Chaparral Genealogical Society and Library
Serving Montgomery County and Northwest Harris County Since 1972
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| Annual Events: | ||
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 Jan 16 | Martin Luther King Day | |
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| Feb 2 | Groundhog Day | |
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| Feb 12 | Abraham Lincoln's Birthday | |
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| Feb 14 | Valentines Day | |
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| Feb 19 | Presidents Day | |
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| Feb 22 | George Washington's Birthday | |
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| Feb 23 | Start of the Battle of the Alamo, 1836 | |
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| Feb 27 | Battle of San Patricio, 1836 | |
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| Mar 2 | Battle of Agua Dulce, 1836 | |
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| Mar 2 | Sam Houston's Birthday | |
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| Mar 2 | Texas Independence Day | |
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| Mar 6 | Battle of the Alamo | |
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| Mar 12 | Start of the Battle of Refugio, 1836 | |
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| Mar 15 | Final Battle for Refugio, 1836 | |
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| Mar 17 | St. Patrick's Day | |
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| Mar 18 | Battle of Coleto Creek, 1836 | |
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| Mar 27 | Massacre at Goliad, 1836 | |
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| Apr 21 | Battle of San Jacinto | |
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| May 15 | Peace Officers Memorial Day | |
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| May 19 | Armed Forces Day | |
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| Jul 4 | Independence Day | |
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| Sep 3 | Labor Day | |
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| Sep 11 | Patriot Day | |
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| Sep 14 | Star Spangled Banner Day | |
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| Sep 17 | Constitution Day | |
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| Oct 2 | Battle of Gonzales October 2, 1835 | |
| First Battle of the Texas Revolution - Come and Take It Cannon Battle | ||
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| Oct 8 | Columbus Day | |
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| Oct 10 | Battle of Goliad, 1835 | |
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| Oct 27 | Siege of Bexar Began, 1835 | |
| First Major Campaign of the Texas Revolution Oct 27 - Dec 9 | ||
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| Oct 27 | Navy Day | |
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| Oct 28 | Battle of Concepcion, 1835 | |
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| Oct 31 | Halloween | |
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| Nov 4 | Battle of Lipantitlan, 1835 | |
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| Nov 11 | Veterans Day | |
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| Nov 26 | The Grass Fight, 1835 | |
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| Dec 7 | Pearl Harbor Day | |
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Regular Events: | ||
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| May 23, 2015 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
| Speaker will be Charlie Gardis | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Jan 23, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
| Installation of Officers for 2016 | ||
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| Feb 14, 2016 | Happy Valentines Day | |
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| Feb 15, 2016 | President's Day | |
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| 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. | ||
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| Mar 17, 2016 | St.Patrick's Day | |
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| 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 | ||
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| Mar 25, 2016 | Good Friday | |
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| Mar 27, 2016 | Easter | |
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| Apr 16, 2016 (11:00am - 2:00pm) | New Kentucky Chapter DRT - Texas Lineage Research Day | |
| Chaparral Library - 31350 Friendship Drive | ||
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| Apr 18, 2016 | TAX DAY | |
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| Apr 21, 2016 | BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO | |
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| Apr 22, 2016 | EARTH DAY | |
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| Apr 23, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | SOCIETY MEETING | |
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| May 5, 2016 | NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER | |
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| May 8, 2016 | MOTHER'S DAY | |
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| May 21, 2016 | ARMED FORCES DAY | |
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| May 21, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | **SOCIETY MEETING** | |
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| May 30, 2016 | MEMORIAL DAY | |
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| Jun 14, 2016 | FLAG DAY | |
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| Jun 19, 2016 | FATHER'S DAY | |
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| 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. | ||
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| Jul 4, 2016 | INDEPENDENCE DAY | |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Sep 5, 2016 | LABOR DAY | |
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| Sep 11, 2016 | GRANDPARENTS DAY | |
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| 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. | ||
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| Oct 10, 2016 | COUMBUS DAY | |
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| 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. | ||
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| Oct 31, 2016 | HALLOWEEN | |
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| Nov 5, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Nov 6, 2016 | DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS | |
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| Nov 8, 2016 | ELECTION DAY | |
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| Nov 11, 2016 | VETERAN'S DAY | |
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| Nov 12, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Nov 19, 2016 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | SOCIETY MEETING - Library Closed | |
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| Nov 23, 2016 | Library Closed - Thanksgiving | |
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| Nov 24, 2016 | THANKGIVING DAY - Library Closed | |
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| Nov 26, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Dec 3, 2016 (11:00am - 3:00pm) | Christmas Party - Library Closed | |
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| Dec 10, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Dec 17, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Dec 24, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Dec 25, 2016 | CHRISTMAS DAY | |
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| Dec 31, 2016 | Library Closed | |
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| Jan 3, 2017 | Holidays are over - We're OPEN!!! | |
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| Jan 20, 2017 | Inauguration Day | |
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| Jan 28, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
| We will be installing the new officers for 2017. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Mar 25, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
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| Apr 1, 2017 | April Fool's Day | |
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| Apr 9, 2017 | Palm Sunday | |
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| Apr 14, 2017 | Good Friday | |
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| Apr 16, 2017 | Easter | |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| May 29, 2017 | Memorial Day | |
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| Jun 14, 2017 | Flag Day | |
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| Jun 18, 2017 | Father's Day | |
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| Jun 21, 2017 | First Day of Summer | |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Sep 22, 2017 | First Day of Autumn | |
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| Sep 23, 2017 | Society Meeting | |
| September Meeting will be this Saturday at 10:00 am at Amegy Bank in Tomball. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Nov 5, 2017 | Daylight Savings Time Ends | |
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| Nov 11, 2017 | Veterans Day | |
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| Nov 18, 2017 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
| Be sure to bring your check for the Christmas Party Dinner Reservation. | ||
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| Nov 23, 2017 | Thanksgiving Day | |
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| Dec 21, 2017 | First Day of Winter | |
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| Dec 25, 2017 | Christmas | |
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| Dec 31, 2017 | New Year's Eve | |
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| Jan 27, 2018 | Society Meeting | |
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| Feb 13, 2018 | Fat Tuesday | |
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| 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. | ||
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| Mar 11, 2018 | Daylight Savings Time Begins | |
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| Mar 20, 2018 | Spring Equinox | |
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| 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! | ||
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| Mar 25, 2018 | Palm Sunday | |
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| Mar 30, 2018 | Good Friday | |
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| Mar 30, 2018 | Passover Begins | |
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| Apr 1, 2018 | Easter Sunday | |
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| Apr 1, 2018 | April Fool's Day | |
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| Apr 7, 2018 | Passover Ends | |
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| Apr 17, 2018 | Income Tax Deadline | |
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| Apr 22, 2018 | Earth Day | |
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| Apr 27, 2018 | Arbor Day | |
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| 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. | ||
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| May 3, 2018 | National Day of Prayer | |
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| May 19, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
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| May 28, 2018 | Memorial Day Celebrated | |
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| May 31, 2018 | Memorial Day (Actual) | |
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| Jun 6, 2018 | D-DAY | |
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| Jun 14, 2018 | Flag Day | |
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| Jun 17, 2018 | Father's Day | |
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| Jun 21, 2018 | Summer Solstice | |
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| 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! | ||
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| 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! | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| Sep 9, 2018 | Grandparent's Day | |
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| Sep 22, 2018 | Fall Equinox | |
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| Sep 22, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
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| Oct 27, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
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| Nov 4, 2018 | Daylight Savings Time Ends | |
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| Nov 6, 2018 | Election Day | |
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| Nov 17, 2018 (10:00am - 12:00pm) | Society Meeting | |
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| Nov 22, 2018 | Thanksgiving Day | |
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| Dec 1, 2018 | Society Christmas Party | |
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| Dec 2, 2018 | Hanukkah Begins | |
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| Dec 10, 2018 | Hanukkah Ends | |
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| Dec 21, 2018 | Winter Solstice | |
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| Dec 25, 2018 | Christmas | |
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| Dec 31, 2018 | New Years Eve | |
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| May 12, 2019 | Mother's Day | |
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| 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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| Jul 27, 2019 | Chaparral Meeting | |
| Meeting begins at 10:00 at the Library in Magnolia, 31350 Friendship Drive (back of building behind Magnolia Medical) | ||
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| Aug 24, 2019 (10:00am - 12:15pm) | Chaparral's August Meeting | |
| Webinar on naturalizations | ||
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| Sep 28, 2019 (10:00am - 12:15pm) | Monthly Meeting | |
| 10:00 at Chaparral Library
31350 Friendship Drive, Magnolia | ||
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| Oct 26, 2019 (10:00am) | Chaparral Meeting | |
| Beginning at 10:00
Chaparral Library (31350 Friendship Drive, Magnolia) | ||
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| Feb 22, 2020 (10:00am) | Monthly Meeting | |
| Held in Chaparral's Library at:
31350 Friendship Drive, Magnolia | ||
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| Mar 14, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 17, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 18, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 19, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 21, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 24, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 25, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 26, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 28, 2020 | Monthly Meeting Cancelled | |
| Meeting cancelled and library closed in response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Mar 31, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 1, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 2, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 4, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 7, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 8, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 9, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 11, 2020 | Library Closed | |
| In response to guidelines pertaining to COVID virus | ||
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| Apr 14, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 15, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 16, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 18, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 21, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 22, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 23, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 25, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 25, 2020 | Meeting Cancelled | |
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| Apr 28, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 29, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Apr 30, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 2, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 5, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 6, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 7, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 9, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 12, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 13, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 14, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 16, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 19, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 20, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 21, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 23, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 23, 2020 | Meeting Cancelled | |
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| May 26, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 27, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 28, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| May 30, 2020 | Library Closed | |
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| Jun 27, 2020 | Meeting Cancelled | |
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| Jul 25, 2020 | Meeting Cancelled | |
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| Aug 28, 2021 | CLOSED FOR MEETING | |
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| Sep 4, 2021 | LIBRARY CLOSED (LABOR DAY) | |
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| Sep 8, 2021 | LIBRARY CLOSED TODAY | |
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| Sep 18, 2021 | LIBRARY CLOSED TODAY | |
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| Sep 28, 2021 | LIBRARY CLOSED TODAY | |
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| Sep 29, 2021 | LIBRARY CLOSED TODAY | |
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