East Texas Genealogical Society January Meeting - Saturday, January 12, 2002 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Michael J. Vaughn Program: "Courthouse Research: There's a Lot More There than Marriage Licenses and Wills" Mr. Vaughn will be focusing on transactional type documents such as deeds, and other recorded items, and will give a short discussion of litigation records. The program will not cover birth, death or probate records. Michael J. Vaughn is a retired attorney who specialized in real estate transactions and commercial law matters. He has taught various commercial law courses. Mr. Vaughn holds membership in many genealogical groups including Sons of Confederate Veterans, Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, Jamestowne Society, Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge and ETGS. Some of the books Mr. Vaughn has authored are The History of Cayuga and Cross Roads, Texas; Early Records of Judson Baptist Church, Cayuga, Texas; The Family and Pedigree and William Jefferson Wright; and Cream Peas - Already Shelled: Traditional Cooking of East Texas the Rural South. After the program, refreshments will be served. After the refreshments, the Computer Interest Group will meet starting at approximately 4:00 p.m. Mary Love Berryman will lead a discussion on the Plans of the Computer Interest Group for 2002. The program will last approximately 30 minutes or so, but no longer than 5:00 p.m. when the library closes. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, you may contact me at [email protected] . Scott Fitzgerald, President