The Denton County Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, October 10, 2013. We will start refreshments and networking at 6:30pm at the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, and the meeting and program will begin at 7pm. October’s guest speaker will be Kelvin Meyers. His presentation will be "How Great They Are! Church Records" Underused and underutilized this vast group of records can be a challenge to the "unchurched." Determining the denomination, in which your ancestor was a part can be the biggest challenge. The second, being, finding those records. With these two things accomplished, many genealogical questions can be answered. Mr. Meyers is a fifth generation Texan and professional genealogist for the last twenty-five years and an avid researcher-historian for thirty-three years, he is a frequent speaker to many genealogical societies and family associations in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. He was employed for ten years in the Genealogy Dept. of the Dallas Public Library. Now, he contracts with attorneys, banks, the US Immigration Service and energy companies, as a forensic genealogist, searching for missing or unknown heirs to estates and oil and gas leases. Kelvin is a 1989 and 1990 alumni of the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University. He has recently lectured in Course III Research in the South and Course VIII Researching African American Ancestors. He is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogist, a past President of the Lone Star Chapter of APG and serves on the board of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogist. Kelvin is a member of First United Methodist Church in Dallas, where he is the chairman of the History and Archives committee.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:45:04 +0000
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