Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, October 11, 2003 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Don Raney Program: "How to Find Your Ancestor's Maiden Name" All researchers know how difficult it can be to locate information about female ancestors before 1900. As a result, genealogies and family histories often show only a first name for female ancestors for this time period. Guest speaker, Don Raney will share research tips and strategies to guide you in your search for your maternal ancestors. He will describe the best techniques for gathering facts and constructing a time line, and then, searching various records such as marriage documents, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, obituaries, newspapers, and death certificates. Many examples of successful research efforts will be demonstrated during his presentation. Mr. Raney is a sixth generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for twenty-five years. He currently teaches Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and TMG Genealogy courses at Richland College. He is a past Director of the Dallas Genealogy Society and GENTECH and a life member of the San Jacinto Descendants. He has been a speaker at numerous conferences and society meetings throughout the state including the Dallas Genealogy Society Fall Symposium, the Houston Genealogical Forum, and the Angelina College Genealogy Conference. Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. Mary Love Berryman will present a program on "Introduction to Web Paging". Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html 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 and a monthly newsletter The Bulletin. 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/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, President.