GENEALOGY FACULTY

MELVIN C. JOHNSON joined the Angelina College Genealogy Conference lecture staff in 2001, and then became conference co-chairman, moving to conference chairman in 2004, serving again this year.

A researcher, writer, and historian with graduate degrees in English and history from Stephen F. Austin State University and a bachelor's in English from Utah State University, he has taught at Stephen F. Austin State University, Los Angeles Metropolitan College, Utah State University, and the University of Alaska. His interests are Southern mill town history and the Texas Hill Country prior to the Civil War.

His articles have appeared in Environmental History, East Texas Historical Journal, Crosscut, The John Whitmer Historical Journal, West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, and Jeffersonian. His current work Polygamy on the Pedernales: Lyman Wight and the Mormon Polygamous Villages of the Antebellum Texas Hill Country (USU Press, Logan, Utah: March 2006) is bedrocked on extensive family history and genealogical research, and it has won the Smith-Pettit Best Book Award for the John Whitmer Historical Association (2006). 

TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY is serving her fourth year as program chairman and assistant to Mr. Johnson, having served as a member of the Angelina College genealogy faculty since 1998.

She currently serves as a member of the annual San Jacinto Symposium, is serving her 14th year on the Harris County Historical Commission, the last seven as Secretary. Mrs. Beverly holds membership in the Country School Association of America, and is working with the restoration and preservation of Harris County’s oldest known, still existing one-room schoolhouse (1893) through the Baytown Historical Preservation Association.

Mrs. Beverly has conducted seminars and workshops throughout Texas and teaches genealogy classes in Houston. She is listed in several biographical publications, including Who's Who In Genealogy & Heraldry. Past president of the Texas State Genealogical Society (1984-1987), she co-founded the Houston Genealogical Institute (1979-1981) and served as host chairman for Clayton Library Friends for the 1994 National Genealogical Society Conference held in Houston.

Mrs. Beverly has been published in the CLF Newsletter, the Houston Genealogical Forum’s The Record, The French Genealogist, as well as in other periodicals, and has compiled a series of Texas cemetery directories. Her latest publication is Suffer the Children: A History of the Confederate Orphanage at Baylands, Texas.

A native Texan, her interest in genealogy began with a ninth-grade English project. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild she also maintains active membership in a number of archival, cemetery, historical, genealogical, library, and lineage organizations.

VISITING FACULTY

PHILIP BURNETT ADDERLEY is dual national born in Bermuda and a naturalized citizen of the United States. Educated predominantly in America, he was an exchange student to Colombia, South America, and a Robert E. Lee Scholar at Washington and Lee University, obtaining degrees in physics and mathematics.

He obtained his MS in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and worked the next twenty years for Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies in the United States and Cadiz, Spain. He has been an avid genealogist for thirty years.

In 2006 he received the Walter Lee Sheppard prize, given to top-performing students in the Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis track at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR). He since completed the IGHR tracks “Advanced Library Research: Law Libraries and Government Documents” and “Land Records: Case Studies.”

Mr. Adderley joined the Association of Professional Genealogists and started his company 311 Research in 2006. Besides his unique expertise with 17th -19th century British record sources in Bermuda, his specialties include 19th century federal land records and 19th–20th century legal and courthouse records of Louisiana.

KELVIN MEYERS is a Contract Forensic Genealogist who, since 1996, works with attorneys, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services, and heir searching companies, locating unknown heirs to estates and oil and gas leases. Mr. Meyers was previously on staff with the Genealogy Department, History & Social Science Division, of the Dallas Public Library.

Graduated from Texas Tech University in 1984 with a BA in history, he has continued his studies at the Samford IGHR. In 1989 he completed the Advanced Methodology course and in 1990, the Advanced Library Research course.

He holds membership in several organizations, including the Association of Professional Genealogists, and is President of the Lone Star Chapter, APG; he is a Past President of the Dallas Genealogical Society.

His published works include an article, “Trinity Methodist Church Records,” published in the October 2007 The Dallas Journal, and several books under the titles of Early Records of Crosby Land District, West Texas 1880–1915, Crosby County, Texas Deed Books I and II & Transcribed Deeds Crosby County, and Texas Probate Abstracts 1887–1910.

MARYNELL ANDERSON BRYANT is a genealogical researcher & lecturer. She holds a both BA and MA degrees in journalism from Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Marynell is a retired journalism teacher from Sulphur Springs High School with 35 years experience. She has been editor and publisher of the family surname publication, Rainey Times, for 22 years, as well as being the administrator for the national Rainey/Raney DNA Surname project.

She is a past president of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and served three years as librarian for the Hopkins County Genealogical Society Research Library.

She is serving her third term as President of Texas State Genealogical Society.

CORE FACULTY

TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY   See Genealogy Faculty, above.

EMILY CROOM, a fifth-generation Texan, has been active in genealogy research since 1969. However, her interest in genealogy was first sparked by a seventh-grade field trip. She is a frequent lecturer for society meetings and seminars, has been on the Angelina College genealogy conference faculty since 1999, and spoke at the 2004 FGS national conference in Austin. A former public school teacher, Ms. Croom has taught genealogy for several continuing education facilities and conducted an online genealogy class for Barnes and Noble University, 2001-2006. She has two BA degrees (history and music) and an MA in history.

    Ms. Croom is a member of several local, state, and national genealogical societies, including APG. Besides numerous published articles and several family histories, she is the author of 5 well-known books on genealogy: Unpuzzling Your Past (4th ed., 2001), widely used as a genealogy textbook; The Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook; The Sleuth Book for Genealogists (2000), focusing on problem-solving strategies; A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors, with co-author Franklin Smith (2002); and the enlarged edition of The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (2nd ed., 2003). Ms. Croom is the wife of Robert T. Shelby. Visit her web site at Unpuzzling.com.

CHARLIE GARDES  was born in New Orleans and reared in Houston, attending the St. John's School, The University of Texas, and The University of Houston. He began actively researching his family history in 1992, was an LDS Family History Center volunteer from 1994 through 2004, and has been an avid Internet user since 1995. As a member of the Houston Genealogical Forum from 1994 through 2003, he served on a variety of committees and in leadership positions and was the founding webmaster for the society. He is currently a board member of the Clayton Library Friends in Houston as well as the United States Internet Genealogical Society. USIGS was founded in 1997 and is the oldest on-line genealogical society.

He has lectured to genealogy and lineage organizations in the Houston area, regionally, and at state conferences since 1998. Mr. Gardes has been a faculty member of the Angelina College Genealogy Conference since 2005 and has also served on various Internet-based mailing lists on the Roots-Web system in a mentoring capacity.

He is a contributing author to The Desperate Genealogist’s Idea Book published to help support the www.Deadfred.com free on-line Genealogy Photo Archive. Charlie's three-year search in finding and proving his German roots has been detailed as an immigration case study in Emily Croom's The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (Betterway Books, 2nd ed., 2003). He has been a self-employed construction consultant and project manager in Houston since 1983 and was the project manager for the recently completed seven and one half million dollar Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research renovation begun in June 2007.

PAT GORDON holds a master's degree in journalism from Texas Christian University and is a former newspaper reporter who now teaches journalism at a Fort Worth area university.

Grounded in a variety of family research techniques, she has developed an unrivalled skill in presenting the in's and out's, why's and how's of preparing, printing and publishing the dedicated researcher's family history. She is a freelance writer who is involved in working on her family history as well as a county history.

As a fifth-generation Texan, she likes to place her ancestors in the social setting in which they lived. This often leads her research away from courthouses to newspapers and university archives. She served two terms as president of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society and one term as vice president and editor of the monthly newsletter. She has conducted numerous classes and sessions in various areas of family history and research and joined the Angelina College genealogy lecture staff in 2002. 

DONALD RANEY is a sixth-generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for over 25 years. He has been a frequent speaker at many genealogical society meetings in East Texas, Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

On the national level, Mr. Raney has presented sessions at GENTECH, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and The Genealogical Institute of Texas. He is a life member of the San Jacinto Descendants and past director of GENTECH and the Dallas Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group.

A registered professional engineer, Mr. Raney graduated from SMU with a BS in civil engineering and completed a long professional career with Lone Star Gas Company before retiring in 1997 as Chief Engineer. He is currently teaching beginning, intermediate and advanced genealogy courses at Richland College. Mr. Raney joined the Angelina College genealogy faculty in 2000.

JOHN A. SELLERS is a fifth-generation native to Hopkins County, Texas. He graduated from Texas Tech University, with a degree in advertising/public relations and received his teaching certificate in history from Texas A & M, University - Commerce.

Mr. Sellers has been doing genealogical research since 1985. His favorite area of research is in the courthouse, and he has visited courthouses in several southern states, conducting extensive research in Texas and Louisiana. An active member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society, he served eight years on the executive board and as president, 1997-1998. John has been featured on radio's Family History Show. He was a speaker at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Houston in 1994 and Federation of Genealogical Society's National Conferences in 1997and 2004.

He has been the featured speaker for over 40 all-day seminars including Lawton, Oklahoma; Roswell, New Mexico; Caddo, Ouachita, and Winn Parishes, Louisiana; and Jefferson, Waco, Tyler, Amarillo, Brenham, Canton, and Luling, Texas. The featured speaker at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Genealogical Conference at the Alamo in 2002 and 2003, he has given several programs at both local and regional conferences. He completed Samford University's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research course on Advanced Methodology in 1995 and has been invited to lecture there in 2009.

John compiled an addendum to the 1850 Census of Hopkins County and is the author of a historical newspaper article called Hopkins County Remembered. John has been a faculty member for Angelina College Genealogy Conference since 1999. John is a loan officer with City National Bank of Sulphur Springs.

SCHEDULE

Thursday – Saturday, June 16-18, 2009

7:30 am – 8:30 am. Community Services Office (see CS on the Angelina College Campus Map)

Pre-registered attendees may pick up syllabus packets.
Onsite Late Registration * with noted exceptions.

OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS

SATURDAY SPECIALS

Pre-registrations only; absolutely no onsite registrations; special materials must be prepared off site ahead of time.

Nota bene:  Any one of these three special all-day Saturday courses may be part of your Fri-Sat schedule at no extra charge, but you must be pre-registered by checking the appropriate box on your registration form. (Absolutely no door registrations for these)

Saturday registrations include lunch in the Student Dining Hall

NOTE: Those signing up only for No. 1 or No. 2 Saturday (i.e., does not include Friday), the fee is $50 if paid by June 10; June 11 to July 1, fee is $70; no registrations after that date. No. 3 available only with regular conference registration.

Historic Texas Cemeteries Symposium *

Presented by

Texas Historical Commission with Trevia Wooster Beverly as Facilitator

Annette Bethke, Gerron Hite, Anne Shelton

Texas Historical Commission

Cemetery Preservation – Gerron Hite, THC Cemetery Preservation State Coordinator

As Texas’ economy and population expands, there is an increasing demand for the development of land for residential, agricultural, and commercial uses.  Historic cemeteries are threatened in rural as well as in urban settings. Learn how individuals interested in local culture and history and a commitment to saving the physical remnants of their community’s heritage can prevail. 

RIP Guardian Program – Anne Shelton, THC RIP Program Coordinator

The letters RIP are commonly found carved on gravemarkers, bidding the deceased an earthly wish for eternal rest in peace. RIP is also one of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) cemetery preservation initiatives: Record, Investigate, Protect. Learn how the RIP Guardian program assists cemetery preservation volunteers and how to get help for your project. 

Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) Designation – Annette Bethke, HTC Program Specialist

The THC developed the Historic Texas Cemetery designation program to address the problems of destruction, neglect and illegal removal of historic cemeteries. Official recognition of these family and community landmarks highlights their importance and hopefully will encourage further preservation. During this session, THC staff will walk you through the HTC process and application step by step. 

Dead Men Tell No Tales – or Do They? - Trevia Wooster Beverly, Conference Faculty

The deceased holds the clues to ‘the rest of the story.’ Beginning with the tombstone, cultural background may be gleaned. Records from the cemetery office, the funeral home, newspapers, etc. will all help bring the ancestor to life again.

* No door registrations. Carries Certificate of Completion.

Tracking Down Your Ancestors With DNA

Don Raney, Facilitator

The Conference has partnered with Family Tree DNA,
the largest genetic genealogy testing company in the world.

Genealogists can identify, prove and extend their family lines through this scientific testing.  While the Y-chromosome is passed unchanged from father to son through the generations, participation in a DNA surname study will be useful to any researcher of a particular surname.

A lecture on DNA for Genealogy and a second one on Anthropology and the Genealogy Connection will be presented by FTDNA. The Company will offer our attendees a reduced group rate to test their DNA for genealogical purposes (testing kits will be available on site). Q & A session.

The day will be concluded by a presentation by Don Raney, Conference Staff.      

Seat of Justice (Part 2) *

John Sellers

If you took Part 1 in 2008, don’t miss out on the second segment.

What's Hidden in Courthouse Records? - This advanced lecture on courthouse records details for the researcher how to glean the most information from various record groups. Unusual finds in some common records such as deeds will be discussed.  Also lesser-known record groups will be reviewed.

To Testate or Intestate: In Depth Study of Probate - Inventories, bonds, estate sales, and final settlements are vital parts of the probate process. This in depth study looks at both testate and intestate probate cases.  Terminology and evidence are given a close look.

Court Systems Beyond the Local Courthouse - Where do you go when your ancestor's case has been appealed?  Review of the components of all court cases will be discussed.  State and federal appeals courts will be reviewed, with particular attention to the state supreme courts.  Research techniques will be highlighted.

Court Cases, a Wealth of Information - What does all mean and how will it help me in my genealogical pursuit?  Various cases and their wealth of genealogical evidence will be reviewed.  Actual cases and their value will be discussed.

* No door registrations. Carries Certificates of Completion.

This all-day course may be part of your Fri-Sat schedule but must be registered for separately and carries an extra fee for the extra syllabus. Pre-registrations only.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY PRESENTATIONS
 

Philip B. Adderley

F1: Jacob Bodenheimer’s Hidden Cotton. In the absence of original sources based upon primary, firsthand information, written and oral family traditions can take on added significance in reconstructing our ancestors’ lives. For the shards of evidence that do survive, it is especially important to understand and properly interpret them. Follow the evidentiary trail in this case study, evaluate the findings, and make your own call: Was Jacob a rich cotton planter or an insolvent tavern keeper when he died?

F7: The Law and Genealogy. Not only can we discover our ancestors in legal records, we can also discover them in the statutes themselves. An acquired knowledge of the law also helps us more fully understand the legal records we find, and, on occasion, why our ancestors took some of the actions they did. This session encourages beginning and intermediate researchers to take a deep breath, dive in, and explore a whole new world.

S1: Forensic Handwriting Identification for Genealogists. How often are you faced with only a candidate ancestor’s signature or some scraps of handwriting when trying to identify her/him? Knowledge of certain fundamental handwriting characteristics can significantly improve the quality of your conclusions, and perhaps prevent you from reaching premature ones. Learn what you can do as a genealogist and when to turn to a professional.

S7: (One of) the Robert Jemison Families of Jackson and Ouachita Parishes, Louisiana, 1845-1870. There were hundreds of R., Robt, Robert Jemisons, and surname variants in the antebellum South in this time period. This case study involves complex identity resolution using a variety of lesser used archival record sources at the university, state, and federal level; census correlations; economic and political history; appellate cases; and forensic handwriting identification.

Marynell Anderson Bryant

F2: Quill and Scrawl: Ease the Pain of Early Handwriting. Sometimes just finding the right elusive document may turn out to be the easiest part of a research problem. Struggling to decipher and read the document may be the hardest part. Early handwriting examples may range from the finest skilled literary penmanship to the worst scrawl you have ever seen. Embellished and flourished letters of the court clerk contrast sharply with the tangled loops, crosses and misplaced dots of the careless enumerator.

F9: War of 1812 Records and Resources. Even though the British had recognized U.S. independence in 1783, the two countries continued to clash. About one out of every 14 men in the U.S. was involved in the war between June of 1812 and February of 1815. There’s a good chance you have at least one ancestor with a War of 1812 service record and perhaps a bounty land warrant for that service. You may have one with a pension application file or a widow’s pension file. In addition to the federal records some states supported their own militia units that fought in War of 1812 battles, and those records are available through state archives.

F12: Census Taker to Census Reader: Assembling a Family. Making the most of the census will require knowing the types of population and non-population census schedules available and the scope of the census data on each record. Researchers also need to know what information is available on the census index and the most common problems associated with it. This session will offer tips for success with census records related to handwriting, names, relationships, gender and ages, birthplaces and transcriptions.

Sat: A member of the DNA team.

Trevia Wooster Beverly

Becoming An American: Ethnic Origins, Immigration & Finding Naturalization Records (see description at optional all day Thursday workshop)

Sat: A member of the cemetery team.

Emily Croom

F5: Crinoline and Calico: Researching Female Ancestors. Females' varying social and legal status in the past requires us to combine research strategies in order to identify and study these ancestors. With careful planning and evaluation, the use of contemporary records, and the practice of "cluster genealogy," we can learn about many of our elusive females and their kin. Case studies illustrate the process.

F8: Abiding and Leaving: Our Ancestors in City Directories and Obituaries. City directories and obituaries are important, informative, and accessible resources spanning the past two centuries. These publications are especially useful for research in the "dark hole" periods before the 1850 census, between 1880 and 1900, and after the 1930 census. Numerous examples illustrate the benefits of using these resources.

F11: Proof and the Paper Trail: Documenting Your Genealogy. Ideally, genealogical paper trails tell you exactly where you found your evidence & help you create your source citations. Effective documentation gives credibility and validity to your conclusions, charts, or narrative family history. Examples demonstrate practical ways of citing your sources.

S2: You Be the Judge: Considering the Evidence. We genealogists collect various types of evidence on ancestors. Often circumstantial, conflicting, or negative, the evidence challenges us to determine what it means and how the bits and pieces fit together. Case studies illustrate ways of gathering and evaluating evidence and drawing conclusions.

Charlie Gardes

S5: Meet Me at the Raccoon Lodge: Researching in The International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records. Ralph Kramden was only one of millions of Americans who belonged to a fraternal organization since this country's inception. Learn how to identify whether an ancestor belonged to one, which one, and what deep dark secrets those records may hold.

S8: What Did You Do in The War, Great-Grandpa? Tracing Your Civilian Ancestor in the Civil War South. Less than 15% of the population in the Confederate States of America served in the military during the war. Was your ancestor a Rhett or Scarlett? A lover or a fighter? What did great-grandma say, what did she really mean, and how to find the real story!

Kelvin Meyers

F4: Plowing Through the Land Records to Find Your Ancestor. Because Americans were so “land minded” over ¾ of all males who lived to maturity, well into the 19th century, owned land. Because this is true, land records exist from the beginning of the first permanent settlements in America—frequently on of the few identifying records from this early period. A quality unique to land records is that the older they are the more genealogical data there may be to obtain from that record. This lecture will focus on using these records, combined with other records to identify ancestors.

F10: Who Cares Who Their Neighbors Were? You Do! That’s Who! Your ancestor did not live a solitary life. He lived, he loved, he hated, he sued, he was sued and he died all with in a particular group of people. Locating these people may be the only way to get to your ancestor and the questions concerning him. Methodology of neighbors and clusters of people can be very helpful when you understand how the research is conducted.

S4: How Great Thou Art! How Great They Are! Church Records. Underused and underutilized, this vast group of records can be a challenge to the “un-churched”. Determining the denomination, in which your ancestor was a part, can be the biggest challenge. The second challenge is to find those records. With these two things accomplished, many genealogical questions can be answered.

S10: All the News That’s Fit to Print (and a lot that wasn’t): 19th Century Secular and Religious Newspapers. The Star, The Globe, The National Inquirer have nothing on the newspapers of the 19th century and early 20th century. These papers left no stone unturned or any “juicy” story untold. The lives of your ancestors and the lives of people just like them can be traced in the newspaper. The denominational newspapers were also full of births, deaths, marriages and editorials on how you should vote and feel about every issue imaginable.

Don Raney

F3: Finding Your Revolutionary War Ancestor. It is estimated that over 250,000 men fought in the American Revolution. About one out of every five males in the colonies served and many thousands more filed claims for services and materials provided to the colonies. Therefore, anyone who had ancestors living in the colonies in 1776 had a high probability of being a descendant of one or more patriots or Revolutionary War veterans.
This lecture describes how you can use sources such as Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, HeritageQuest Online images of the Revolutionary War pension files, Pierce’s Register, Rider Index, DAR Patriot Index, DAR Genealogical Records Committee National Index, and the SAR Patriot Index. In addition, nineteen Internet sites are provided as additional sources for information on your Revolutionary War ancestor.

F6: British Migrations to the American Colonies. This lecture covers the four main migration groups from the British Isles to the American Colonies before the Revolutionary War. The first large migration was the Puritans from East Anglia and the west country of England who migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1629 and 1640. The second migration was the West Country Cavaliers and their servants who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay and settled in Virginia and Maryland between 1641 and 1675. The third migration was the North Midland Quakers who migrated to the Delaware River Valley and settled in Pennsylvania and western New Jersey between 1675 and 1715. The fourth migration was Scots-Irish and British from the border counties of Scotland and England who migrated primarily to Pennsylvania and then to the backwoods of all of the American Colonies.

If you can identify the first place that your British immigrant ancestor lived in the American colonies and the approximate time period, that information can be used as a clue to narrow his original residence to several counties in Britain. Then you can narrow your search for birth, marriage and death in the parish records to only three or four British counties.

Sat: A member of the DNA team.

John Sellers

See "Seat of Justice" description, above

Sessions & Times

Exhibitors & Vendors

Exhibits and vendors will be available in Hudgins Hall (HH) from Thursday noon, all day Friday and on Saturday until 2 pm. An excellent opportunity to purchase for your personal library or your public library's genealogy collection.

3rd Coast Mercantile - Vintage Post Cards
Houston, Texas

Association of Professional Genealogists
Lone Star Chapter – http://lonestarapg.com/

Books & Things
Bob Gordon
Fort Worth, Texas 

Emily Croom
Books for Unpuzzling Family History

Ericson Books
Specializing in East Texas
History and Genealogy
Nacogdoches, Texas

Kenjura Genealogical Services
Pearland, Texas

Tejas Publications & Research
Texas Cemetery Directories
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Texas

Texas State Genealogical Society
Marynell Bryant, President

Other interested vendors should send an e-mail request for information to bmcclainangelina.edu and request VENDOR INFO in the subject line.

Advertising for the Syllabus is accepted. For rates contact treviawbeverly@comcast.net

PRE OR POST CONFERENCE
EAST TEXAS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Angelina College Library. Click on LIBRARY during the Virtual Tour, or go direct to http://www.angelina.edu/library/index.html for related information. Open Thursday for summer school; unavailable for Friday & Saturday conference. Under Genealogy there are some forty items; under Local History there are thirty-one additional, related titles. Enter specific titles, authors, or topics and you'll come up with many more related items.

John Wilkins Genealogy Collection, Ora McMullen Room, Kurth Memorial Library, located at 706 South Raguet Street, Lufkin, Texas 75901. Phone: 936-630-0560 http://www.kurthmemoriallibrary.com/

The History Center. A 12,000 square foot history and archives center with books, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, etc. of East Texas. 102 North Temple Drive, Diboll, Texas 75941. 936-829-3543 (10 minutes; 1.4 miles)  http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/publications.php

Museum of East Texas. Fine Art, Regional History, Archaeological Artifacts, and Local and Pioneer History Exhibits. 503 North Second, Lufkin, Texas 75901. phone: 936-639-4434  http://metlufkin.org/home.html

Stephen F. Austin State University: East Texas Research Center, 2nd floor Steen Memorial Library, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962. Open Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm; Saturday 10am-6pm. Phone: 936-468-4100. http://libweb.sfasu.edu/

Texas Forestry Museum Exhibits: Local and Pioneer History, Natural History, Historic Site and Building, Research Library and Archives. 1905 Atkinson Dr, PO Box 1488, Lufkin, Texas 75002. phone: 936.632-9535 http://www.treetexas.com/

For related information, visit the following East Texas websites:

Angelina County TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txangeli/

Angelina County Genealogy Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txacgs/

East Texas Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/

Kindred Trails: http://www.kindredtrails.com/TX_Angelina.html

Nacogdoches Genealogy Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txngs/index.html

Van Zandt County Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txvzcgs/vzgs.html

Texas Historical Commission: http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
(Choose atlas, then select Angelina County and find over 60 Texas historical markers, over 100 cemetery listings, 41 national register sites, 178 sawmills, and 2 museums listed. The same type of information is given for all Texas counties.)

Accommodations and Other Local Information

Lodging nearest the college consists of the Holiday Express, Comfort Suites, Hampton Inn, and Quality Inn complex. For complete listing of area lodging, see comparisons and contact information here http://visitlufkin.com/Stay/?action=where.

Discounts vary from senior citizens to military - ask! And let them know you are in Lufkin for the conference. Make your reservations early!

For a list of campgrounds and other recreational opportunities in and near Lufkin, please visit http://www.hikercentral.com/metros/31260.html.

Lufkin Chamber of Commerce: http://www.lufkintexas.org/

Lufkin Convention & Visitors Bureau: http://visitlufkin.com/

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Lydia Jordan ljordanangelina.edu
Small Business Development Center 936-633-5400
Monday – Thursday

College bookstore & library
College is closed for summer classes on Fridays.

Pre-registration before June 10th ensures your syllabus is ready on arrival.
They are prepared offsite two weeks before the Conference.
Register early and don’t wait. Onsite printing may take up to a full day and carries a $15 surcharge; syllabus for optional sessions will not be available.

For Registration Fees, refer to the Registration Form:

Regular Conference is Friday & Saturday
Optional workshops offered on Thursday and Saturday
All include specific class syllabus, daily lunch, and Friday evening dinner.
Optional Dutch-treat dinner with the speakers is offered for Thursday workshop attendees. Place to be announced.

All Door Registrations will be $15 extra for onsite last minute syllabus printing.
Not available for Thursday & Saturday optional sessions that require pre-registration.

Join us for our 13th year – meet old friends and make new ones.


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