Texas Genealogy Events Calendar
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The following genealogical events are currently scheduled. This calendar includes Partner Societies that are offering one-day or multiple-day workshops and seminars, as well as national and international conferences. It does not include monthly meetings.
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Texas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS) Nuggets to Treasurers
January 28, 2017 @ 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration
Registration includes a catered lunch.
- Postmarked on/before January 14, 2017: $35 for TCGS members.
- Postmarked between January 15-19th: $40 for TCGS members and $45 for non-members.
- $50 at the door for everyone.
Register by credit card, or download and mail in your registration form with a check.
Program
- 8:00am: Refreshments and registration
- 9:00am – 4:00pm: Program
Membership in TCGS is not required to attend this program.
The program will feature three speakers:
- “Nothing Better than Goodness Freethinkers in Texas Czechs” Doug Kubicek, a Texas History instructor for the Hallettsville ISD and Carroll Brincefield, Director of the Oral History program in Lavaca County, will discuss the history of freethinkers, their role in the settling of Texas and the impact of their past, present and future will be discussed. How to trace family members through the Congregation of Bohemian Freethinkers will be addressed and introduction to sets of records you might not be aware exists. Questions and comments will be invited after presentation.
- “Czech Songs in Texas, from Old World to New” Frances Barton has a degree in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin where she also studied music. Her father is Rev. Josef A. Barton whose ancestors emigrated from Vsetin in northeastern Moravia. She will discuss the history of several songs with Czech lyrics that are popular in the state. She will be joined by musicians Jubilee Barton and Steve Curtis.
- “Preserving Family Treasurers” Linda Reynolds, Director of the East Texas Research Center (ETRC) at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in Nacogdoches, Texas since 2007 and a Certified Archivist since 2008. She has been searching for her ancestors since she was 12 years old and followed her grandmother around with a tape recorder asking lots of questions about the family. Her passion is sharing her knowledge of the preservation of family treasures so that future generations will have access to them. The ETRC collects, preserves, and provides physical and virtual access to East Texas’ unique cultural history.
A sales table will feature Czech gift items and TCGS-published research books (including new publications covering the Frydek-Mistek and Vsetin areas), and a silent auction will be held.