COLLIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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1 COLLIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Come join us at our June 14th meeting! Wednesday, June 14th, 7:00pm Haggard Library, 1 st Floor Mtg. Room 2501 Coit Road, Plano, Texas What Did Your Ancestors Read? Year-End Social! Food, Fun, Socializing, Discussion e-news, Issue 16 Researching Collin County: The Archive of the Moving Image DNA, Fathers Day Sale 2 3 Join us for fun, food (bring a dish to share if you want not required) election of officers, and a discussion of what your ancestors read. We hope to see you there! ~ There really is no such thing as the past. Nobody ever lived in the past; they lived in the present. But it was their present. And if you want to understand them, you have to understand their present, their time, their culture. ~ David McCullough, NGS Conference, 2010 CCGS upcoming programs, society contacts, area genealogy programs Dallas Genealogical Society Summer Seminar 4 4 FREE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE For those members of CCGS who are no longer comfortable driving at night or who are temporarily incapacitated, please contact ccgspresident@gmail.com to arrange for one of the officers to pick you up and drop you off. We would like for you to be able to continue to attend the meetings and enjoy the camaraderie of CCGS. Editors Corner Genealogy Center Summer Genealogy Classes When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! 5 This month s program should benefit everyone! Janice Quick has another great program about books our ancestors were reading and we will have our annual social. Bring a dish to share but not required and enjoy visiting with our guests and members. We appreciate those who volunteered time to help our society succeed. We couldn t do it without you! Society membership dues expire June 30 and July 1st is the start of the new year. Renew soon. As we end this year may you each have a great summer and find answers to your genealogy puzzles. See you Wednesday night! Paula

2 Researching Collin County: Texas Archive of the Moving Image Website TO Researching Collin County: Texas Archive of the Moving Image Website Interested in watching old home movies from Texas? Or newscasts about local events and culture in Texas? Then check out the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) website ( In 2012, CCGS co-hosted the Collin County Texas Film Round-up sponsored by TAMI to digitize home movies of Collin County residents. 125 people participated. Some of the home movies turned in during the Collin County event have been uploaded to TAMI s website (as well as many other films about Texas.) To see Collin County videos, go to and search for topics such as Plano, Farmersville, Lone Star hang gliders, wheat threshing, and Audie Murphy. Article submitted by Janice Quick "Farmersville 1900" video submitted by Loydell Seward 2

3 Collin County Genealogical Society enews Issue 16, June 2017 DNA Fathers Day Specials Father s Day is right around the corner and it s a great time to order Y DNA tests (Direct Father to Son dna passed down the generations only through the male line). FamilyTreeDNA is having a sale to honor all Father s. The autosomal Family Finder test is also on sale. Some upgrades are available as well at a discounted rate for the sale. When ordering a new test go to our link below to join. Collin County ancestry not required. A reminder if you or someone you know has tested with another company other than FamilyTreeDNA such as AncestryDNA and 23andMe don t forget it s free to transfer those results. Just download your raw results to your computer from Ancestry or 23andMe. Then upload your results to FamilyTreeDNA. Remember this is all FREE! Unlocking all the FamilyTreeDNA tools is only a mere $18. Once your results have been uploaded you will have matches with others that have tested with a different company. Once you transfer your results you can join our Collin_CoGS DNA project and no Collin County ancestry needed. New cousins will be found and some mysteries solved. Go to this link to upload your results To Upgrade a test just log into your assigned personal kit page and order the test you want. In most instances retesting is not required. To order new tests at CCGS DNA project go to this link: Read tips from the FamilyTreeDNA Learning Center to help you successfully understand your personal page and DNA terms. A glossary is available too. If you don t know history, you don t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn t know it is part of a tree. Michael Crichton 3

4 Collin County Genealogical Society (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation) P.O. Box Plano TX Upcoming Area Events OFFICERS AND STAFF President LuAnne Jones 1st VP-Programs Janice Quick 2nd VP-Membership Lee Stirm Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Paula Rosselet Treasurer Frances Faitt ~ The Dallas Genealogical Society August 4-5, 2017 Sources, Storytelling & DNA Details can be found at their website Parliamentarian Gwen Neumann Collin Chronicles Co-Editors Nancy & Michael Bassett enewsletter Editor Paula Perkins Historian Janice Smith CD/DVD Lectures Lee Stirm CCGS Programs Facebook Editor Aurora Chancy Publicity Paula Rosselet Book Committee Chair Gwen Neumann The new society year begins July 1 st. We are now accepting dues for the Society year, July 1, June 30, Annual dues are $25.00 for an individual and $27.00 for a family membership. Membership includes a subscription to the Collin Chronicles, the Newsletter, admittance to all regularly scheduled program meetings and DNA discounts. Please join or renew today! June 14 What Were Your Ancestors Reading & Summer Social Summer Vacation July & August Fall Dates Mark Your Calendars! September 13 October 11 November 8 December 13 Guests Always Welcome! 4

5 News Continued Genealogy Center News - Haggard Library Summer Genealogy Classes visit their website: CCGS SUMMER 2017 OPPORTUNITIES There will be sign-up sheets for opportunities to get to know and assist each other over the summer. If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like to participate please contact ccgs-president@gmail.com to be included. The topics include DNA results and how to use them; breaking through your brick wall; and assistance with your research. These can be one on one or small group discussions. We can get together at someone s house, a restaurant, or at the library. FIRST TEXAS INSTITUTE of GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (TIGR) I was privileged to attend the first TIGR held in Austin May 22 25, It was held at the Thompson Conference Center (TCC) on the University of Texas campus. There were excellent instructors. We had a refresher on Texas history and geography to assist us with determining where to look for ancestral records. If you have pre- Republic ancestors, you need to be able to read and translate Spanish. We did an in depth look at the records held at the Texas State Library, General Land Office, and other repositories. We were shown how to track the land through various inheritance methods, court records, probate records, and tax records. We learned about women s rights of inheritance, the difference of Military, Bounty, and Donation Land Grants. Demonstrations were provided on using cluster research. The various settlements by Spanish and Mexican Empresarios and then migration patterns were discussed along with the various wars with Mexico, the Indians, and the Union forces, the Texas Rangers and Reconstruction as well. These all influenced the migration patterns and various records that were required and kept. Most of the sixty attendees were from Texas. We could ask questions throughout the process. During the long lunch breaks and after class several students took advantage of the Briscoe Center for American History collections of personal papers and diaries, Spanish and Mexican records from , and Confederate records to do some personal research. It was located just south of the TCC. When TIGR is next offered in 2019, I would strongly encourage anyone with Texas ancestors to attend. It was well worth the time, money, and effort. North Collin County Genealogy Society The meeting will be on Thursday, June 8 h at 6:45 p.m. for the North Collin County Genealogical Society Meeting. The special guest speaker will be Ms. Deborah Kilgore. Ms. Kilgore is a historian, instructor in American History, and researcher for North Texas history ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Out of ideas? Search Pinterest for tips, tools, forms, websites, and more! Examples submitted by Fran Faitt. How to Use Pinterest for Genealogy to- use- pinterest- for- genealogy.html How to Use Findagrave for Genealogy uffercf7dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinteres t.com&utm_campaign=buffer 10 Genealogy Hacks genius- genealogy- research- hacks- can- try- now/ 50 Best Genealogy Brick Wall Solutions s/articles/50_best_genealogy_brick_wall_solutions_pa rt1_page_01.html 5 Photos You Should Take at the Cemetery photos- you- should- take- at- the- cemetery/ 23 Secrets to Organize Your Genealogy tree- tips- 23- secrets- to- organize- your- genealogy Genealogy Insider px?page=admin 10 Free Social History Websites - Family Tree Magazine social- history- websites How to Use Newspaper Society Pages in Your Genealogy Research: to- use- newspaper- society- genealogy/ Submitted by CCGS President LuAnne Jones. 5

6 Collin County Genealogical Society Publications For Sale Collin County Texas Marriages #4 for January 26, 1876 to June 22, 1880 #7 for #8 for #9 for #10 for These books are $6.00 each plus $3.00 shipping and handling Hawkins County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts by Joyce Martin Murray Logan County, Kentucky Deed Abstracts Logan County, Kentucky Deed Abstracts by Joyce Martin Murray by Joyce Martin Murray These books are $10.00 each plus $3.00 shipping and handling If ordered by mail the please include check to CCGS and mail to our society post office box address listed below. Collin County Genealogical Society P. O. Box Plano, TX