Genealogy

MELVIN C. JOHNSON joined the Angelina College Genealogy Conference lecture staff in 2001, and then became conference co-chairman, moving to conference chairman in 2004, serving again this year. A researcher, writer, and historian with graduate degrees in English and history from Stephen F. Austin State University and a bachelor's in English from Utah State University, he has taught at Stephen F. Austin State University, Los Angeles Metropolitan College, Utah State University, and the University of Alaska. His interests are Southern mill town history and the Texas Hill Country prior to the Civil War. His articles have appeared in Environmental History, East Texas Historical Journal, Crosscut, The John Whitmer Historical Journal, West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, and Jeffersonian. His current work Polygamy on the Pedernales: Lyman Wight and the Mormon Polygamous Villages of the Antebellum Texas Hill Country (USU Press, Logan, Utah: March 2006) is bedrocked on extensive family history and genealogical research, and it has won the Smith-Pettit Best Book Award for the John Whitmer Historical Association (2006).

TREVIA WOOSTER BEVERLY is serving her fourth year as program chairman and assistant to Mr. Johnson, having served as a member of the Angelina College genealogy faculty since 1998.
   She currently serves as a member of the annual San Jacinto Symposium, is serving her 14th year on the Harris County Historical Commission, the last seven as Secretary. Mrs. Beverly holds membership in the Country School Association of America, and is working with the restoration and preservation of Harris County’s oldest known, still existing one-room schoolhouse (1893) through the Baytown Historical Preservation Association.
    Mrs. Beverly has conducted seminars and workshops throughout Texas and teaches genealogy classes in Houston. She is listed in several biographical publications, including Who's Who In Genealogy & Heraldry. Past president of the Texas State Genealogical Society (1984-1987), she co-founded the Houston Genealogical Institute (1979-1981) and served as host chairman for Clayton Library Friends for the 1994 National Genealogical Society Conference held in Houston.
    Mrs. Beverly has been published in the CLF Newsletter, the Houston Genealogical Forum’s The Record, The French Genealogist, as well as in other periodicals, and has compiled a series of Texas cemetery directories. Her latest publication is Suffer the Children: A History of the Confederate Orphanage at Baylands, Texas.
    A native Texan, her interest in genealogy began with a ninth-grade English project. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild she also maintains active membership in a number of archival, cemetery, historical, genealogical, library, and lineage organizations.

ALVIE L. DAVIDSON, CG. Mr. Davidson is retired from U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence and is a Florida certified private investigator, class A license, and performs heir searches. He is an alumnus of NIGR-1998; alumnus of IGHR 1999 and 2000; BYU extension course on genealogy. A Certified Genealogist (CG), he is the author of Florida Land Records 1826-1892. He offers lectures and seminars with his geographic research specialty being Alabama, Florida, and the South in general; he lectures and presents seminars on a variety of subjects. Mr. Davidson lives in Lakeland, Florida. He publishes "Alvie's Genealogy Spot" on-line.

SUSAN D. KAUFMAN is Manager of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library. She has been a genealogy librarian for twenty years, including six years at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the nations's largest genealogy collection in a public library. She began her career as the genealogy librarian in Peoria, IL at the Peoria Public Library.
Ms. Kaufman has been involved in genealogical librarianship and genealogical societies since 1987. She offers expertise in genealogical / historical reference in Midwestern research, collection development for the Midwest, criminal and Jewish materials, and educational outreach. She has worked with local, state and national genealogical societies both as a board member and as a presenter at conferences. Currently, she is a director for the nationally recognized Federation of Genealogical Societies board and a district representative - Texas State Genealogical Society. Previously she was national conference co-chair FGS 2006, Boston, MA; coordinator, 2001-2003 Genealogical Institute of Mid-America – Illinois State Genealogical Society.

EMILY CROOM, a fifth-generation Texan, has been active in genealogy research since 1969. However, her interest in genealogy was first sparked by a seventh-grade field trip. She is a frequent lecturer for society meetings and seminars, has been on the Angelina College genealogy conference faculty since 1999, and spoke at the 2004 FGS national conference in Austin. A former public school teacher, Ms. Croom has taught genealogy for several continuing education facilities and conducted an online genealogy class for Barnes and Noble University, 2001-2006. She has two BA degrees (history and music) and an MA in history.
Ms. Croom is a member of several local, state, and national genealogical societies. Besides numerous published articles and several family histories, she is the author of 5 well-known books on genealogy: Unpuzzling Your Past (4th ed., 2001), widely used as a genealogy textbook; The Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook; The Sleuth Book for Genealogists (2000), focusing on problem-solving strategies; A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors, with co-author Franklin Smith (2002); and the enlarged edition of The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (2nd ed., 2003). Ms. Croom is the wife of Robert T. Shelby. Visit her web site at Unpuzzling.com.

CHARLES (Charlie) GARDES was born in New Orleans and reared in Houston, attending the St. John's School, The University of Texas, and The University of Houston. He began actively researching his family history in 1992, was an LDS Family History Center volunteer from 1994 through 2004, and has been an avid Internet user since 1995. As a member of the Houston Genealogical Forum from 1994 through 2003, he served on a variety of committees and in leadership positions and was the founding webmaster for the Society. He is currently a board member of the Clayton Library Friends in Houston as well as the United States Internet Genealogical Society. USIGS was founded in 1997 and is the oldest on-line genealogical society.
Lecturing to genealogy and lineage organizations in the Houston area since 1998, and has been invited to lecture at The Samford Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research in 2009. Mr. Gardes has been a faculty member of the Angelina College Genealogy Conference since 2005 and has also served on various Internet-based mailing lists on the Roots-Web system in a mentoring capacity.
He is a contributing author to The Desperate Genealogist’s Idea Book published to help support the www.Deadfred.com free on-line Genealogy Photo Archive. Charlie's three-year search in finding and proving his German roots has been detailed as an immigration case study in Emily Croom's The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (Betterway Books, 2nd ed., 2003). He has been a self-employed construction consultant and Project Manager in Houston since 1983, and is currently the Project Manager for the six and one half million dollar Clayton Library renovation begun in June 2007.

PAT GORDON holds a master's degree in journalism from Texas Christian University and is a former newspaper reporter who now teaches journalism at a Fort Worth area university. Grounded in a variety of family research techniques, she has developed an unrivalled skill in presenting the in's and out's, why's and how's of preparing, printing and publishing the dedicated researcher's family history. She is a freelance writer who is involved in working on her family history as well as a county history. As a fifth-generation Texan, she likes to place her ancestors in the social setting in which they lived. This often leads her research away from courthouses to newspapers and university archives. She served two terms as president of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society and one term as vice president and editor of the monthly newsletter. She has conducted numerous classes and sessions in various areas of family history and research, and joined the Angelina College genealogy lecture staff in 2002.

DONALD RANEY is a sixth-generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for over 25 years. He has been a frequent speaker at many genealogical society meetings in East Texas, Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. On the national level, Mr. Raney has presented sessions at GENTECH, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and The Genealogical Institute of Texas. He is a life member of the San Jacinto Descendants and past director of GENTECH and the Dallas Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group. A registered professional engineer, Mr. Raney graduated from SMU with a BS in civil engineering and completed a long professional career with Lone Star Gas Company before retiring in 1997 as Chief Engineer. He is currently teaching beginning, intermediate and advanced genealogy courses at Richland College. Mr. Raney joined the Angelina College genealogy faculty in 2000.

JOHN A. SELLERS is a fifth-generation native to Hopkins County, Texas. He graduated from Texas Tech University, with a degree in advertising/public relations and received his teaching certificate in history from Texas A & M, Commerce. Mr. Sellers has been doing genealogical research since 1985. His favorite area of research is in the courthouse, and he has visited courthouses in several southern states, conducting extensive research in Texas and Louisiana. An active member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society, he served eight years on the executive board and as president, 1997-1998. John has been featured on radio's Family History Show. He was a speaker at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Houston in 1994 and Federation of Genealogical Society's National Conferences in 1997and 2004. He has been the featured speaker for over 40 all-day seminars including Lawton, Oklahoma; Roswell, New Mexico; Caddo, Ouachita, and Winn Parishes, Louisiana; and Jefferson, Waco, Tyler, Amarillo, Brenham, Canton, and Luling, Texas. The featured speaker at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Genealogical Conference at the Alamo in 2002 and 2003, he has given several programs at both local and regional conferences. He completed Samford University's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research course on Advanced Methodology in 1995 and has been invited to lecture there in 2009. John compiled an addendum to the 1850 Census of Hopkins County and is the author of a historical newspaper article called Hopkins County Remembered. John has been a faculty member for Angelina College Genealogy Conference since 1999. John is a loan officer with City National Bank of Sulphur Springs.

DEBBIE PARKER WAYNE (Sabbatical Year) Debbie has spent over 25 years in the computer industry doing technical support and instruction, computer programming, database administration and web design for Motorola. In 1990, as the technical explosion in genealogy was beginning, her interest and experience with computers provided a perfect complement to a new-found interest in genealogy and family history research. She enjoys complex problem solving and using social history to add historical context to family histories. After moving to East Texas in 2000 she has worked full-time on genealogical research and has taught many classes for genealogical societies in East Texas. She is a past officer of the Nacogdoches Genealogical Society and since 2003 has been editor of their journal, Yesterdays. Mrs. Wayne is the webmaster for both the Angelina County Genealogy Society and the Nacogdoches Genealogy Society (see For Related Information). She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and an alumna of Samford University's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, completing the Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis course.

OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS:

Certificate Programs: Pre-registration is required on or before June 27th. Two are offered on Thursday; one is offered on Saturday. Each of the following will carry a separate syllabus.

Writing Your Family History. From Getting Started, through Parts of a Book, to Digitizing Photographs and Documents and Page Layout and Design, this workshop will prepare you to publish that all-important book – the history of your family. Getting your photographs and documents into your computer with digital camera and scanners, plus receiving editing tips, will give you the confidence and expertise to go forward.

FDR's 'New Deal' Genealogy. President Franklin Roosevelt’s goal was to provide relief, recovery, and reform (the 3 R’s) to people, and add to the economy of the United States during the Great Depression. We'll explore all those ABC programs he instigated and that have genealogical use: WPA, CCC, SS, SEC, etc. Primarily covering 1933-1938, this is also right after the 1930 census was taken so we'll look at how these records can bridge the gap until the 1940 census is released in 2012.

"A Day at the Seat of Justice" Visiting your Ancestral Courthouse. Join John for a fun-filled and informative day for research in the courthouse. Various record groups such as land, probate and vital records will be discussed. The various offices and their purpose will be addressed. The researcher will learn various techniques to get the most of public records. Unusual finds and information will be discussed. At the end of the day, you will be ready to tackle courthouses and reap the benefits.

This all-day course may be part of your Fri-Sat schedule but must be registered for separately and carries an extra fee for the extra syllabus. Pre-registrations only.

A Private Investigator's View Of Genealogy gives details on how the skills of a private investigator can be enhanced by using his years as a genealogist to solved investigative problems and vice versa.

Was Your Ancestor A Primitive Baptist? This is an enhanced program from my years of talking at local genealogical societies. This elusive church denomination found its roots in the Deep South and spread across the country through the Carolinas, Alabama, Texas and further west from the early 19th century to current times.

Little Used Sources In The 20th Century will cover legal records, vital records, and other nearly hidden from the view of the average genealogical research that can be very useful in overcoming early roadblocks.

Adoption Research will cover the ordinary hurdles in seeking birth parents and adopted children; trying to make the seemingly difficult relatively easy with the changes in laws of adoption.

Clayton Library: The Genealogy Gem of the Gulf Coast: The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston Public Library houses one of the ten best genealogy collections in the country. An overview of the collection and highlights of some of the more unusual research materials will be presented.

Convicts to the Colonies: Records for Research: Prior to the revolution the colonies were a destination for convicts from the England to populate the land. Not all crimes were what we would call heinous today. A survey of the records including online, print and microprint sources will be discussed including a history of transportation laws, social considerations and their impact on convict transportation, records of convict transportation generated in England, and records of convict transportation generated in the North American colonies.

PERSI: The Periodical Source Index - Are you using periodicals for your research? Genealogical periodicals are one of the most underutilized sources for family history research. PERSI is your key to unlocking all the information in these publications that offer a wealth of information. Strategies for searching will be offered, along with examples of information found in periodicals.

Unusual Source Records for Genealogical Research: Are you tired of using the same old genealogical resources? Unusual sources for research can offer a broader picture of your family, offer some insights you might have not known or considered, or can just be fun to familiarize yourself with. A compilation of not first thought of sources will be presented.

FDR’s ‘New Deal’ Genealogy (see description at optional all day Thursday workshop)

Where to Die? Civil War Prisons, Hospitals, and Cemeteries. For every man killed in battle during the Civil War, two died of illness or disease in hospital or prison camp. Andersonville, GA had her counterparts in Elmira NY, Point Lookout MD and Camp Morton IN. Prisons on both sides were, for the most part, hell-holes and often hospitals were no better. Treatment and the end results were often worse than death. Doctors and nurses often joined the soldier in making the ultimate sacrifice.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Details We Often Miss. The details in genealogical documents are vital to our research. Sometimes their “wow factor” is lost in our inexperience or rush to read. Common examples, especially from land and probate records, invite you to research with new eyes.

Seeing Is Not Always Believing: Avoiding False Assumptions. Genealogical records are full of facts, both true and false. With examples from public records and compiled genealogies, this session explores ways to avoid contaminating our family histories with untrue assumptions.

Beyond Census and Courthouse: City Directories and Obituaries. City directories and obituaries are important, interesting, and accessible resource groups for genealogists doing 19th- and 20th-century research, especially in those “dark hole” periods between 1880 and 1900 and after the 1930 census. With numerous examples, this session covers ways these resources help in genealogy, ideas for locating and using them, and cautions to consider.

LDS, FHL, & FHC ABCs & FAQs. This lecture sorts through the "alphabet soup" of LDS resources to help researchers find ancestral BCs, MCs, and DCs. Regardless of where you live, using LDS resources lets you find your ancestor's DOBs, DOMs, and DODs PDQ.

Meet Me at the Raccoon Lodge: Researching in The International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records. Ralph Kramden was only one of millions of Americans who belonged to a fraternal organization since this country's inception. Learn how to identify whether an ancestor belonged to one, which one, and what deep dark secrets those records may hold.

What Did You Do in The War, Great-Grandpa? Tracing Your Civilian Ancestor in the Civil War South. Less than 15% of the population in the Confederate States of America served in the military during the war. Was your ancestor a Rhett or Scarlett? A lover or a fighter? What did great-grandma say, what did she really mean, and how to find the real story!

V.A. Records - The "Other" Military Pension File: Was your ancestor's military file lost in the St. Louis Records Center fire? Maybe not! Learn how to determine if great-grandpa's records were in more than one place, how to get them, and what they might contain - More than just name, rank, and serial number. Honest!

Early American Migration Routes will identify the important overland migration routes used by American pioneers from 1700 until 1815. Maps are used to describe the routes of these early wagon roads so the family historian can visualize the roads that his or her ancestors followed as they migrated from one location to another. Starting with the earliest colonial settlements in New England, Virginia and South Carolina, maps are used to trace the migration routes of the settlers as they moved south and west following a continually advancing western frontier of new settlements.
The Appalachian Mountains and hostile Indians were the primary barriers that blocked migration and influenced the establishment of the early wagon roads. The major migration roads described in this lecture are the Kings Highway, Lancaster Road, Fall Line Road, Great Valley Road, Upper Road, Braddock’s Road, Forbes Road, Wilderness Road, Mohawk Road, Zane’s Trace, Nashville Road, National Road, Naches Trace and the Federal Horse Path.

Research in the Texas Land Records describes some of the early Texas history while tracing the routes of some of the early settlers into Texas and describes experiences of the settlers in obtaining the various types of land grants for Texas land. Examples of the Texas land grant documents are presented such as: Mexican land grants in Austin’s Colony, Republic of Texas Battle Donation Certificates, Bounty Land Grants, First, Second, Third and Fourth Class Certificates and various Texas Scrip awarded for land. The qualifications and the procedures for obtaining the land grants are presented along with how to research the Texas General Land Office land records to determine if your ancestor received a Texas land grant.

How to Find Your Ancestor’s Maiden Name will explain research techniques that should be used to help the researcher identify the maiden names of their female ancestors. The first step is to gather the facts and construct a time line for the female ancestor. The next step is to search for all of the various marriage documents that might be available. The search must then be extended to cemetery transcriptions and tombstones where several research tips are provided to make the most of what information is available. The search then moves to census records, land records, wills, probate, newspapers, obituaries, death certificates, church records and veteran’s pension applications. The lecture will describe the best techniques for searching for the maiden name in each of these records and many examples of successful research efforts will be demonstrated.

How to Use DNA Testing to Identify Your Ancestor: DNA testing is now establishing itself as the newest source for information in genealogical research. DNA testing can be used to supplement knowledge gained from oral sources and historical documents to solve the “brick wall” problems by identifying your paternal ancestral lineage. While the convergence of genetics and genealogy into a new science called “genetic genealogy” is still in the future, DNA testing by surname groups is already revealing valuable and challenging results.
Each male has a unique Y chromosome that is the same for all of his male ancestors. This unique feature can be used in DNA testing to identify all males with a common male ancestor. However, when the DNA within the male Y chromosome is copied from generation to generation, small mistakes or mutations are sometimes made in the DNA sequences. These mutations result in slight differences between individual Y chromosomes for each major branch of your family. DNA testing will identify 12 DNA markers that will be common for all male cousins descended from a common male ancestor. You can now join a DNA Surname Test Group, for a DNA test fee of $99.00. The results of your 12-marker DNA test will be compared with the 12-marker DNA tests from other persons in the Surname Test Group to identify those cousins who are descended from a common ancestor.

John Sellers

Available only as the series: “A Day at The Seat of Justice”
$5 extra for special syllabus

Researching Your Ancestor's Plot of Dirt: The Adventures of Courthouse Land Research. A detailed study of courthouse research concerning land records. Using deed indexes and how to access deed records to prove relationships. Discussion of a deed contents and their meaning. Affidavits of heirship and civil court records in regards to land will also be addressed. Mention of state land states and federal land states and their differences will be detailed.

With or Without a Will, There is a Way! This lecture takes a hard look at probate research . Discussion includes wills, probate minutes, guardianships, inventories, and other documents associated with probate. Terms and their meaning are also detailed. Discussions of both testate and intestate proceeding are covered.

To Be, To Wed, To Pass. A study of vital statistics in the courthouse will be addressed. A discussion of the evidence presented in birth, marriage, and death records will be analyzed. Substitutes for these both in and out of the courthouse will be covered.

Now Let's Put it To Work. Now that we understand the records and their importance let us apply our knowledge. Actual documents will be shared. Case studies will be reviewed to apply our new skills in land, probate, and vital records. Some unusual finds in these records will be highlighted.

2008 ACGC SCHEDULE
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Community Services Office (see CS on the Angelina College Campus Map) Pre-registered attendees pick up syllabus packets Onsite Late Registration
THURSDAY, July 17, 2008
9:00am - 4:00pm (Choose One) Pat Gordon: Writing Your Family History Trevia Wooster Beverly: FDR's New Deal Genealogy LUNCH: Student Center Dining Hall Off-site Dutch-treat dinner with Thursday participants and other speakers, place to be announced.
FRIDAY, July 18, 2008
FRIDAY, 9:00 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
F1: Susan Kaufman: Clayton Library: The Genealogy Gem of the Gulf Coast	F2: Don Raney: Early American Migration Routes	F3: Emily Croom: Hidden in Plain Sight: Details We Often Miss
FRIDAY, 10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
F4: Alvie Davidson: A Private Investigator's View Of Genealogy	F5: Don Raney: Research in the Texas Land Records	F6: Emily Croom: Seeing Is Not Always Believing: Avoiding False Assumptions
LUNCH: Student Center Dining Hall
FRIDAY, 1:00 P.M. – 2:15 P.M.
F7: Susan Kaufman: Convicts to the Colonies: Records for Research	F8: Don Raney: How to Find Your Ancestor’s Maiden Name	F9: Charlie Gardes: LDS, FHL, & FHC ABCs & FAQs
FRIDAY, 2:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
F10: Alvie Davidson: Was Your Ancestor A Primitive Baptist?	F11: Trevia Wooster Beverly: Where to Die? Civil War Prisons, Hospitals, and Cemeteries.	F12: Charlie Gardes: Meet Me at the Raccoon Lodge: Researching in The International Order of Hoo-Hoo and Other Fraternal Organization Records
FRIDAY, 6:00 P.M. DINNER in the Student Center Dining Hall After-dinner speaker: Emily Croom - Roadblocks to My Research
SATURDAY, July 19, 2008
SATURDAY, 9:00 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
S1: Alvie Davidson: Little Used Sources In The 20th Century	S2: John Sellers: A Day at The Seat of Justice - Part I	S3: Emily Croom: Beyond Census and Courthouse: City Directories and Obituaries
SATURDAY, 10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
S4: Susan Kaufman: PERSI: The Periodical Source Index - Are you using periodicals for your research?	S5: John Sellers: A Day at The Seat of Justice - Part II	S6: Don Raney: How to Use DNA Testing to Identify Your Ancestor
LUNCH: Student Center Dining Hall
SATURDAY, 1:00 P.M. – 2:15 P.M.
S7: Alvie Davidson: Adoption Research	S8: John Sellers: A Day at The Seat of Justice - Part III	S9: Charlie Gardes: What Did You Do in The War, Great-Grandpa? Tracing Your Civilian Ancestor in the Civil War South
SATURDAY, 2:30 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.
S10: Susan Kaufman: Unusual Source Records for Genealogical Research	S11: John Sellers: A Day at The Seat of Justice - Part IV	S12: Charlie Gardes: V.A. Records - The "Other" Military Pension File

Exhibits and vendors will be available in Hudgins Hall (HH) from Thursday noon, all day Friday and on Saturday until 2 p.m. An excellent opportunity to purchase for your personal library or your public library's genealogy collection.

Association of Professional Genealogists
Lone Star Chapter
deedeeking

genealogyfinder.com

Books & Things
PO Box 331573
Fort Worth, Texas 76163

Emily Croom
Books for Unpuzzling Family History
http://www.unpuzzling.com/

Other interested vendors should send an e-mail request for information to bmcclain

angelina.edu and request VENDOR INFO in the subject line.

Angelina College Library. Click on LIBRARY during the Virtual Tour, or go direct to http://www.angelina.edu/library/index.htm for related information. Open Thursday for summer school; unavailable for Friday & Saturday conference. Under Genealogy there are some forty items; under Local History there are thirty-one additional, related titles. Enter specific titles, authors, or topics and you'll come up with many more related items.

John Wilkins Genealogy Collection, Ora McMullen Room, Kurth Memorial Library, located at 706 South Raguet Street, Lufkin, Texas 75901. Phone: 936-630-0560 http://www.kurthmemoriallibrary.com/

The History Center. A 12,000 square foot history and archives center with books, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, etc. of East Texas. 102 North Temple Drive, Diboll, Texas 75941. 936-829-3543 (10 minutes; 1.4 miles)

Museum of East Texas. Fine Art, Regional History, Archaeological Artifacts, and Local and Pioneer History Exhibits. 503 North Second, Lufkin, Texas 75901. phone: 936-639-4434

Stephen F. Austin State University: East Texas Research Center, 2nd floor Steen Memorial Library, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962. Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10am-6pm. Phone: 936-468-4100. http://libweb.sfasu.edu/etrc/default.htm

Texas Forestry Museum Exhibits: Local and Pioneer History, Natural History, Historic Site and Building, Research Library and Archives. 1905 Atkinson Dr, PO Box 1488, Lufkin, Texas 75002. phone: 936.632-9535 http://www.treetexas.com/

For related information, visit the following East Texas websites:

Discounts vary from senior citizens to military - ask! And let them know you are in Lufkin for the conference. Make your reservations early!

Registration Fees: Pre-registration ensures your syllabus is ready on arrival.

Optional Thursday workshops: $60 by June 10; afterwards $85
ØIncludes specific class syllabus; lunch.
Optional for Thursday attendees: Dutch-treat dinner with the speakers;
place to be announced.

Friday and Saturday conference: $145 by June 10; afterwards $170
ØIncludes Syllabus for Friday and Saturday lectures
ØFriday and Saturday lunch, plus Friday evening dinner

Saturday only: $70 by June 10; afterwards $90
ØIncludes Saturday lunch and full Friday & Saturday syllabus
Door Registrations: $10 additional will be due for last minute syllabus printing.

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