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Thursday, March 21
Adoption in Texas; History, Searching and Legislation (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
We are fortunate this month to have two in-person speakers at our monthly meetng. See the details below!
Connie Lynn Gray is an adoptee, 2013 Spokeo Search Angel, past Adoption Knowledge Affiliates Board Member, past Texas State Representative for the American Adoption Congress, and Founder of Support Texas Adoptee Rights--STAR. Her adoption journey began at age three when a social worker with the state of Texas illegally terminated her mother's parental rights. Connie's birth certificate remained unchanged until she was adopted at the age of nine. On that day all evidence of her ancestral line was wiped out when her birth certificate was altered to reflect that she had been born to her adoptive parents, nine years before they met.
In 1976, at the age of 18, Connie had her adoption file opened and located her entire family within two years. Over the past 4 1/2 decades, she had been researching birth certificates and adoption records. Connie has helped others access their adoption records, discover their genetic relationships and reconnect with biological families. Support Texas Adoptee Rights was founded in 2013 when she realized that educating legislators was necessary to ensure passage of a law which would allow adult adoptees to have their unaltered birth certificates and reclaim their genetic heritage.
Support Texas Adoptee Rights has championed for the restoration of access to original birth certificates for adult adoptees since 2015 and will continue to work until the laws are equitable. Further information and email sign up may be found at texasadopteerights.org.
Marla Smith is the president of Support Texas Adoptee Rights. She is an adoptee who has been reunited with her birth family since 2017. She became involved with STAR soon after her reunion, testifying at the State Capitol in support of adoptee rights. She believes that equality for all adoptees means having the choice to access their history with respect, honesty, and dignity. She is a registered Architect a Lecturer at the University of Texas School of Architecture, enjoys yoga and woodworking.
Please join us for our monthly general meeting and meet our speakers at the new Round Rock Public Library. Or you can join on Zoom
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Wednesday, March 27
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Tuesday, April 2
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Saturday, April 6
Beginning Genealogy Records (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
Debbe Tipping will lead us in an overview of Vital Records (birth, marriage, death), Censuses, Land Records, and Religious Records. These records are some of the easiest to find online. They offer hints about our family, but have some details that need to be evaluated further.
Join us in the 1st floor Literacy Classroom for this workshop! |
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Monday, April 8
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Literacy Classroom In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Literacy Classroom (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, April 9
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, April 18
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, April 24
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Saturday, May 4
German Research (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Tuesday, May 7
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Monday, May 13
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, May 14
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, May 16
Women Pioneers (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, May 22
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Saturday, June 1
Genealogy Writer's Workshop (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Tuesday, June 4
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Monday, June 10
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, June 11
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, June 20
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, June 26
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Tuesday, July 2
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Saturday, July 6
Researching Common Name Strategies (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
When you find common surnames and/or several people with the same name in the same location it can be difficult to sort everyone out. This talk gives you strategies to tackle this issue.
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Monday, July 8
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, July 9
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, July 18
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, July 24
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Saturday, August 3
Census Records (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Tuesday, August 6
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Monday, August 12
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, August 13
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, August 15
No Meeting This Month! (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
No meeting this month! See you next month!
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Wednesday, August 28
No DNA Special Interest Group this month! (DNA SIG)
There will be no DNA Special Interest Group this month.
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Tuesday, September 3
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Saturday, September 7
FamilySearch (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
Alan Rabe will teach us about FamilySearch. FamilySearch is a free genealogy site with millions of records and the largest collaborative tree available. Recently the look and feel of doing searches for records has changed. The workshop will include discussion of finding records, adding to the tree, resolving duplicates and anything else you wish to ask about. Alan likes the ease of adding sources, the reasons for making changes and the history of changes made. Also, there are amazing free 3rd party tools, such as Puzilla and RelativeFinder. Alan averages adding about 2000 people a year to the Family Tree and 4 sources per person. Come join the discussion, whether you are a beginner or more experienced.
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Monday, September 9
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, September 10
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, September 19
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, September 25
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Tuesday, October 1
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Saturday, October 5
Newspapers (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
News you can use! Sarah Kroh will help you flesh out the members of your family and help them come to life by finding their stories in the paper. In this workshop, we'll cover strategies for finding, clipping and sharing digital articles with a close look at how to use Newspapers.com and Texas Digital Newspaper Project. Have ready a couple of names (with dates and locations) from your own family so we can make this hands-on workshop personal by looking them up together in a live demonstration!
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Monday, October 7
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, October 8
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, October 17
Topic Coming Soon (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library
More information coming soon!
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Wednesday, October 23
DNA Special Interest Group (DNA SIG)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm online via Zoom
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Saturday, November 2
Strategies for Breaking Down Brick Walls (Beginning Genealogy Workshop)
9:30 am to 11:00 am Round Rock Public Library
A brick wall is a place where we are stuck in our research for a particular ancestor. How do we get past these brick walls to keep our research going? This presentation will discuss reviewing what we know and how we know it. Then we look at strategies to help us like research logs, timelines, records to search, FAN and Cluster research, and proof arguments to bust through these struggles in our research.
Join us in the 1st floor Technology Classroom for this workshop! |
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Tuesday, November 5
First Tuesday Evening Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room, 2nd floor and via Zoom
In person at Georgetown Public Library in the Texas History Room 2nd floor and via Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 864 62 98 2083
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Monday, November 11
Genealogy Helping Hands Lab (Helping Hands Lab)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Round Rock Public Library 1st Floor Technology Room In person
The Genealogy Helping Hands Lab is a place where we can gather to work on our own genealogy together and help ourselves and each other while we’re at it.
• Genealogy questions?
• Don’t know where to start?
• Need help with your family tree software?
• Putting together a filing system?
• Want company while you work?
Join us at the Round Rock Public Library Technology Room (first floor behind the main desk) the second Monday of each month.
What you need:
• Your laptop: if you don’t have one, come anyway, we can borrow from the library.
• Documents, photos, source documents enough for about two hours of work.
• Round Rock library card if you have one.
• A friend!
• Your ideas and suggestions!
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Tuesday, November 12
Second Tuesday Morning Georgetown Genealogy Chat (Georgetown Genealogy Chat)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Zoom
This is an informal genealogy discussion group. Bring your genealogy questions, recent successes, or come and share in the discussion. An agenda will be available closer to the chat date.
Meeting ID: 884 2486 1127
Dial by your location
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Thursday, November 21
Member Sharing (Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Hybrid - Round Rock Public Library & via Zoom
At this meeting four or so of our members give ten to twenty minute presentations about a variety of genealogy and family history topics. If you have a topic you would like to present, please contact our Vice President Ann Patton.
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Wednesday, November 27
No DNA Special Interest Group this month! (DNA SIG)
There will be no DNA Special Interest Group this month. Happy Thanksgiving!
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