TxSGS is extending virtual meeting support to our Partner Societies through May 2021! We are happy to assist your society with holding general monthly meetings or business meetings* as well as guide your society in hosting virtual meetings on your own.
We are also providing ten new webinars for use by Partner Societies in the 2021 Partner Society Webinar Program. Each Partner Society may use one program free during 2021; the fee for each additional program is $20 per program. These will be available for purchase at the TxSGS online store for a one-time viewing by the society. We are in the process of getting the store ready for program purchase; it will be available by January 31, 2021.
2021 Partner Society Webinar Program Topics **
Following are the topics currently available (in alphabetical order by speaker’s last name). Learn more about Topics and Speakers.
- “Creating a One Name Surname Project,” by Henrietta Christmas
- “Restoring and Editing Family Photos,” by Sandra Crowley
- “Underutilized Resources,” by Pat Gordon
- “Using Social History to Enhance Family Stories,” by Susan Kaufman
- “Techniques and Strategies for More Effective Online Searching,” by Bernard Meisner
- “Skirts & Skirmishes, Wars and Widows: Finding Service Records, Pensions, and More,” by Paula Perkins
- “The Organizational Power of Timelines,” by Diane L Richard
- “Beyond the Census: What Else is Out There? NARA Records Online,” by Jenny Sweeney
- “Early Texan DNA Tracks,” by Debbie Parker Wayne
- “Reconstructing Communities Using Census Records, Sanborn Maps and City Directories,” by Ari Wilkins
Each presentation has a handout plus materials you can use for marketing your meeting: a speaker photo, bio, and topic description.
Sign Up Online
Sign up for virtual meeting support HERE (https://tinyurl.com/PSvirtualmeeting2021). Please note that this is a new sign-up form, streamlined for your convenience. Submit a new request for each meeting you wish to hold virtually with TxSGS support. We recommend that you reserve your spot in the TxSGS Partner Society Webinar Support calendar soon. You don’t have to have your program details finalized before you reserve meeting support with TxSGS.
Not sure if your society’s membership is current? Log onto the society account at https://txsgs.z2systems.com/np/clients/txsgs/login.jsp to check your society’s member status or contact memberinfo@txsgs.org.
TxSGS is committed to helping our Partner Societies survive during these COVID challenges. Some societies, introducing virtual programming for the first time, are even thriving. How can we help? Contact Tony Hanson, Director of Membership, at memberinfo@txsgs.org.
Terms & Conditions of Access
Each TxSGS Partner Society member is entitled to select and watch one video in each calendar year at no cost. Access to additional videos can be purchased for a nominal fee in the TxSGS Store after January 1.
The following constraints apply:
- Streaming is limited to a single meeting.
- The webinar can only be streamed once. You will be able to test access to the video prior to the viewing. Any other use of/viewing of the webinar is prohibited.
- Your society can only view one video lecture at each meeting.
- Videos may not be combined with other videos or speakers to create a workshop or seminar.
- PDF formatted handouts are available for the video lectures. These may be distributed to those who attend the presentation in person and/or emailed to those who attend the presentation.
Note that the handouts are copyrighted and are not to be posted online or otherwise distributed outside of these guidelines without express permission of the speaker and TxSGS.
To obtain access to your free video contact Tony Hanson, TxSGS Director of Membership, at memberinfo@txsgs.org
Each video will be streamed to your location via the internet. To view videos in a virtual meeting, each attendee will need a Personal Computer or mobile device capable of connecting to:
- A high-speed internet connection
- Audio speakers
To view videos at an in-person meeting, you will need a Personal Computer capable of connecting to:
- A high-speed internet connection
- A projector or large monitor
- Audio speakers
*Please note: TxSGS Virtual Meeting support is NOT available for live, face-to-face meetings; for hybrid meetings with virtual and face-to-face participants; or fee-based seminars. However, we will be happy to show you how to host your own meeting if you wish to have a hybrid meeting.
**Available through December 31, 2021