2011 Texas State Genealogical Society Conference – November 4-5, Houston, Texas

The genealogical conference From Allen’s Landing to the Moon Landing : Destination Houston will be presented by the Texas State Genealogical Society and the Clayton Library Friends in Houston, Texas on Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, 2011.  The conference will be held at the Houston Marriott South located at 9100 Gulf Freeway, Houston, Texas 77017, 713-943-7979.

The featured speaker at the conference will be Paula Stuart-Warren who will speak on the following subjects: “Finding and Using Manuscript and Special Collections Repositories;” “The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists;” “Southern Deeds: More than Land Deeds;” and “Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking.” A number of other speakers include: Karen Matheson “An A+ Source: School Records” and “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: U.S. Immigration & Ships’ Passenger Lists;” Charlie Gardes”What Did GreatGrandpa do in the Civil War? – Tracing Civilian Ancestors;” Debbie Parker Wayne “DNA and Genetic Genealogy in 2011;” James Harkin “Genealogical Resources at the Texas General Land Office;” Cindy Forman “Genealogical Chaining of Artifacts;” Randy Whited “It’s All Greek to Me, Working with Foreign Records when You Don’t Know the Language;” and Lynna Kay Shuffield – “Civil War Research Digitally: Find the “War” at Home.”

For registration questions contact: scottfitzgerald@tyler.net or call Scott Fitzgerald at 903-539-5572 or go to the TSGS site.  You can also click here for a copy of the conference registration form.