2017 AGS Photos

Jan. 10, 2017, Barbara B. Wylie presented Ya Gotta Know The Territory at the AGS meeting.

Feb. 14, 2017, Speaker Pat Gordon presented "Finding Your Ancestors During the Great Depression".

Mar. 4, 2017, The Arl. Genealogy Society teamed with the Arl. Public Library at the "Arlington Texas Stake Family History Center" searching for Genealogy Enthusiasts.

Mar. 14, 2017, The Arl. Genealogy Society hosted a "Lineage Panel" of multiple speakers (right to left).
Jeanne Rives spoke on the Daughters of the Republic of Texas,
Dorothy Rencurrel spoke on the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Cherry Williams spoke on the Daughters of the War of 1812,
John Anderson spoke on the Sons of the American Revolution,
Ron Carter spoke on the Mayflower Society and the Carter Society.

Apr. 11, 2017, The Arl. Genealogy Society program was a video presentation from RootsTech 2016 on "Five Steps to Identify a Family Photo" by Maureen Taylor.

Several candid photos were taken.

May 9, 2017, The Arl. Genealogy Society program was "Connecting Your DNA with Geneology" by Roger Cobb.

Several candid photos were taken.

June 13, 2017, The Arl. Genealogy Society program was "Knocking Down Brick Walls" and led by Steve Brown.

Several candid photos were taken.

Sept. 12, 2017, Officer & Committee Reports

Sept. 12, 2017, Several candid photos were taken.

Oct. 10, 2017, A Rootstech streaming video on using census records was presented to the AGS membership.

The remaining Officer inductions were completed, Larry Howser of the Genealogy Resources Committee made the motion to support the public library with a directed use donation for new fiche equipment, and several candid photos were taken.

Nov. 14, 2017 Opening the meeting, presiding officers Toby Hurley and Jan Penland gave each visitor an opportunity to introduce themselves and identify their family research interests.

Nov. 14, 2017 Marilyn Hay of Tarrant County College, gave us a presentation on Family Tree Maker - Hidden Features.

Nov. 15, 2017, Our Genealogy Resources Committee and others presented a $14,000 directed use check to the Arlington Public Library for new state of the art fiche equipment. The equipment is scheduled to up and available for public use with the new library Grand Opening late next spring.

Pictured are: Andi Davis, Arlington Public Library Collection Development,
Carole Hoyer, Vice Chair of Friends and Foundation of Arlington Public Library, and
Mary Ann Conrad, representative of Arlington Genealogical Society.