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Rockwall
County Genealogical Society |
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Scheduled Meetings |
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May 8, 2008 |
Genealogy Workshop & "Safer Online Surfing" by Jeff Lowe
This
meeting will allow members to
share ideas and research tips, as well as success stories. Bring items for a
little show & tell, or just sit back and listen to what others have to
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June 12, 2008 |
"Was Your Grandmother a Relict?" by Barbara Wylie What Do Those Old Words Mean? If your ancestor had a "good sister," were his other sisters bad? How could a woman have a father-in-law if she never married? Some terms describing kinship, legal status and occupations don't mean now what they meant then. |
| July 10, 2008 | To be announced. |
| August 14, 2008 | To be announced. |
| September 11, 2008 | To be announced. |
| October 9, 2008 | To be announced. |
| November 13, 2008 |
Pending Lloyd Bockstruck. |
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Projects |
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Cemetery Headstone Transcription and Photography |
Chisholm almost completed, only 22 more cemeteries to go. Once completed we will publish a book with the results. |
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Deed Books Transcription |
A few of the over 30 deed abstract books have been completed. |
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Pioneer's of Rockwall Book |
This will be a book with the names and stories of individuals obtained from the Pioneer Certificates project. These are Pioneers that created Rockwall County from 1900 and prior. RCGS member Mary Keene is heading this up and needs any assistance she can get, if you can help please email her at mhkeene @sbcglobal.net <-(remove space when emailing) |
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Historic Texas Cemetery Program |
Need volunteers to submit cemeteries for this
program. |
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Nathan Butler Cemetery Restoration |
Need headstones aligned, needs a fence. (NEED UPDATED STATUS) A few years ago about a dozen headstones turned up missing, the rumor was they had been taken to be restored, if anybody knows were the missing headstones are please email jeff @txlowe.net <-(remove space when emailing) |
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Events |
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To be announced |
Annual yard sale fundraiser. Gather up your items you can live without to help support one of the only yearly fund raising events we have. Usually held on the corner of the Rockwall square in the parking lot next to the Lofland office. |