Master > > > > ------------------------------- > 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