Genealogy Program
“Early American Migration Routes“
“Retrace the roads followed by your ancestors in their Westward Migration”
Presentation by Don Raney,
Hosted by
Plano Chapter # 37 Sons of the American Revolution
Mary Shirley McGuire Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
&
Genealogy, Local History, Texana, & Archives Haggard Library

“Followed by how to get into SAR/DAR”
What do I need?
Presented by
Julie Avedikian, Regent,
Mary Shirley McGuire Chapter DAR
&
Chuck Sprague, Registrar,
Plano Chapter # 37 SAR

“DNA, Legally a Cobb, Biologically a Mill”
By Roger Cobb

Find out how DNA can help break down a brick wall in your family history. Roger Cobb will discuss his experience in the use of DNA testing and how it helped to further his research past his grandfather’s generation. He will also talk about DNA basics and how DNA testing can help you. Mr. Cobb has been involved in genealogy research for over 45 years. He was born and raised in Wisconsin. He and his wife, Barbara, moved to Texas in 2005 to be near their daughter.

The program will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, and will be sponsored by the Clark Family in collaboration with the Texas State Historical Association and the Honors Program at North Central Texas College.

It will begin at 8:30 a.m. with presentations at the Gainesville Civic Center, 311 S. Weaver Street, Gainesville, TX; it will end at 4:30 p.m. after a trip to the cemetery.

The cost is $7.00.  The deadline for and registration is “before October 5.”  You may RSVP to NathanielClarkfamilyreunion@gmail.com or colleen.carri@gmail.com.  More information is available at http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/category/denton/.

Genealogy After-Hours
Fri. 19 October 2012 – Emily Fowler Library 6-11 pm

Join genealogists from across Texas in this unique
evening of distance-learning and research. Participants
will be able to tap resources from the Clayton Library of
Genealogy Research in Houston, the Waco-McLennan
County Public Library, the Plano Public Library, and
many others. There will be programs from several of the
locations and viewable online. One-on-one research help
will be available during research time. Bring a brown-bag
supper and drink. $15.00 registration fee. Call 349-8752
to register.
Denton Public Library Special Collections; Genealogy and Local History
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