The Heard Legacy and Upcoming Area Events

We have acquired the book: The Heard Legacy by Cathy Sagnibene Apple.  This book covers generations of this philanthropic family.  It starts with the brothers, John Spencer and Stephen Dudly, and moves through the generations to include Katherine (Katie) Florence Heard Craig and Bessie Rollins Heard.  We have two copies of this book - one of which may be checked out.

The next blog with our New Titles for October will be a little late.  November 1 - 3, I will be attending the Texas State Genealogical Society Conference.  Hope to see you there! - Susan

 Upcoming Events:

Thursday, November 1 - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference. Thursday's activities are FREE. There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars. For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 3, 8:30 am The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2700 Roundrock Trail, Plano: The GREAT FAMILY SEARCH CONFERENCE featured speaker is Paul Nauta, Manager, Public Relations, FamilySearch. The event itself is FREE, but you have the option of ordering a CD with syllabus (handouts) for $2.00 and/or a box lunch for $9.00. You must register by Oct 24. Great Family Search Genealogy Conference Web site: http://www.greatfamilysearch.comRegistration form: http://greatfamilysearch.com/UserImgs/BDSites/data/gfs/register.pdf.

Thursday, November 8 6:45 - 8:30 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be presenting a program by Lynell Moss. Ms. Moss is from the Latter Day Saints and will be speaking about " Family Search". This event is FREE and open to all.

Wednesday, November 14 7:00 pm at the Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society will host Ms. Lynell Moss, Consultant Training Director of the Family History Center in Plano.  Ms. Moss will be speaking on "The FamilySearch Family of Websites".  This event is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research. More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

Upcoming Area Events

There are lots of Genealogy Events coming this month and next month.  Add these to your calendar!

Friday, October 19 6:00 - 11:00 pm (Pre-event 2:00 - 5:00 pm) at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Genealogy, Local History, Texana, and Archives of Plano Public Library system is pleased to announce that this year’s Lock-in will be held in conjunction with the ‘Lock-in,’ ‘After Dark’ or ‘After Hours’ events at four other libraries across Texas
Programming and genealogical resources will be shared by: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Special Collection Department of the Denton Public Library, Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Division and Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library. This is a FREE event. To register, go to https://evanced.info/plano/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?libnum=999 and click on "Genealogy Lock-In"

Saturday, October 20 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Join the Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries for a free Saturday Seminar. Speakers will be Cheryl Smith and Susan Kusterbeck to tell us about the Genealogy Collections at the Haggard Library and the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library in McKinney. This is a FREE program open to all.

Thursday, November 1 - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference. Thursday's activities are FREE. There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars. For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 3, 8:30 am The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2700 Roundrock Trail, Plano: The GREAT FAMILY SEARCH CONFERENCE featured speaker is Paul Nauta, Manager, Public Relations, FamilySearch.  The event itself is free, but you have the option of ordering a CD with syllabus (handouts) for $2.00 and/or a box lunch for $9.00.  You must register by Oct 24.  Great Family Search Genealogy Conference Web site:  http://www.greatfamilysearch.com Registration form:  http://greatfamilysearch.com/UserImgs/BDSites/data/gfs/register.pdf.

 

Thursday, November 8 6:45 - 8:30 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be presenting a program by Lynell Moss.  Ms. Moss is from the Latter Day Saints and will be speaking about " Family Search".  This event is FREE and open to all.

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research. More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

New Items for September 2012 and Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

September 2012

General:

• Buddy: World War II POW #1831: a Story of Courage and Patriotism T/Sgt. Jesse Connor “Buddy” Hart
• Chinese American Names: Tradition and Transition
• A Dictionary of Muslim Names
• French Forts in New France (North America)
• Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials

 

• The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA (this item may be checked out)

Kentucky:

• Grayson County Marriages

Maryland:

• Records of the City of Baltimore, Maryland (Supplement) 1729 – 1813 List of Levels and Establishments

 I know this list is very short, we have just started our new fiscal year, so lots more items will be ordered soon! - Susan

 

Upcoming Area Events:

Saturday, October 6 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Carrollton Public Library at Josey Ranch Lake: 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton, TX 75006: "Search the Past to Find Yourself"  Carrollton Public Library and Peters Colony Historical Society present genealogist and author Barb Lancaster Tsirigotis as the keynote speaker in a day of genealogy research methods and hints to finding yourself in your past.  This is a FREE program.  Please call 972.466.4800 for more information and to register.

Wednesday, October 10 7:00 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: The Collin County Genealogical Society presents Mr. Bill Crumpler who will speak about "Living Family Tree".  This is a FREE program open to all. 

Saturday, October 13 8:30 am - 5:00 pm at the Gainsville Civic Center: 311 S. Weaver Street: "Remembering Our Past, Embracing Our Future" This year marks the 150th year since the Great Hanging at Gainesville. The Clark Family in collaboration with the Texas State Historical Association and the Honors Program at North Central Texas College, invite you to join them for commemorative events, special guests. This is a FREE event.  Catered Luncheon - Rohmer's Restaurant $7.00 adult, $3.00 children under 10.
For more information and to RSVP, please e-mail NathanielClarkfamilyreunion@gmail.com or colleen.carri@gmail.com

Friday, Octover 19 6:00 - 11:00 pm (Pre-event 2:00 - 5:00 pm) at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Genealogy, Local History, Texana, and Archives of Plano Public Library system is pleased to announce that this year’s Lock-in will be held in conjunction with the ‘Lock-in,’ ‘After Dark’ or ‘After Hours’ events at four other libraries across Texas
Programming and genealogical resources will be shared by: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Special Collection Department of the Denton Public Library, Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Division and Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library. This is a FREE event.  To register, go to https://evanced.info/plano/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?libnum=999 and click on "Genealogy Lock-In" 

Saturday, October 20 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the W. O. Haggard Public Library: 2501 Coit Road in Plano: Join the Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries for a free Saturday Seminar. Speakers will be Cheryl Smith and Susan Kusterbeck to tell us about the Genealogy Collections at the Haggard Library and the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library in McKinney.  This is a FREE program open to all.  

Thursday, November 1  - Saturday, November 3 at the Riley Center in Fort Worth: 4726 Stanley Blvd: The Texas State Genealogical Society will hold its annual Conference.  Thursday's activities are FREE.  There is a charge for Friday and Saturday seminars.  For more information, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/

Saturday, November 17 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Plano Bible Chapel, 1900 Shiloh Rd, Plano  The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will be holding a workshop featuring Lloyd D. Bockstruck. Pitfalls in Research, will help the dedicated researcher wade through court orders and court minutes; birth and death substitute records; and understand the naming quagmire. These are out of the ordinary records that are seldom used in research.  More information is available at http://www.genealogyfriends.org/all-day-workshops.html
Fees:Before Nov. 4th - $35 for members and $38 for nonmembers
After Nov. 4th - $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers

 


 

 

New Items for August & Upcoming Area Events

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

August 2012

 

General:

• Bounty and Donation Land Grants in British Colonial America
• The Cymry of ’76 or Welshmen and Their Descendants of the American Revolution
• Directory of Genealogical and Historical Societies, Libraries and Collections in the U.S. and Canada
• Fairbairn’s Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland: Volumes I and II
• Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War
• Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution 1775 – 1783
• Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Material (we have two copies of this – one can be checked out)
• Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians
• Tracing Your European Roots

Louisiana:

• Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Records 1861 – 1872 from St. John the Baptist & St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana
• The First Land Buyers in Bossier-Claiborne Parishes Louisiana Up to the Civil War
• The Underground railroad and the Picayune Connection

Maryland:

• Cash for Blood: The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade
• Talbot County, Maryland land Records: Books Six, Eight and Nine

New York:

• Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York

Texas:

• Guide and Index to the Texas Confederate Audited Civil and Military Claims 1861 – 1865
• Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State
• Texas Naturalizations to 1906: Aransas, Dewitt, Karnes, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, & Wilson Counties
• Texas Naturalizations to 1906: Dimmitt, Frio, Hidalgo, LaSalle, McMullen, Medina, & Zavala Counties

Virginia:

• List of Colonial Soldiers of Virginia

 

Upcoming Area Events:

September 12, 7 p.m., at Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road in Plano.  The Collin County Genealogical Society will have Pat Gordon speak on "Gone to Texas" about researching your ancestors in this state.  All are welcome.

 

Thursday, September 13 at 6:45 pm in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney:  The North Collin County Genealogical Society meeting.  All are invited to this meeting.

 

 

New Items for July & Upcoming Area Events

I know it's a little early for the July New Item list, but I will be out of town for the next two weeks and didn't want to make you wait - Susan

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

July 2012

General:

• The Kid’s Family Tree Book (this item may be checked out)

• Bristol and America 1654 – 1685
• Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A.
• Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachen), Germany Mainly to the United States 1830 – 1849
• An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America
• List of Emigrants to America from Liverpool 1697 – 1707
• Nineteenth-Century Emigration From Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany to Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and the United States of America
• Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817
• Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America 1575-1825
• Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: 4^th Edition

Kentucky:

• Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky

Louisiana:

• Louisiana Census Records: Volume I Avoyelles and St. Landry Parishes 1810 & 1820, Volume II Iberville, Matchitoches, Point Coupee, and Rapides Parishes 1810 & 1820

Mississippi:

• Mississippi, Storm Center of Secession, 1856-1861

New York:

• Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York

Tennessee:

• Historic Sumner County, Tennessee

Texas:

• Dear Brethren: Quarterly Conference Minutes Cushing Circuit, San Augustine District, Texas Conference: Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1904 – 1907

Virginia:

• Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families
• Old New Kent County: Volume I – New Kent County (Blisland and ST. Peter’s Parishes), King and Queen County (Stratton Major, St. Stephen’s, and Drysdale Parishes) Volume II – King William county (St. John’s and St. David’s Parishes)
• Southside Virginia Families Volume I and Volume II

Upcoming Area Events:

Thursday, August 9 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be hosting Mr. Aaron Holt, from the National Archives in Fort Worth.  Mr. Holt will be speaking about Military Records.  This free program is open to all.

Saturday, August 18 10:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Haggard Public Library - 2501 Coit Road, Plano:
The Genealogy Friends of the Plano Libraries will present "Early American Migration Routes".  Mr. don Raney will be the speaker for this program.  This free program is open to all.  For more information, contact: http://www.genealogyfriends.org/ 

Collin County Census

Are you looking for information from the Collin County Census?  We have a microfilm collection of the Federal Census for Collin County from 1850 through 1940.  The only census not included in this collection is from 1890, as this is the year that most of the census records were lost in a fire.  So come visit the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library to take advantage of seeing your relatives names and those of their neighbors.

Upcoming Events:
Thursday, August 9 6:45 pm at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library - 101 East Hunt Street: The North Collin County Genealogical Society will be hosting Mr. Aaron Holt, from the National Archives in Fort Worth.  Mr. Holt will be speaking about Military Records.  This program is open to all.

New Items for June 2012

New Items at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library

June 2012

General:

• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Genealogy, Third Edition (this item may be checked out)
• DNA and Social Networking (this item may be checked out)
• Family Archaeology: Discovering the Family Skeleton and Making It Dance (this item may be checked out)
• Family History Detective (this item may be checked out)
• Genealogy Online for Dummies (this item may be checked out)
• Secrets of Tracing Your Ancestors (this item may be checked out)
• Surnames, DNA, & Family History (this item may be checked out)
• Telling Our Stories: Oral and Family History A Bibliography (this item may be checked out)
• Tracing Your Family History on the Internet (this item may be checked out)
• Tracing Your Legal Ancestors (this item may be checked out)

• Emigration from the United Kingdom to America: Volume 6: July 1872 – December 1872, Volume 7: January 1873 – June 1873, Volume 8: June 1873 – December 1873, Volume 9: January 1874 – August 1874, and Volume 10: September 1874 – June 1875
• Forever Dixie: A Field Guide to Southern Cemeteries & Their Residents
• German Mercenary Expatriates in the United States and Canada
• Mastering Census and Military Records
• Mastering Immigration & Naturalization Records
• Notable Southern Families: Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI
• Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: 4^th edition

Georgia:

• Colonial Georgia Marriage Records From 1760 – 1810
• Evidences of Title Derived from the State of Georgia 1795 – 1804
• Yazoo land Company House of Representatives Document 110 Eighth Congress Second Session 1805

Illinois:

• A Guide to Chicago and Midwestern Polish-American Genealogy

Kentucky:

• Adair County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1852 – 1859, 1861, 1893 – 1894, 1903 – 1904, 1906 – 1907
• Adair County, Kentucky Birth Records 1852 – 1859, 1861, 1893 – 1894, 1903 – 1904, 1906 – 1907
• Adair County, Death Records 1852 – 1878
• Bracken County, Kentucky Death Records 1852 – 1858, 1861, 1875 – 1879, 1904
• Bracken County Marriages: Kentucky Vital Records Series 1 Volume 12
• Breathitt County, Kentucky marriage Records 1852 – 1855, 1857 – 1859, 1875 – 1878
• Breathitt County, Kentucky Death Records 1852 – 1858 & 1874 – 1878
• Breckenridge Co., Kentucky Births 1852 – 1853, 1855 – 1859, 1861, 1874 – 1878, 1893 – 1894, 1903 – 1904
• Breckinridge County, Kentucky Death Records 1852 thru 1859, 1861, 1874 thru 1878, 1894, 1903 thru 1904
• Breckinridge Co., Kentucky Marriages 1853 – 1859, 1861, 1875 – 1878, 1893 – 1894, 1904
• Casey County, Kentucky Death Records 1852 – 1860, 1874 – 1878, 1904 – 1907
• Casey County, Kentucky Marriages 1852 – 1859, 1875 – 1878, 1904 – 1906 & 1907
• Grayson County Marriages: Kentucky Vital Records Series 1 Volume 43
• Grayson County Deaths: Kentucky Vital Records Series 3 Volume 43
• Grayson County, Kentucky Miscellaneous
• Grayson County, Kentucky Births 1852 – 59 – 1861 – 1901-1904 – 1907: Volume 1

Louisiana:

• Appointments of Postmasters in Louisiana 12 January 1827 – 28 December 1892
• Civil War Diary of Moses A. Cleveland 7^th Battery Mass. Light Artillery Operations in Louisiana and the Campaign Against the Port of Mobile Alabama 1864 - 1865

Maryland:

• Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland: Volume XXXIV 1765 – 1767 Libers 41 (pp.194 – end), 42 (pp. 1 – 173), Volume XXXV 1767 – 1768 Libers 42 (pp.174 – end), 43 (pp. 1 – 140), Volume XXXVI 1768 – 1770 Libers 43 (pp.141 – 463)
• Frederick County, Maryland Church and Cemetery Records: Volume 7
• Somerset County, Maryland
  Orphans Court
  Proceedings Volume 1 1777 – 1792 and 1811 – 1823

Massachusetts:

• Records of the Town of Plymouth: Volume 1 1636 to 1705, Volume 2 1705 to 1743

Missouri:

• Saint Francois County, Missouri History and Biographies
• Saint Francois County, Missouri Records
• Saint Genevieve County, Missouri History and Biographies
• Schuyler County, Missouri History and Biographies
• Texas County, Missouri History and Biographies
• Warren County, Missouri Records

North Carolina:

• Villainy Often Goes Unpunished: Indian Records from the North Carolina General Assembly Sessions 1675 – 1789

Ohio:

• A Bicentennial History of Green Township: Uncovering a Jewel in the Crown of the Queen City 1809 – 2009

Pennsylvania:

• Quaker Marriage Certificates: New Garden Monthly Meeting Chester County, Pennsylvania 1704 – 1799
• History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolution from 1774 – 1783

Tennessee:

• Crockett County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1886 – 1888
• Decatur County, Tennessee Record Book 3 1854 – 1857
• Genealogical Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers: Volume 1 1791 – 1808, Volume 2 1803 – 1812, Volume 3 1821 – 1828
• Past Times: Obituaries , Marriages, and Other Selected Articles from the Maryville Times – Maryville, Tennessee 1891 – 1895 and 1896 – 1899
• Perry County, Tennessee Tombstones

Texas:

• 1887 Tax List Shelby Co. Texas
• Cass County, Texas in the Civil War
• The Church register of the Simpson Camp Ground Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• Dear Brethren: Quarterly Conference Minutes Cushing Circuit, San Augustine District, Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1904 – 1907
• Grayson County, Texas in the Civil War
• History and Tax Records of the Sabine District and Sabine County, Texas
• Marriage Record, Trinity County, Texas: Volume 1 1876 – 1893
• Minutes 1858 – 1890 First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas
• Minutes of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Rusk County, Texas October 1867 – November 1871
• Minutes, Quarterly Conferences, Melrose Circuit, San Augustine District, East Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church south, 12 October 1861 – 16 November 1889
• Muster Roll of Reserve Militia Nacogdoches County, Texas 1870
• Texas State Cemetery

Virginia:

• A History of St. Mark’s Parish Culpeper County, Virginia With Notes of Old Churches and Old Families
• How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties: An Abstract of Their Formation