[Reynolds-L] CCGS-ETHA Family History Fair

[Larry Joe Reynolds]

Brochures are now available and registrations are being accepted for the
CCGS-ETHA FAMILY HISTORY FAIR scheduled for Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the
First United Methodist Church, 1031 SE Loop 456, Jacksonville, Texas.  The
event is being organized by the Cherokee County Genealogical Society and
sponsored by the East Texas Historical Association, SFASU, Nacogdoches.  The
hours of the one day event are 9AM to 3 PM.  The church will open at 8:00 AM
for vendors and exhibitors to begin setting up and for checking in at the
registration table.

The fee to attend the CCGS-ETHA Family History Fair is $30.00 and will
include a hot lunch provided by the church's adult mission group.  The fee
will be discounted for CCGS and ETHA members to $10.00 and will include the
hot lunch.  The Family History Fair is a fund raising project for both CCGS
and the adult missions group of First United Methodist, Jacksonville, to
fund their respective activities. 

While walk-ins will be accepted, advance reservations for the Family History
Fair are strongly advised by society members especially for the lunch count.
To obtain a brochure and to register for the event contact the society by
regular mail at P. O. Box 1332, Jacksonville, Texas 75766, via e-mail to
ccgs at suddenlink.net, or by calling 1-903-586-0135.  For more details on the
programs and the speakers visit the CCGS web site at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txcherok.

            There will be three tracts of speakers with four sessions each.
Dr. Scott Sosebee, director of ETHA and an associate professor of history at
SFASU will be the key-note speaker at 9AM.  Speaking sessions will begin at
10:00 AM and 11:00 AM with 12:00-1:00 lunch break and then 1:00 PM and 2:00
2PM.

            Carol Taylor of Greenville, Texas, is the speaker in Tract I
entitled CIVIL WAR PAPER TRAILS.  Mrs. Taylor presented a similar program
series at the Angelina College Genealogical Conference last July and will be
presenting speaking sessions on similar topics in Houston early this month.
Her four session titles are "During the War: Records Created 1861 - 1865,"
"When the War Was Over"  "Women, Children and Other Civilians," and
"Southern Claims Commission Papers."  Mrs. Taylor, a retired teacher and an
avid genealogist for years, earned her master's degree in history from Texas
A&M in Commerce.

            Christi Watkins R.N. Chief Clinical Officer at Palestine
Regional Medical Center, will present two sessions in Tract II, "Are You
Related to Royalty??, " and "Skeletons in the Closet."  Ms. Watkins has
extensive expertise in the field of DNA testing for identification purposes
and worked in New York City after 9/11.  

            Still in Tract II, Carolyn Reeves Ericson of Nacogdoches will
present one session on "Early Virginia Research" including information on
the early Germanna Colony and Ancient Planters.  Mrs. Ericson is a
genealogist, historian, author and publisher, operator of Ericson Books and
writes a weekly genealogy column for two East Texas newspapers.  The fourth
session in Tract II will be present by Kyle Ainsworth, Special Collections
Librarian, East Texas Research Center.  The ETRC is located on the second
floor of Steen Library At SFASU in Nacogdoches.  Mr. Ainsworth's topic will
be "Records Preservation."

            In Tract III John Garbutt of Rusk, Special Projects
Administrator will present the first session, "History of the Texas State
Railroad."

            David Schochler of Diboll, Texas, will present two sessions
entitled "Genealogical Research in Western Europe" and "So, your
GGGrandfather was born in the Sundgav!  Now what?"  In 2013 Mr. Schochler
published a book based on his research of his Schochler family who settled
in Cherokee County, Texas.  His previous programs for two area genealogy
societies have been present in costume.

Vivian Cates, Alto  1-936-858-3801

1st Vice-president Program Chairman, Publicity, Special Projects-Cherokee
County Genealogical Society

 

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