JCGS May Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, May 9, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson St.  We have several important items to discuss during the business meeting.  Our program will be a roundtable discussion on our brickwall ancestors, so bring information on your problem ancestors and we will see if we can help.  The public is invited to attend.
 

We will also meet in the genealogy section of the Cleburne Library at 5:30 p.m. before our regular meeting to help anyone who would like to know how to get started tracing their family. Come join us!

JCGS April Meeting

Johnson County
Genealogical Society

Presents

Sherri Knight and James Pylant

“Finding the Black Sheep, Every Family Has One”

When: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

Where: Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson Street

The public is invited to attend.

Sherri Knight is the author of Tom P's Fiddle, Vigilantes to Verdicts, Death List, and co-author of The Oldest Profession in Texas. She has given many presentations to groups and organizations all over the Lone Star State about history and genealogy.

James Pylant, author of Blood Legacy, Sins of the Pioneers, and co-author of The Oldest Profession in Texas, works as a magazine editor and a professional genealogist.

We will be in the genealogy section of the Cleburne Library at 5:30 p.m. before our regular meeting to help anyone with tracing their family. Come join us!

RootsTech Live Streaming

The 3rd annual RootsTech conference will be held next week, March 21-23, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  If you can’t attend in person, you can watch 13 of the conference classes, including the daily keynote speakers, live on the RootsTech website at www.rootstech.org.  See the website for a schedule of the classes to be streamed live. To watch one of the live classes, just go to the website on the day and time of the class. If you miss the live telecasts, they are usually made available on the RootsTech website a few weeks after the conference has ended, but they have not announced if they will do that this year or not.

February Meeting - LaCata Starr Brown

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson St., from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. Our program will be “Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry” presented by LaCata Starr Brown. The public is invited to attend.

LaCata Starr Brown has been a genealogist who has specialized in American Indian research for thirty years as of this year! She is of Cherokee, Shawnee and Scottish descent. She is a teacher, a traditional storyteller, an artist, a lecturer of American Indian history & culture and a traditional dancer. She also works with rescued dogs, and is a member of the Patriot Guard Riders.

Mrs. Brown was director and a teacher for the Fort Worth American Indian Education Program and a board member for the Tribal American Network. She has been a member of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas for 27 years, the Fort Worth Genealogical Society and the Cherokee Historical Society. She served on Ft. Worth Mayor Kay Granger's Steering Committee for "Our City Our Children".

Some of her lectures include American Indian Stereotype, Utilizing Traditional Belief for Emotional Healing, Responsibilities of Traditional Ways, and genealogical workshops on Tracing American Indian Ancestry.

We will also be meeting in the genealogy section of the Cleburne Library at 5:30 p.m. before our regular meeting to help anyone with research problems or questions, or how to get started tracing their family. Come join us!