COLLIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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1 COLLIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Come join us at our Sept. 13th meeting! Wednesday, Sept. 13th, 7:00pm Haggard Library, 1 st Floor Mtg. Room 2501 Coit Road, Plano, Texas e-news, Issue free Texas & Oklahoma ebooks 2 Writing Family Stories The Collin County Genealogical Society presents Writing Family Stories. Our speaker Beverly Lenoir is a descendant of the Rike, Frazier, Latham and Terry families of Farmersville, Texas. After receiving her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin, Beverly taught computer science at McMurry University for 19 years, and then served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at McMurry for seven years. "This program will feature examples of family history writing that I have done, along with some done by my mother and grandfather. I feel strongly that each of us needs to put our memories in writing; otherwise, those memories are gone when we are!" We hope to see you there! DNA, FamilyTreeDNA Donates Sales for Harvey Relief CCGS upcoming programs, society contacts, area genealogy programs Dallas Genealogical Society Fall Seminar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Collections & Databases When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! 5 Have you ever wanted to write your family story and need guidance? You will not want to miss our first fall program. CCGS has a great lineup of programs. Society membership dues expired June 30. Our new society year begin July 1 st and its time to renew. You can renew online from our website, by mail or in person at our meetings. Annual dues are $25.00 for an individual and $27.00 for a family membership. Pay online with PayPal. Go to our link to renew or join today! Please renew soon and thank you for your continued support. See you Wednesday night! Paula

2 Over 100 Texas & Oklahoma History e-books FREE Released to Portal to Texas History Over 100 Texas & Oklahoma History e-books Free! University of North Texas has released more than 100 e-books about Texas and Oklahoma history. This was made possible from grants from both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Humanities Open Book program. The books were created from scans of out-of-print books. The Texas State Historical Association, the Oklahoma Historical Society, UNT Libraries and the UNT press contributed the books. They are available free through both the Portal to Texas History and the Gateway to Oklahoma History. Some interesting titles are The Oklahoma Series, Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest 1825 to 1916 which is a 5 Volume set and many other historical books. Article submitted by Paula Perkins The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is pleased to announce National Archives staff have recently resumed document conservation of the War of 1812 Pension files covering surnames M(Moore)-Q. Document conservation is the essential first step in digitizing these files. Our digitization partner, Ancestry.com, has scheduled image capture of these newly conserved documents to begin the second week of September As capture resumes, new images will be added to Fold3.com on a rolling basis. The Federation and the dedicated volunteers of the Preserve the Pensions project have worked tirelessly for well over a year to negotiate a resolution to the work stoppage. This portion of the project plan is expected to be completed by third quarter The War of 1812 pensions are among the most frequently requested set of materials within the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), yet had never been microfilmed or digitized. Through a fundraising effort unprecedented in the genealogical community, more than 4,000 individuals, 115 genealogical and lineage societies, and industry leaders such as FamilySearch helped FGS secure the funds, matched by Ancestry.com, to preserve and share this invaluable genealogical resource. The images already captured, as well as those soon to be, are hosted at Fold3.com for free, forever. We are grateful to our partners Ancestry.com and NARA for their support and willingness to continue working with us towards this successful outcome. We appreciate their recognition of the unique nature of this project and the community who worked so hard to fund it. Rorey Cathcart, FGS President 2

3 FamilyTreeDNA & Harvey Relief Efforts FamilyTreeDNA is donating a portions of their sales to the Harvey relief efforts. For those of you that don t know they are a proud Houston based company. They will donate funds from new tests, upgrades and paid transfers from sales during the month of September. Currently they have raised over $9,000. 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 $19. 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. Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. Ralph Waldo Emerson 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 The Dallas Genealogical Society September 30, 2017 Resource Gold Mines: Societies, Religion & Politics Recording Secretary Beverly Lenoir Corresponding Secretary Paula Rosselet Treasurer Frances Faitt Parliamentarian Gwen Neumann Collin Chronicles Co-Editors Nancy & Michael Bassett enewsletter Editor Paula Perkins Historian Janice Smith CD/DVD Lectures Lee Stirm Facebook Editor Aurora Chancy D. Joshua Taylor Details can be found at their website: Texas State Genealogical Society Fall Seminar Oct. 20th 22 nd Featuring Michael Lacopo & J. Mark Lowe CCGS Programs Fall Dates Mark Your Calendars! 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! Sept. 13 Writing Families Stories Beverly Lenoir Oct. 11 Black & White Southern Families in Plantation Records Ari Wilkins Nov. 8 TBA Dec. 13 Holiday Social & DNA Presentation LuAnne Jones Jan. 10, Are You Being A Good Ancestor? Michael Bassett Guests Always Welcome! 4

5 News Continued Genealogy Center News - Haggard Library Check out the resources available at the Genealogy Center. Not only do they have a huge collection of books both from Texas but many others from all around the country, many of which our society has donated for over 46 years now, but they have also purchased very good genealogical books relating to all the United States as well. Many of our members do not have local genealogy but are researching states search as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Georgia and many other places. You can find a list of available genealogy and historical databases some of which may be accessible from the comfort of your home. Check with a member of staff to learn more. See the link below for resources and a link to upcoming classes. Frisco Public Library News Please save November 18, 2017 on your calendar for Genealogy Expo: My Place in History which will be held at the Senior Center in Frisco, Texas from 9 am to 5 pm. We are excited to provide a full day of genealogy presentations and hope you will join us. For more information contact Sheri Smith ssmith@friscotexas.gov 17 th Annual Genealogy Lock-In The Genealogy Center will hold their annual genealogy Lock-In. This is a state wide Genealogy Lock-In that is sponsored by the Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Center in cooperation with the Central Texas Genealogical Society. The Lock-In will be Friday, October 20 th, 2017 beginning at 11:00am and lasting until 9:30 pm. Some of the highlights will be the eight live virtual programs with professional genealogical speakers, beginning classes, one on one research help, visiting genealogy professionals. For more information visit their website: North Collin County Genealogy Society Save Our Records The meeting will be on Thursday, Sept. 14th at 6:45 p.m. for the North Collin County Genealogical Society Meeting. The special guest speaker will be Fred Moss. Fred will discuss the impact legislation has on vital records which affects all genealogists. He will provide updates of what s happening. The meeting will be at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt Street, McKinney, Texas. Subscribe to the McKinney Public Library Genealogy Newsletter This newsletter features posts about the Genealogy collection and programs at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library located at 101 E. Hunt Street in McKinney, Texas. It highlights new items in the collection each month, area Genealogy programs, and other information relevant to our Genealogy researchers. Take a look, you may find something that will enhance your research or arouse your interest! You can find them at wonlynewsletterlists=true. Pick out any or all newsletters that you are interested in. By clicking on a title, you can get more information on that newsletter and view past issues. Thanks to Janice Quick for providing this information. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The Collin County Genealogical Society is member society of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. As a member we receive an issue of their quarterly, which can be found in the Genealogy Center periodical section. If you are searching for a genealogy or historical organization in the state or county where your ancestors lived you should check out their list of societies. FGS highlights society events around the country and they host a seminar each year in a different state. They have a blog and newsletter that is full of resources. They are a beneficial resource to genealogical, historical and family associations and have tools to help organizations best serve their members and run their organization. Learn more: 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