CHAPARRAL LIBRARY, Inc.
dba Chaparral Genealogical Society
Serving Northwest Harris Co., Texas

Meetings

One of the mission objectives of Chaparral Library is to provide a place of assembly, fellowship, encouragement and educational opportunities to individuals interested in, or engaged in the preservation of family history.  We meet on the 4th Saturday of each month.  The meetings are held in the second floor meeting room of Amegy Bank (formerly Klein Bank), located at 28201 Business 249 at Medical Complex Drive in Tomball.   These meetings are open to the public and begin at 10:00 a.m.   Below are the upcoming meetings for this year.

Date Subject
1/22/2011 Installation of Officers & Question and Answers
2/26/2011 Trevia W. Beverly “Meet Mr. Draper and the Reverend Shane”
3/26/2011 Virgil Theiss “History of the Spring Area”
4/30/2011 Ken Walden “Tomball is a Railroad Town”
5/28/2011 Stefani Twyford of ‘Legacy Multimedia’-- Preserving Photos
6/25/2011 Sarah Jackson
7/23/2011 Show & Tell / Questions & Answers
8/27/2011 Maxine Heath: "Whatever happened to Sacajawea's baby" Jean Baptiste Charboneau
9/24/2011 Linda Jameson “Migration Routes…Trails and Roads In Early America, Your Pathway to Early America”
10/22/2011 Robert Schaadt: “Standing on Sacred Ground” (Battle of San Jacinto)
11/19/2011 Ms. Emily Croom
Dec 3?, 2011 Chaparral Christmas Party


Previous Years Subject
Jan 23, 2010 Installation of Officers & Question and Answers
Feb 27, 2010 Trevia Wooster Beverly "Lost Babes"
Mar 27, 2010 Hicks Street Study Committee
Apr 24, 2010 Jim Sigmund of Cypress Historical Society "History of the Cypress Area"
May 22, 2010 Marjorie Lowe "Beloved Rebel"
Jun 26, 2010 Butch Theiss "History of Klein Area"
Jul 24, 2010 Barbara Franz "The Melungeon People"
Aug 21, 2010 Charlie Fogarty "The Irish Connection to Early Texas"
Sep 25, 2010 TBD
Oct 23, 2010 Charles Gardes "It's A Gusher!!"
Nov 20, 2010 Ms. Emily Croom
Dec 4, 2010 Chaparral Christmas Party
Jan 24, 2009 Installation of Officers and Question & Answers
Feb 28, 2009 Kemo Curry & Joel Draut -- Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Mar 28, 2009 Nevaire Richardson -- Family of Thomas H. Ball
Apr 25, 2009 Lynwood Peterson -- U.S. Migration Trails
May 23, 2009 Pam Marshall -- DAR / SAR / CAR
Jun 27, 2009 Audrey Cook -- Author of book about Obedience Smith
Jul 25, 2009 Question & Answer
Aug 22, 2009 Lynna Kay Shuffield -- Computer Databases
Sep 26, 2009 Question & Answer / Show & Tell
Oct 24, 2009 Teri Little -- We're Related - The FaceBook Way
Nov 21, 2009 Emily Croom
Dec ??, 2009 Christmas Party
Jan 26, 2008 Installation of Officers
Feb 23, 2008 Teri Little -- British Research
Mar 29, 2008 Barbara Franz -- Researching Lousiana
Apr 26, 2008 Virgina Rigby -- Copyright Issues in Genealogy
May 24, 2008 Beverly Begay -- Navajo Culture and Traditions, Part 2
Jun 28, 2008 David Bruner -- Freedmen's Town and Historic Black Cemeteries
Jul 26, 2008 Janis Duhe -- 1917 Riot in Memorial Park
Aug 23, 2008 Janis Duhe -- Houston History
Sep 27, 2008 Cancelled due to Hurricane Ike
Oct 25, 2008 Charles Gardes - LDS, FHL and FHC ABC's & FAQ's
Nov 22, 2008 Emily Croom - Seeing Is Not Always Believing
Dec 6, 2008 Christmas Party
Jan 27, 2007 Installation of Officers
Feb 24, 2007 Lynna Kay Shuffield - Newspaper Research
Mar 24, 2007 "Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask About Genealogy -- But Were Afraid to Ask"
Apr 28, 2007 Beverly Begay - Navajo Culture and Traditions
May 26, 2007 Genealogy Question and Answer
Jun 23, 2007 Grandma's Attic -- Show and Tell
Jul 28, 2007 Irene Walters - French Huguenots
Aug 25, 2007 Gail Cooper -- Genealogy Databases at Harris County Library
Sep 22, 2007 Dr. James Heath - Medicine at the time of the American Revolution
Oct 27, 2007 Charles Gardes - MEET ME AT THE RACCOON LODGE: Researching in The International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records
Nov 17, 2007 Emily Croom - Lost in 1890? What To Do When the Census is Missing
Dec ??, 2007 Christmas Party
Jan 28, 2006 Installation of Officers
Feb 25, 2006 Video - "Cryptic Clues in the Bone Yard" by Sharon DeBartelo Carmack
Mar 25, 2006 Ms. Julie Cluff - Klein Family History Center
Apr 22, 2006 Mr. Charlie Gardes - Beginning German Genealogy
May 27, 2006 Max Blankfield - Family Tree DNA
Jun 24, 2006 Q&A
Jul 22, 2006 Lesley Douthwaite - English Ancestry
Aug 26, 2006 Lynwood Peterson - Gathering and Organizing with "Passage Express"
Sep 23, 2006 Grandma's Attic
Oct 28, 2006 Mr. Charlie Gardes - Tracing Your Civilian Ancestor in the Civil War South….
Nov 25, 2006 Emily Croom - "Gooly Girl and Fried Ham"
Dec 9, 2006 Christmas Party
Jan 22, 2005 Installation of Officers
Feb 26, 2005 Ms. Tincy Campbell - The 'Orphan Train' Movement
Mar 26, 2005 Civil War Reenactors
Apr 23, 2005 Mr. Charlie Gardes - Internet Genealogy (thought process)
May 28, 2005 Mr. Kim Morton -- Revolutionary War Pensions
Jun 25, 2005 Open Session - Questions and Answers
Jul 23, 2005 Ms. Teri Little - Cemeteries
Aug 27, 2005 Ms. Nanda Kirkpatrick - Genetic Genealogy-DNA
Sep 24, 2005 Mr. Charlie Gardes - Beginning German Genealogy
Oct 22, 2005 Ms. Marjorie Lowe - 2005 State of the Cherokee Nation
Nov 26, 2005 Ms. Emily Croom - Cluster Genealogy
Dec 10, 2005 Christmas Party
Jan 24, 2004 Installation of Officers
Feb 28, 2004 Open Session - Your greatest genealogical find or the one that got away
Mar 27, 2004 Mr. Roger Wunderlich - German Heritage of Our Community
Apr 24, 2004 Mr. Charles Bacarisse - Preservation of Historic Records in Harris County
May 22, 2004 Ms. Lynna Shuffield - 20th Century Military & War Dead Research
Jun 26, 2004 Open Session - Questions and Answers
Jul 24, 2004 Mr. Don Marshall - The Texas Navy
Aug 28, 2004 Ms. Marjorie Lowe - Trail of Tears of the Five Civilized Tribes
Sep 25, 2004 Ms. Rose Painter - Preserving Your Memories
Oct 23, 2004 Mr. Robert Ray - History of Railroad Police in America
Nov 27, 2004 Ms. Emily Croom - Territorial Papers of the United States (The Southern States)
Dec 11, 2004 Christmas Party