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Collin County Genealogical Society eNews Issue 31, September 2019
COLLIN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Come join us at our Sept. 11th meeting!
I hope everyone had a great summer with many new genealogy and DNA connections. I went to my Norman Family Reunion held every two years in northern Georgia then on to Currituck North Carolina where my Perkins ancestors lived prior to going to Georgia and many descendants came to Texas. I was able to go to courthouses, research libraries and museums and a little time for the beach.
I stayed with a DNA cousin tied to my Perkins line in her families 100+ year old home. She has Perkins on both her maternal and paternal lines. I was able to meet her 99 year young Aunt Miriam who is also related via our Perkins connections. Now I must piece together more pieces of the puzzle!
Happy Genealogy Hunting! Paula
Editors Corner
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Early North Carolina and Tennessee Land Grants
DNA Tips and Tools & MyHeritage Acquires Promethease
CCGS upcoming programs, society contacts, area genealogy programs
Portal to Texas History 7 million Newspaper Pages & the 400th Mayflower Anniversary
Wednesday, September 11th, 6:30 pm Haggard Library,
1st Floor Mtg. Room 2501 Coit Road, Plano, TX.
How to Start Doing Genealogy!
We'll present information on interviewing relatives, vital records, census records, cemeteries (and Find-a-Grave), and DNA! We hope to get some folks started with researching their family trees, and YOU can help with that! Pass on information about the meeting to someone you know who has expressed an interest in starting to do genealogy! And be sure to come and welcome any new people (and perhaps add your "2 cents'" worth!).
We're looking forward to seeing you, along with any friends or family members you might want to bring along.
Our next meeting and program will be on October 09, 2009.
Hope to see everyone there!
5 Genealogy Center - Classes
When you search for ancestors, you find great
friends!
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Early North Carolina & Tennessee Land Grants
Land records are important documents that help establish family connections and the location your ancestors lived. Early land North Carolina and Tennessee land grants are available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. It is valuable to learn about the records and how to understand them.
Land acquisition in early Tennessee is definitely more complex. Different governments were in involved and there was an element of time to process these documents. In 1777 North Carolina was able to take over control of her lands from the British government and established land offices in each of its counties. Occupants of Washington County, North Carolina now live in what is known as Tennessee. In 1806 compact with North Carolina, Tennessee and the United States Tennessee could issue land grants providing they honor the grants issued by North Carolina.
Six different types of grants were issued. Purchase grants, Military, Pre-Exemption, Surveyor, Commissioner and Legislative Grants. You can read the full descriptions at https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/early-north-carolina-tennessee-land-grants-tennessee-state-library-and-archives
The digital age is beneficial to researchers who can not make the trip to the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Indexes and digital images of the Library and Archives' North Carolina and Early Tennessee Land Records 1753-1931 and North Carolina and Tennessee Revolutionary War Land Warrants 1783-1843 can be found on Ancestry.com's Tennessee State Library and Archives web page https://www.ancestry.com/collections/search/tn/tsla
To see the images you will need to sign into your account or view on a computer at your local genealogy library that has a subscription to Ancestry.com
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DNA Tips & Tools by Paula Perkins
MyHeritage Acquires Promethease
T MyHeritage, the leading global discovery platform for exploring family history, uncovering ethnic origins, finding new relatives, and gaining health insights, announced today the acquisition of SNPedia and Promethease, through acquiring the company that owned and operated them, River Road Bio. This marks the 10th acquisition by MyHeritage and reinforces the company’s position as a global leader in consumer genomics. Read the full press release from the MyHeritage https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/09/myheritage-acquires-promethease-and-snpedia/ Dallas Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group meets the 3rd Thursday at 6:00 pm on the 7th floor. The next meeting is September 19. For further information contact Mic Barnette at [email protected] The Genealogy Center has a Genealogy DNA Interest Group. They discuss and explore the use of DNA in genealogy research at the Haggard Library, Meets on Tuesday, 7-8pm.
Don’t have Collin County Ancestry? We welcome society members regardless of Collin County ancestry to join. Project members receive discounts on tests ordered at the CCGS DNA project link: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Collin_CoGS&code=Q47092
FamilyTreeDNA accepts autosomal test results transfers. Results can be uploaded for free. https://www.familytreedna.com/autosomal-transfer
Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking. – Unknown
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Upcoming Area Events
CCGS Programs
2019 - 2020 Programs – Mark Your Calendars!
Sept. 11, 2019 – How to Begin Genealogy Quest
Oct. 09, 2019 - In Their Footsteps: The Genealogical Tourist, David Appleton (along with just a bit of info about Rosie the Riveter Society)
Nov. 13, 2019 - Funeral Home Collections, Ari Wilkins
Dec. 11, 2019 – Social & Lineage Societies
Jan. 08, 2020 - How the Medical Examiner's Office Uses DNA to Identify Remains, Valerie Alvarez
Feb. 12, 2020 – Using Newspapers, Julie Avedikian
Mar. 11, 2020 - TBD
Apr. 08, 2020 - TBD
Guests Always Welcome!
Collin County Genealogical Society (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation) P.O. Box 865052 Plano TX 75086-5052 OFFICERS AND STAFF President Janice Quick [email protected] 1st VP-Programs Beverly Lenoir & Carol Harper [email protected] 2nd VP-Membership Lee Stirm [email protected] Recording Secretary Julie Avedikian [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Paula Rosselet [email protected] Treasurer LuAnne Jones [email protected] Parliamentarian [email protected] Collin Chronicles Co-Editors Nancy & Michael Bassett [email protected] eNewsletter Editor Paula Perkins [email protected] Historian [email protected] CD/DVD Lectures Lee Stirm [email protected] Facebook Editor Aurora Chancy Webmaster Paula Perkins [email protected] Publicity Paula Rosselet [email protected] Book Committee Chair mailto:[email protected] The new society year begins July 1st. We are now accepting dues for the Society year, July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020. Annual dues are $25.00 for an individual and $27.00 for a family membership. Membership includes a subscription to the Collin Chronicles, the Newsletter, admittance to all regularly scheduled program meetings and DNA discounts. Please join or renew today! https://www.collincountygenealogicalsociety.com/
Dallas Genealogical Society
Fall Seminar Dallas Public Library, Oct. 12, 2019
http://dallasgenealogy.com/dgs/meet
ings-events/seminars/
Texas State Genealogical Society
Fall Conference Oct. 11-13, 2019 Houston, Texas
https://www.txsgs.org/2019-conference/
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19th Annual Lock-In https://calendar.wacolibrary.org/event/5657958?hs=a
40th Annual Hispanic Genealogical & Historical Conference Oct. 3-5
https://www.hogardedallas.org/40th-annual-texas-hispanic-genealogical-and-historical-
conference/
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News Continued
Genealogy Center News - Haggard Library The Genealogy Center has a full line up of educational fall classes to help you with your research.
They have a full line up of Fall 2019 classes to assist you with your genealogy endeavors.
http://www.plano.gov/907/Genealogy-Center
Discover Your Swedish Roots!
2019 Swedish Genealogy Workshops
Fall: Sept 28 & 29
Lindsborg, Kansas 'Little Sweden USA'
Sponsored by ArkivDigital, the leader in Swedish online records.
Hosted by the Old Mill Museum
More information at oldmillmuseum.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do You Have Mayflower Ancestry?
Next year marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower. The festivities are starting in 2019. See the scheduled events at https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/09/03/mayflower-400th-anniversary-how-to-watch-live
According to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants there are over 35 million people descended from the Pilgrims. I discovered that I descend from John Howland through my Hawes line. I acquired documentation of the connection through a cousin. I know some of the CCGS members belong to the Mayflower society. Click out the society’s events and requirements to becoming a member https://www.themayflowersociety.org/
North Collin County Genealogy Society
The meeting will be on Thursday, Sept. 12th at 6:45 p.m. "The Luck of the Irish: How to Overcome the Record Losses and Find Your Ancestors" by Bernard Mesiner. The meeting will be at the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt Street, McKinney, Texas. http://www.nccgsmckinneytexas.org/ For more information contact Stephanie Harrison at [email protected] or 972.547.7343
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The (FGS) Federation of Genealogical Societies Announce Merger With (NGS) National
Genealogical Society
This was announced at the conference August 21-24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Read more details at their
website
https://fgs.org/
Texas Czech Genealogical Society
“Czech Influence Lives On”
September 28, 2019 Genealogy Seminar
CALDWELL CIVIC AND VISITORS CENTER CALDWELL, TEXAS
For registration and a complete list of speakers and topics go to their website link:
http://txczgs.org/
The Portal To Texas History Newspapers
The Texas Digital Newspaper Program has now reached 7 million pages of newspapers preserved and accessible! This represents newspapers from 198 Texas counties, contributed by 178 partners, printed in 11 languages, spanning 1813 to the present. Free to access anytime. Explore today! https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/CCGS/
Collin County Genealogical Society eNews Issue 31, September 2019
Collin County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 865052 Plano, TX. 75086-5052
Collin County Genealogical Society Publications For Sale
Collin County Texas Marriages
#4 for January 26, 1876 to June 22, 1880
#7 for 1888-1890
#8 for 1891-1893
#9 for 1893-1895
#10 for 1895-1897
These books are $10.00 each plus $6.00 shipping and handling
Hawkins County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1801-1819 by Joyce Martin Murray
Logan County, Kentucky Deed Abstracts 1792-1813 by Joyce Martin Murray
Logan County, Kentucky Deed Abstracts 1813-1819 by Joyce Martin Murray
These books are $10.00 each plus $3.00 shipping and handling
If ordered by mail the please include check to CCGS and mail to our society post office box address listed below.
