Hi All, I apologize about sending this again, but I had an error of the link to our ETGS website. It is corrected and below. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html > Note: Because of air conditioning problems at the Smith County Historical > Society building we have moved our seminar 1 block south to the Tyler > Public Library at the Taylor Auditorium. Our thanks to the Library for > helping us out at the last minute. The schedule will remain the same. If > you have any questions, please contact me. -Scott > > > > TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY FEATURED SPEAKER AT ETGS SEMINAR > > The East Texas Genealogical Society will conduct an all-day seminar with > Trevia Wooster Beverly as our featured speaker on Saturday, September 9th, > at the Tyler Public Library, Taylor Auditorium, 201 South College, Tyler, > Texas 75702, (903) 593-7323, www.tylerlibrary.com. > > Ms. Beverly is a professional genealogist, amateur historian, cemetery > preservationist, speaker and workshop leader, writer, publisher and book > reviewer. She is well known as an outstanding speaker and we are pleased > that he will be conducting the following sessions during our seminar: > Gateway to History: Tennessee Research; Getting Your Family Research into > Print; Special Texas Collections; and Research in the Clayton Library. > > The topic "Gateway to History: Tennessee Research" will tell how Tennessee > stood on the western frontier of the new nation in the late 18th century. > Divided into three distinct geographical areas, people still tend to say > that they are from a specific area: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee or > West Tennessee. Its nickname of The Volunteer State reflects the readiness > with which ordinary citizens rallied to the call to arms. The gun - the > Bible - themselves, have set their way. Be they the Scotch-Irish or the > tri-racial Melungeons, the search for Tennessee family is an adventure. > > In the topic "Getting Your Family Research into Print" we can start with a > framework and build on it from all sides, and come up with a truly > beautiful picture of our family and the role they played in building the > future. Self-publish or Publish-on-Demand, a full-fledged book, family > newsletters, vignettes, compilation of charts and records - the field is > wide open - and you can show off your research skill, your artistic > nature, and your love of family! > > In the "Special Texas Collections" topic, Ms. Beverly shows that they are > many and varied collections but will concentrate on three: The Béxar > Archives, the Nacogdoches Archives, and the R. B. Black Collection. Texas > has existed as a part of the U.S. for over 160 years, but the archival > legacy extends back over twice that number of years. All too often we > pigeonhole a group of records without realizing their vastness in family > and territory. While we think of these as "Texas Collections" but they > encompass "the Americans" and the foreign born, many who came to Texas and > many who did not. > > And in the final topic, Ms. Beverly will show us how to "Research in the > Clayton Library" Clayton is one of the nation's premier genealogical > collections. One of the 'top five' genealogical collections in the U.S., > this 'jewel in the crown' of the Houston Public Library system has > materials from every state, most foreign countries, and has many special > collections, as well as the most complete set of census records outside > the National Archives' Regional Branch in Fort Worth. This session will > give you the basic tools to make your visit more successful, and take you > into all the 'nooks & crannies' of this research facility. > > Ms. Beverly's current active memberships include the Association of > Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speaker's Guild, Association for > Gravestone Studies, Save Texas Cemeteries and many others. She is a native > of Harris County, born and reared in the community of Wooster, which was > founded by her great-grandfather. Her interest in genealogy began with a > 9th grade English project and have since traced her paternal line and that > of her husband to England in the early 1600s. She has also traced her > mother's Acadian family from France to Canada, through the British > dispersement back to France and into Louisiana in 1785. > > 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 1st, > or $30.00 per person after September 1st. Participants may order a box > lunch if ordered by September 1st, bring their own lunch or plan to eat at > nearby restaurants. Soft drinks and light snacks will be provided. [At > this moment walk-in registrations will be allowed, but because of limited > seating we may change this depending on pre-registrations received.] > > Visit our Web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html to > print a registration form. Or, call Scott at 903-592-6576 during the day > or 597-7865 at night, or send an e-mail to scottfitzgerald@tyler.net for > more information. > > >