Cleburne City Directories

The Cleburne Public Library has the Cleburne City Directories for the following years:

1899-1900
1900-1901
1904
1907
1909
1911
1913
1915
1917
1921
1924
1926
1928
1938
1947
1949
1954
1957
1961
1963
1965
1968
1971
1973
1975
1976
1977
1979
1980
1982
1984
1986
1987
1988
1996 

These books are non-circulating, so they must be viewed at the Cleburne Library. If you need a lookup, let us know and we will try to help you. (See the Lookups tab above.)
 

JCGS November Meeting

Want to make 2015 your best genealogy year ever? Then come to the Johnson County Genealogical Society meeting on Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 6:30 to 8:15 at the Cleburne Library. Our program will feature Lisa Alzo in a recorded webinar entitled “Genealogy Goals: How to Set Them, How to Keep Them.” Whether you desire to improve your research skills, find new cousins, break through a brick wall, or finally write that family history, this session will show you effective ways to set realistic and attainable goals, and offer tips and tricks to help you achieve them.

Also, we will be voting for officers for 2015-2016, so we need every member to attend.

Hope to see you there!

JCGS October Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, October 9, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be presented by Melvin Burt.

Melvin 'Sonny' Burt graduated from Cleburne High School in 1958 -- he immediately followed his great grandfather, grandfather, father, older brother and two uncles to a railroad career with the Santa Fe. Melvin has worked tirelessly to bring a railroad museum to Cleburne for over 20 years. He has served on the citizen's railroad museum advisory board for the City of Cleburne since the group’s conception.

Over the years, Melvin has researched his family genealogy extensively and is happy to share his findings with interested parties. He is an active member of the Terry's Texas Rangers Camp #1937-- an organization striving to honor and preserve the memory and true history of our Confederate ancestors.

JCGS September Meeting

Come one, come all … to a mini FGS Conference sampler at the Johnson County Genealogical Society meeting Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Cleburne Public Library.

Since you couldn’t go to the conference, the conference is coming to you. The “exhibit hall” opens at 6 p.m. There will be Door Prizes!

The program for this meeting will be a report by Finders Keepers Editor Marsha Buckner on the recent Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in San Antonio.

Bring a friend - or two - to the meeting. Everyone gets a prize!

JCGS August Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, August 14, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be Show and Tell. Bring a document that you found while researching and tell us about it. The document might be the marriage record of your great grandparents, a deed, a Will, or a probate that led you to breaking through a brick wall. Tell us the following about your document:

Who is the document about?
What kind of document is it?
When was it made?
Where was it made?
Why is it important?
Where did you find it?

We really enjoyed our last Show and Tell and this one should be fun, also!  Hope to see you there!

JCGS July Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, July 10, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be “Scanning Photos” presented by Debbie McCoy and Teresa Smith. Come learn the best techniques for scanning your photos. The public is invited to attend.

JCGS June Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be Digital Photography presented by Sandra Crowley. Come learn some creative ways to use your photos to make your family story come alive.

Sandra is a member of several genealogical societies and non-profit boards. She is currently President of the Dallas Genealogical Society and is serving as Publicity Chair for the FGS Conference to be held in San Antonio in August. She is a past President of the Mid-Cities Genealogical Society and served as Vice President of Membership for the Texas State Genealogical Society from 2010-2012. Sandra is also President and Director of the Euless Library Foundation in Euless, Texas.

We hope to see you at our meeting!

Debbie McCoy
1^st Vice President
Johnson County Genealogical Society

JCGS May Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, May 8, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. We are very excited to have John Wylie, President of the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS), speak to us about the benefits of state and national genealogical societies and national conferences. As you may know, the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference is in San Antonio this year on August 27-30. TSGS is a local host for that conference. It’s an excellent chance to attend a national conference close to home.

John Vincent Wylie has been a full-time professional genealogist since 1990. He currently serves the Texas State Genealogical Society as President and was the 2012 State Conference Chair. From 2007 through 2009 he served the Association of Professional Genealogists as national Secretary. He is the 2004 recipient of the Dallas Genealogical Society’s Lloyd Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award.

JCGS April Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, April 10, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be “Who’s Your Mama? Tracing Your Female Ancestors,” presented by Terri Meeks. The public is invited to attend.

Terri Meeks retired from BAE Systems in 2007 as a test engineer for F-16 support equipment. A co-worker introduced her to the world of genealogy in 2000. She soon discovered that her grandparents were immigrants so the traditional U. S. census searches produced few results. Tracing her maternal line to Quebec introduced her to new materials and resources for genealogy research. She is currently serving as Vice President of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society and teaches their Beginners' Genealogy Class. She is a community volunteer at the local Family History Center and translates Catholic Church records from French, Latin and Italian into English for the American Canadian Genealogical Society. Her husband, Dan, is also an avid genealogist and techno-geek.

February Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, February 13, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. Our program will be Show and Tell. Bring a family treasure such as a photo, Bible, quilt, letter or document found while researching and tell us about it.

Members of the society will be in the genealogy section of the Cleburne Library at 5:30 p.m. each month before our regular meeting to help anyone with their family history research. Come join us! The public is invited to attend.

RootsTech February 2014 Online Broadcasts

RootsTech is a genealogy and technology conference held in Salt Lake City.  It began in 2011 and quickly became one of the most popular genealogy conferences in the U.S.  Each year they stream a few of the sessions live over the internet.  This year they will stream 5 sessions each day.  The conference begins next Thursday, February 6 and runs through Saturday, February 8.  The schedule for the live sessions can be found on the FamilySearch blog at https://familysearch.org/node/2519.  Check out the listings.  There are some great, free sessions!

ISGS Webinar

Thomas MacEntee is presenting a free webinar on 7 Habits of Highly Frugal Genealogists next Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Central time.  This is part of a monthly webinar series sponsored by the Illinois State Genealogical Society. ISGS members have access to the recorded webinars and handouts.

For more information and to sign up, click on the following link https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5698954937817284354.

JCGS January Meeting

The Johnson County Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, January 9, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:15 p.m. at the Cleburne Public Library, 302 W. Henderson. We will be discussing our plans for 2014. What did we do in 2013 that worked? What didn’t work? What would you like to see us do this year? Come and bring your ideas of how we can make our society even better!

The public is always welcome at our meetings. You do not have to be a member to attend, nor do you have to have ties to Johnson County.