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Featuring Aaron Holt of the Fort Worth National Archives & Records

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Agenda

Our presenter this month will be Mary E Willson.

Our speaker will be Kelvin Meyers  Scallywags, Rogues, and Ruffs:  All Those Ancestors We Don’t Talk About.  Every family has them, skeletons in the closet–those things that are not talked about in front of the children, and when they are it is only in whispers and euphemisms.  How do you access the records of prisons, asylums, and courts to find the truth behind the story>  In this lecture this question and many others will be answered.

Lela Evans will be our presenter.

Ugo Pergo —I HAD MY DNA TESTED— NOW WHAT? This presentation will be a webinar with handouts.  

Hundreds of thousands of genetic profiles for family history and ancestral purposes have been generated by private laboratories, universities, and the National Geographic’s Project during the past fifteen years.  Thankfully, a number of online databases are providing large use of searchable data in an effort to provide the missing hand. Knowing which resources are available and how to properly use them is key to understanding our personalize genetic genealogy and getting the most out of our own genetic profile.

Aaron Holt an Archives Technician at the Forth Worth National Archives (NARA) will speak about records within the National Archives and how to begin doing genealogical research.  He will be touching on varied record groups such as the US Census, Immigration,and Naturalization, Military and Indian holdings.

Kirk Hathaway will be speaking on Using Family Search to research, organize and document your family.  It  has evolved in such a way that even a novice can produce quality results.

Michael V. Bassett will present DNA Testing for Genealogical Purposes (90 minutes).  Learn how DNA testing can be used to help researchers overcome genealogical “brick walls,” focus research, make ancestral connections and provide other information on biological and geographical heritage.  Michael will explain the Y-DNA, mtDNA, and the autosomal DNA tests providing real world examples from several DNA testing companies of how testing can be useful for family history research.  Surname projects, haplogroups and how to get started will be among the many topics covered.