Annual Events:
   Jan 16  Martin Luther King Day
   Feb 2  Groundhog Day
   Feb 12  Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
   Feb 14  Valentines Day
   Feb 19  Presidents Day
   Feb 22  George Washington's Birthday
   Feb 23  Start of the Battle of the Alamo, 1836
   Feb 27  Battle of San Patricio, 1836
   Mar 2  Battle of Agua Dulce, 1836
   Mar 2  Sam Houston's Birthday
   Mar 2  Texas Independence Day
   Mar 6  Battle of the Alamo
   Mar 12  Start of the Battle of Refugio, 1836
   Mar 15  Final Battle for Refugio, 1836
   Mar 17  St. Patrick's Day
   Mar 18  Battle of Coleto Creek, 1836
   Mar 27  Massacre at Goliad, 1836
   Apr 21  Battle of San Jacinto
   May 15  Peace Officers Memorial Day
   May 19  Armed Forces Day
   Jul 4  Independence Day
   Sep 3  Labor Day
   Sep 11  Patriot Day
   Sep 14  Star Spangled Banner Day
   Sep 17  Constitution Day
   Oct 2  Battle of Gonzales October 2, 1835
First Battle of the Texas Revolution - Come and Take It Cannon Battle
   Oct 8  Columbus Day
   Oct 10  Battle of Goliad, 1835
   Oct 27  Siege of Bexar Began, 1835
First Major Campaign of the Texas Revolution Oct 27 - Dec 9
   Oct 27  Navy Day
   Oct 28  Battle of Concepcion, 1835
   Oct 31  Halloween
   Nov 4  Battle of Lipantitlan, 1835
   Nov 11  Veterans Day
   Nov 26  The Grass Fight, 1835
   Dec 7  Pearl Harbor Day

Regular Events:
   May 23, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker will be Charlie Gardis
   Jun 27, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker - Susan Kaufman with Clayton Library will discuss what is available at Clayton as well as Persi
   Jul 25, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker: Jeremy Belkin with Family Tree DNA
Topic: DNA, What is it and how to use it.
   Aug 8, 2015 (10:15am)  Free Genealogy Lecture Clayton Library Friends
Clayton Library Friends meeting with a presentation by Fidel G. Ramirez entitled "Genealogy to Go - Mobile Devices and Apps". Meeting held at Clayton Library, 5300 Caroline, Houston, Texas.
   Aug 22, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker: Kameron Kent Searle will be presenting his findings about Stephen F. Austin's second colony in Texas, "The Lake Creek Settlement". This is rediscovered history about Montgomery County and the people who settled there.
   Sep 26, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker: Chris Daniel, Harris County District Clerk

Mr. Daniel will be speaking to us about what you can find in the District Clerk records. This is where you will find divorces and criminal records and many interesting lawsuits. Come join us to discover new and fascinating roads to your ancestry.
   Oct 17, 2015 (9:00am - 12:00pm)  Cemetery Memorial Preservation Workshop
Waller County Historical Society
Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department meeting room
2950 FM 359 in Pattison, Texas
For information call: Truett Bell (281) 375-5793
   Oct 24, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Guest Speaker - Linda Reynolds with the East Texas Research Center at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She will be speaking on what you can find at the Research Center and on how to preserve family treasures.
   Nov 21, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Speaker: Ms. Cary Hall
Come join us to hear Cary Hall present her case study entitled "The Mystery of Lillie Mae Ford, documenting husbands and more" You will find this presentation not only informative but very entertaining. You will not only find out how many husbands she had but how Cary found out about them. It is an interesting trail to follow and one we can learn much from.
   Jan 23, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Installation of Officers for 2016
   Feb 14, 2016  Happy Valentines Day
   Feb 15, 2016  President's Day
   Feb 27, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Genealogist Jon Edens will be speaking about restoring an old abandoned cemetery in Conroe and the genealogy of some of those buried there.
   Mar 17, 2016  St.Patrick's Day
   Mar 19, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
New Kentucky Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will have a presentation about their organization
   Mar 25, 2016  Good Friday
   Mar 27, 2016  Easter
   Apr 16, 2016 (11:00am - 2:00pm)  New Kentucky Chapter DRT - Texas Lineage Research Day
Chaparral Library - 31350 Friendship Drive
   Apr 18, 2016  TAX DAY
   Apr 21, 2016  BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO
   Apr 22, 2016  EARTH DAY
   Apr 23, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
   May 5, 2016  NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
   May 8, 2016  MOTHER'S DAY
   May 21, 2016  ARMED FORCES DAY
   May 21, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  **SOCIETY MEETING**
   May 30, 2016  MEMORIAL DAY
   Jun 14, 2016  FLAG DAY
   Jun 19, 2016  FATHER'S DAY
   Jun 25, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
We are so glad to have Kameron Searle as our speaker again. He will share with us more about early Texas history and Sam Houston and his grey horse.
   Jul 4, 2016  INDEPENDENCE DAY
   Jul 23, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
Our Guest Speaker will be Paul N. Spellman, Ph.D. Dr. Spellman is Professor of Texas and U.S History at Wharton County Junior College in Richmond, Texas. He will be discussing his book "OLD 300 GONE TO TEXAS" which details the lives of the original 300 settlers that came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin.
   Aug 27, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
Our Speaker will be Carl Smith. He is the new head of the Genealogy Department of the Montgomery County Library in Conroe. He will be telling us about the new services at the library including equipment and programs.
   Sep 5, 2016  LABOR DAY
   Sep 11, 2016  GRANDPARENTS DAY
   Sep 24, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
What do you do with all this Genealogy Stuff you've accumulated? Come Saturday and get some new ideas. Our Special Guest Speaker will show us how to organize our collection of data (mess) and put it into a beautiful story of our family. See you there.
   Oct 10, 2016  COUMBUS DAY
   Oct 22, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING
We will be having a special webinar presentation as our program on Saturday. The webinar is titled "Ticked Off - Those pesky pre-1850 Census Tick Marks", by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. We think that you will find it most helpful and educational about the 1850 and prior census records. We will also be announcing the Nomination Committees selection of nominees for office for 2017. We will be voting on these nominations at the November meeting.
   Oct 31, 2016  HALLOWEEN
   Nov 5, 2016  Library Closed
   Nov 6, 2016  DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS
   Nov 8, 2016  ELECTION DAY
   Nov 11, 2016  VETERAN'S DAY
   Nov 12, 2016  Library Closed
   Nov 19, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  SOCIETY MEETING - Library Closed
   Nov 23, 2016  Library Closed - Thanksgiving
   Nov 24, 2016  THANKGIVING DAY - Library Closed
   Nov 26, 2016  Library Closed
   Dec 3, 2016 (11:00am - 3:00pm)  Christmas Party - Library Closed
   Dec 10, 2016  Library Closed
   Dec 17, 2016  Library Closed
   Dec 24, 2016  Library Closed
   Dec 25, 2016  CHRISTMAS DAY
   Dec 31, 2016  Library Closed
   Jan 3, 2017  Holidays are over - We're OPEN!!!
   Jan 20, 2017  Inauguration Day
   Jan 28, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
We will be installing the new officers for 2017.
   Feb 25, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Our speaker will be Frank Johnson, author, historian, and member of the Montgomery County Historical Commission. He will be presenting information about his new book, "Rebuke and Forever Silence." The book follows a trail of events from the earliest colonies to the election of 1864, when Lincoln was abandoned by his Party.
   Mar 25, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
   Apr 1, 2017  April Fool's Day
   Apr 9, 2017  Palm Sunday
   Apr 14, 2017  Good Friday
   Apr 16, 2017  Easter
   Apr 22, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Trevia Wooster Beverly will present her program "What's a Poor Girl to Do?" In a wild time scandalous women wore makeup, short skirts and dyed their hair. They kept company with rough men and supported themselves the only way they knew how. Should we think less of them for what they did,or respect them for making their way in a mostly male world. Fortunately, we do not have to judge either them or their circumstances. The life of these women was nothing like what the movies about the Old West portrayed.
   May 20, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Trevia Wooster Beverly will be speaking this Saturday. She will tell us about women in the old west. "What's a Poor Girl To Do" will be a fascinating story of how it really was.
   May 29, 2017  Memorial Day
   Jun 14, 2017  Flag Day
   Jun 18, 2017  Father's Day
   Jun 21, 2017  First Day of Summer
   Jun 24, 2017  Society Meeting
Kameron Searle will speak to us about the life and times of Anson Jones the last President of the Republic of Texas.
   Jul 22, 2017  Society Meeting
Thatcher Freund will be the Speaker for our July meeting. He will be discussing the importance of people telling their stories. He says "We are nothing except our memories, and every memory is a story. Come find out how to tell your stories so that your children's children will know about you and the times you lived in.
   Aug 26, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting - CANCELLED
Paul Spellman will speak August 26 about his World War I book. As we are now celebrating the 100th anniversary of World War I, we know you will find this interesting. His book "Until I Come Home, Love Letters From the War" should be a fascinating journey into the lives of our soldiers.
   Sep 22, 2017  First Day of Autumn
   Sep 23, 2017  Society Meeting
September Meeting will be this Saturday at 10:00 am at Amegy Bank in Tomball.
   Oct 28, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting/ Kevin Klaus Speaks
Our Speaker will be Kevin Klaus. Mr. Klaus has been with the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Program for the past 15 years. He has searched the early Court of Claims files, German Collection and archival collection to learn more about the history of Texas. He has discovered the amazing collection of personal letters of early soldiers and pioneers who helped settle our great state. During the past few years he has concentrated his research on the German Collection and the early German settlers that came to Texas under the Adelsverein in the 1840's In the process he has honed his skills in searching the records in Germany. Come join us to here how he has traced some of his own family.
   Nov 5, 2017  Daylight Savings Time Ends
   Nov 11, 2017  Veterans Day
   Nov 18, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Be sure to bring your check for the Christmas Party Dinner Reservation.
   Nov 23, 2017  Thanksgiving Day
   Dec 21, 2017  First Day of Winter
   Dec 25, 2017  Christmas
   Dec 31, 2017  New Year's Eve
   Jan 27, 2018  Society Meeting
   Feb 13, 2018  Fat Tuesday
   Feb 24, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Our speaker will be Carol Ann Waldrop with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She will be telling us of the exciting things happening at the DRT and how to find your ancestors in the DRT records. She will also highlight a book that she donated to our Library about her three times great grandmother, Ann Raney Coleman. Ms. Coleman came to Texas in 1832. She wrote about her experiences and adventures while living in the Texas Gulf Coast area and of her time at the boarding house with Jane Long.
   Mar 11, 2018  Daylight Savings Time Begins
   Mar 20, 2018  Spring Equinox
   Mar 24, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
We will be viewing a recorded webinar by national speaker Amie Bowser Tennant: 1850-1900 U. S. Federal Census Secrets Revealed.

Come and join us for the webinar. Attendance and webinar are free and you are sure to learn something!
   Mar 25, 2018  Palm Sunday
   Mar 30, 2018  Good Friday
   Mar 30, 2018  Passover Begins
   Apr 1, 2018  Easter Sunday
   Apr 1, 2018  April Fool's Day
   Apr 7, 2018  Passover Ends
   Apr 17, 2018  Income Tax Deadline
   Apr 22, 2018  Earth Day
   Apr 27, 2018  Arbor Day
   Apr 28, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Andrew Lee of Family History Fanatics will be our speaker today. He and his wife Devon are avid genealogists. They have spoken at several venues including Roots Tech, Texas State Genealogical Society, BYU Family History Conference and many local societies and libraries. Andrew will be speaking about DNA and what to do with it now that you've done the test.
   May 3, 2018  National Day of Prayer
   May 19, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
   May 28, 2018  Memorial Day Celebrated
   May 31, 2018  Memorial Day (Actual)
   Jun 6, 2018  D-DAY
   Jun 14, 2018  Flag Day
   Jun 17, 2018  Father's Day
   Jun 21, 2018  Summer Solstice
   Jun 23, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Fran Ellsworth will be at Chaparral's June 23rd meeting talking about 'Memories, Documents And How to Get Your Point Across on FamilySearch Tree 😉'

Fran's passion is FamilySearch. Much of her time is spent assisting others through social media with their family research as well as working with FamilySearch support and the Chief Genealogical Officer's office.

Fran is also the District N Representative for Texas State Genealogical Society.

Meeting will be held at the Amegy Bank in Tomball (28201 Business 249) beginning at 10:00.

Everyone is welcome to hear Fran and enjoy coffee, snacks and friendships. No cost!
   Jul 28, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Following up last month's speaker will be a webinar presentation "Finding Elusive Records" presented by Robert Kehrer, Senior Product Manager of Search and Hinting at Family Search.

The presentation covers finding and using the unindexed records at FamilySearch.org

You do not have to be a member to attend!
   Aug 25, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
Bring your genealogical stumbling blocks (problems) with you to the meeting. As a group, we will brainstorm and try to help each other with these issues.
   Sep 9, 2018  Grandparent's Day
   Sep 22, 2018  Fall Equinox
   Sep 22, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
   Oct 27, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
   Nov 4, 2018  Daylight Savings Time Ends
   Nov 6, 2018  Election Day
   Nov 17, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm)  Society Meeting
   Nov 22, 2018  Thanksgiving Day
   Dec 1, 2018  Society Christmas Party
   Dec 2, 2018  Hanukkah Begins
   Dec 10, 2018  Hanukkah Ends
   Dec 21, 2018  Winter Solstice
   Dec 25, 2018  Christmas
   Dec 31, 2018  New Years Eve
   May 12, 2019  Mother's Day
   May 18, 2019 (10:00am - 12:15pm)  Chaparral Meeting
Meeting held at Library in Magnolia - 31350 Friendship Drive (parking and entrance in back of building)
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