New Items for December and Upcoming area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

December 2014

General:	Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3	R GEN 306.3620973 SLA R GEN 306.3620973 SLA R GEN 306.3620973 SLA
	Polish Roots (second edition)	R GEN 929.1094 CHO
	The French Blood in America	R GEN 929.373 FOS
	Surnames of the United kingdom (two volumes in one)	R GEN 929.4 HAR
	The Surnames of Wales – Updated and expanded	R GEN 929.42 ROW
	The Adoption and Donor Conception Factbook (this item may be checked out)	GEN 362.734 CAR
	Genealogy Online – Tenth edition (this item may be checked out)	GEN 929.10285 CRO
	Searching for Your Ancestors in Historic Newspapers (this item may be checked out)	GEN 929.1072 BRE
Maryland:	Baltimore County, Maryland Marriage Licenses May 1, 1823 to April 28, 1832	R GEN 929.375271 BAL
North Carolina:	Order of First Families of North Carolina Registry of Ancestors Vol. 2	R GEN 929.3756 BRA
Pennsylvania:	Catholic Baptisms in Western Pennsylvania 1799-1828	R GEN 929.374881 WES
South Carolina:	City Directories of Charleston, South Carolina For the Years 1803, 1806, 1807, 1809, and 1813	R GEN 929.375791 CHA
Texas:	The José Francisco Ruiz Papers: Volume 1: Report on the Indian Tribes of Texas in 1828	R GEN 929.3764 RUI
	Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms 1900 – 1940	R GEN 929.3764 SHA
	Collin County Section:
	Murphy	R GEN 929.3764556 COL
	Plano’s Historic Cemeteries	R GEN 929.3764556 COL
	Historic Downtown Plano	R GEN 929.3764556 COL
	McKinney Section:
	McKinney Women: Making a Difference	R GEN 929.3764556 MCK

Upcoming Area Events:

Thursday, January 8, 2015, 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will host Ms. Julie Avedikian.  Ms. Avedikian will be explaining the DAR databases and website.  Even if you aren't planning on joining the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), learning how to navigate their website may assist you in your research.  You may find that there was patriot you didn't know about in your family tree!  This program is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, 2501 Coit Rd., Plano: The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will host Danila Scurlock.  Mr. Scurlock will present "Your Computer and You".  This program is FREE and open to all.