January Volume 24 Issue 1

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Next Meeting January 23 2017 Tracking Your Ancestor on AmericarsquosHistoric Migration Routes by Steve Mabie

Stephen Mabie will review the key migration routes usedby our pioneer ancestors in their moves across thecontinent - east and west and north and south He willprovide a timeline for these great routes including themajor river routes the Erie Canal the National Road thegreat wagon trails and many others and discuss wherethe people who took each of these routes originated andwhere they ended up

Stephen Mabie

Stephen (Steve) Mabie has been a member of the SanAntonio Genealogical amp Historical Society for over 20years currently serving as Treasurer of the Society He isalso a Life Member of the Schenectady County (NY)Historical Society Steve specializes in researching themigration paths of settlers across the US as well as his

Whats in the Januarynewsletter Welcome new members Renew Your Membership New Austin CemeteryRules AGS Member in theNews Looking for JonesCemetery Families Find-A-Grave Revised Meet the Board AGS and AGE Upcoming Events Blumberg-Elley-Kaiser-Koepsel Reunion November Meeting Recap AGS EducationInstructors AGS on Facebook AGS DNA SIG AGS Writing SIG 2018 AGS Calendar 2018 AGS ClassSchedule Local GenealogyMeetings

AGS 2018 QUARTERLY SPRING ISSUE

DEADLINE FEBRUARY 17

Click here for submissionguidelines

familyrsquos history in early New York He is the Vice Presidentof and primary researcher for the Maybee Society afamily organization for all members of the Mabie MabeeMaybee (etc) Family who descend from PieterCasparszen van Naerden of New Amsterdam Steve hashad articles published in the New York Genealogical ampBiographical Record New Netherland Connections andOur Heritage (the semi-annual publication of SAGHS)

630 pm Connection time 700 pm Presentation beginsHighland Park Baptist Church

5206 Balcones Austin TX 78731

Welcome New Members Cinda Allen Julia Donaldson Craig K

Gowens Linda Hilton Melissa Keane SusieKrumholz Beverly Pritchett and Susan Quezada

Time to Renew Your AGS Membership Take a moment and renew your AGS membership for2018 It promises to be an exciting year that you will notwant to miss

austintxgensocorgmembership-accountmembership-levels

Want to comment on the new Austincemetery rulesThe proposed new rules for Austin Cemetery are postedhere You can post your comments at the City Clerkrsquosoffice before Jan 12

AGS Member in the News - Earle McBride

In the December 25 edition of the Austin AmericanStatesman you will find an article titled TwoBarton Springs lights are back on for first time indecades describing an effort by the Barton

AGS EducationInstructors

If you are interested inteaching or assisting witha genealogy related classeither at a public library orfor the next session of LLI(Lifetime LearningInstitute) please contactus at educationaustintxgensocorg

AGS on FaceBook

Austin GenealogicalSociety - Posts on thissite include informationabout the AGS monthlyprograms the annualAGS Seminar and AGSclasses ldquoLikingrdquo thispage helps get themessage out to morepeople on FacebookPlease like postswhen you see them tohelp market our Society

Austin GenealogicalSociety Members HelpingMembers (public group) -Posts on this site includegenealogy-related topicssuch as webinarswebsites and classes notsponsored byAGS Members of thegroup may request helpwith any particular issuethey are experiencing withtheir own research

Austin GenealogicalSociety WritingSIG (closed group) - AGSMembers interested inwriting a personal orfamily history are

Springs Conservancy a nonprofit advocacygroup to restore the stone gateposts at theentrance to Barton Springs pool Did you know thegateposts were supposed to have lights Thanksto this project they do once again

A long time AGS member Earle McBride played abig part in this restoration According to theStatesmans article The stone posts presentedanother conundrum Why all these differentlysourced rocks Some of the limestone turned outto be related to what was used to face the nearbycaretakerrsquos cottage itself recently renovated andopened to the public But it took a consultinggeologist Earle McBride to identify all the arearocks leaving a mystery as to why the buildersemployed such a variety ATC Contractors steppedup with the sensitive masonry repair and cleaningand Jesse Malone of Malone Wheeler played animportant role in securing proper permits for theproject

To read the complete article httpwwwmystatesmancomlifestylestwo-barton-springs-lights-are-back-for-first-time-decades6oW2WEYicbczdFDi66XAqNecmp=newspaper_emailamp

Seeking descendants of families buried inthe JONES CEMETERY

The Jones Cemetery on Cadillac Drive east of Austin offFM 969 (Webberville Road) is one of the older cemeteriesin rural Travis County where many of the earliest settlersof the county resided The oldest known burial in thiscemetery is that of Nancy Puckett who died on April 161859

On January 28 2018 the first of several public meetingsto discuss the possibility of establishing a Board ofTrustees to better manage the Jones Cemetery in HornsbyBend will be held An email list and a Facebook page willbe used to help send out information

encouraged to join thisFacebook group andattend the monthlymeetings (see below fordetails)

CHECK OUT OURCALENDAR

The latest schedule forAGS classes events and

meetings is alwaysavailable on the website

here

AGS DNA SIG First Wednesday ofevery month (nomeeting in July) Nextmeeting WednesdayFebruary 7 630 - 830pm

Pok-E-Joes 2121 ParmerLane Austin TX78727 three blocks eastof Mopac on ParmerLane

The topic in February willbe Who to Test and NextSteps to Take led byRandy Whited

In the March meeting wewill begin to review thebook The Family TreeGuide to DNA Testing andGenetic Genealogy byBlaine T Bettinger It is

AGS member Angela Doetsch inventoried this burialground in 2013 finding some of these family namesBradford Brinkley Moffett Gardner Curtis Noble FlowsMeredith and Payne

For the past 158 years this land has been used as acommunity cemetery Established as three separate burialfor Hispanics Negros and Anglos it was developed soeach group would manage their own section It is now timeto combine and maintain these grounds as one

Some of the family lines have died off while otherdescendants have moved out of the area No one knowswho has the records of burials or available plots

If you are a plot owner a descendant know of anydescendants or have questions please contact us atinfosachomeorg A transcription of readable tombstonemarkers can be foundat austintxgensocorgcemeteriesjones-cemetery

You may also contact the Jones Community CemeteryFacebook page(facebookcomJonescommunitycemetery) for informationor to leave a note

Getting Acquainted with the RevisedVersion of Find-A-Gravecom Submitted by Ted Bainbridge PhD member of theSpeakers Bureau of the Colorado Council of GenealogicalSocieties

findagravecom is a web site that collects individualsrsquocemetery and other information whether a grave marker ispresent or not The sitersquos database includes over 165million peoplersquos memorials and adds about 1 frac12 million permonth It contains information from almost half a millioncemeteries around the world This free site can besearched in several ways and its information is easy todownload onto a home computer The site is menu-drivenand intuitively easy to use Registration which is optionaland free gives the visitor access to features that are nototherwise available Everybody should explore thetutorials

available on Amazon inpaperback and kindleeditions link

More Information

AGS Writing SIG

Second Thursday ofevery month - nomeeting in December Thursday January 11630 - 830 pm

Cafe Express 3418 N Lamar BlvdAustin Texas 78705

The purpose of theWriting SIG is to supportmembers in writing familyhistories and genealogicalarticles We meet once amonth and have dinnertogether while we discussgenealogical topics andthose of us that are readywill read aloud our latestwork Come and getinspired with the rest ofus Open to members ofAGS

AGS 2018 MeetingCalendar

Meetings are held on the4th Tuesday (no meetingin December) Connection time 630 PM Program starts 700 PM Highland Park BaptistChurch5206 Balcones

Think of the home page as being organized into fourareas

the main menu near the top of the page and fillingits entire widththe search panel for individualsrsquo graves whichdominates the background photographthe link to findagrave tutorials a blue oval buttonnear the bottom right of the pageother less-frequently used items occupying the restof the screen below the background image

Hunting A Person

By far the most common use of findagrave is huntingindividuals The simplest search is done as follows Entera first name in the box provided near the center of thebackground photo (This is optional but if you donrsquot do ityou will get an enormous hit list for all but the mostunusual surnames) I recommend leaving the box formiddle name blank because grave markers usually donrsquotshow middle names Put a surname in the appropriatebox (This is required) There is no option for ldquosimilarspellingrdquo or ldquosimilar soundrdquo so do separate searches foreach variant spelling of the first name and surname Clickthe search button A hit list appears showing records thatmatch your request and headed with the count of howmany records are on the list Search the hit list for theperson you want then click that personrsquos name You willsee that personrsquos information page (If a picture of thegrave stone exists look at it in detail Sometimes this willshow that the typed information on the page contains anerror) To save the information on that page you cancommand a ldquoprintrdquo from your computerrsquos operatingsystem Alternatively you can scroll to the top of the pageclick ldquosave tordquo click ldquocopy to clipboardrdquo open the programyou will use to save the information paste the clipboardrsquoscontent into that program and save within that programTo save the source citation scroll to the bottom of thepersonrsquos page click ldquosource citationrdquo copy the text of thecite paste that text wherever you want it to be and savethat destinationrsquos content within the appropriate programThe personrsquos page might include links to findagrave pagesfor relatives Click those links to see their information

Austin TX 78731

Jan-23 Tracking YourAncestor on AmericasHistoric MigrationRoutes by Steve Mabie

Feb 27 Archival andPreservation Techniquesfor Your Family Treasuresby Emily Higgs

Mar 27 Save Your FamilyHistory Part I PublishingYour Family History byDebbe Tipping

Apr 24 Save Your FamilyHistory Part II Creating AFamily Web Site bySandra Crowley

May 22 The US CensusPart I The Impact of the2020 Census onGenealogy by Dr SteveMurdock

More meeting topics andspeakers will be publishedin the next newsletter

AGS Website

Did you forget your loginor password to the

Members Only section Problems renewing a

membership Contact webmaster

austintxgensocorg

AGS 2018 ClassSchedule

Information about ourclasses is available hereAll classes are free

Typing only the first and last name probably will produce ahit list that is too long to read If that happens search forthat name again but narrow the search by using the pull-down menus next to the ldquoyear bornrdquo and ldquoyear diedrdquo boxesbelow the name boxes you used In addition to or insteadof those restrictions you can use the location box next tothose date boxes As you type a place into that box anauto-fill list appears When you see the appropriate placeselect it from the list (Typing the name and clicking theldquosearchrdquo button instead wonrsquot give good results) If you useall three restrictions and the new search doesnrsquot find theperson you want remove one of those restrictions andsearch again If that search fails replace that restrictionand remove another one If you fail again repeat If allthose searches fail use only one restriction at a time anddo all three restricted searches Repeat this process untilyou are successful (But remember that not everyone is infindagrave so all your searches might fail In that case tryagain later remembering that findagrave adds about 1 frac12million records per month)

Next to the ldquosearchrdquo button you can see ldquomore searchoptionsrdquo Clicking that makes the following available

ldquoFamousrdquo separates a famous person from otherswho have the same name (Asking for MarilynMonroe creates a hit list of 29 people Going to thetop of the list clicking ldquorefine searchrdquo pulling downldquomore search optionsrdquo clicking ldquofamousrdquo and thenclicking ldquosearchrdquo shows only the movie star we allknowldquoSponsoredrdquo shows only pages that have noadvertisements because somebody paid to removethemldquoNicknamerdquo must be checked if you ask forsomebody by nickname instead of given nameldquoMaiden namerdquo must be checked if you ask forsomebody by maiden name instead of marriednameldquoPartial last name searchrdquo lets you search by puttingonly the first letters of a first or last name in theappropriate boxes (Requesting ldquowanardquo showsWana Wanamaker Wanabaker and othersurnames that begin with those four letters but itdoesnrsquot list Wannamaker)ldquoNo grave photordquo gives only people who have nograve photo on their information page

Jan 20 1030 am -noon Beginning GenealogyClass by Debbe Tipping North Village LibraryBranch 2505 Steck Ave AustinTX 78757 When you first startsearching for yourancestors you faceenormous masses ofinformation Which oneswork Which will be themost useful to you Comeand learn how to pick yourown path and first stepsthrough the bounty that isavailable

Registration is now openand will close on January18

More Information

Jan 27 1000 am -1230 pm Genealogy BestComputer Practices byDianne Holley Austin Computer Labs 3710 Cedar St AustinTX 78705 Each participant will useone of the computers atthe lab and work with aninstructor through thelesson Seating is limitedto 10 participants Pre-registration is requiredand limited to AGSmembers

Registration is now openand will close on January25

More Information

ldquoGrave photordquo gives only people who have a gravephoto on their information pageldquoFlowersrdquo gives only people who have virtual flowersattached to their page (Asking for ClarenceBainbridge without this option clicked gets fivenames but clicking this option reduces the list totwo)

Hunting A Cemetery

The next most common use of findagrave is huntingcemeteries There are three ways to find a cemetery

On the main menu click ldquocemeteriesrdquo and type aname in the box provided (This is an auto-fill boxUse it as above) Click ldquosearchrdquo A hit list appearsClick the name of the cemetery you want Thatcemeteryrsquos page of information appearsOn the main menu click ldquocemeteriesrdquo and type aplace in the other box (This also is auto-fill) Clickldquosearchrdquo A hit list appears Click the name of thecemetery you want That cemeteryrsquos page appearsOn the main menu click ldquocemeteriesrdquo and type aplace in the appropriate box (This is an auto-fillbox Use it as above) Donrsquot click ldquosearchrdquo or pressthe ldquoreturnenterrdquo button Instead look at the map Ifthe map doesnrsquot show any location markers clickthe lsquo+rsquo button near its lower right corner Zoom in orout and pan in any direction until you see the areayou want Click any marker to see the name of thatcemetery then click the name to see its informationpage

Favorite Cemeteries

If you registered as a member you can create a list ofyour favorite cemeteries Go to the information page of thecemetery you want to put on your list Near the top rightcorner of that page click ldquoadd favoriterdquo and proceed

You can create virtual cemeteries by linking interestingindividuals to a collection that you create (For exampleyou might link all of your Blankenship relativesrsquo informationpages to a group called ldquoMy-Blankenshipsrdquo or you couldgather all your relatives who served in the Civil War) Go tothe page of a person you want to add to a virtualcemetery Near the top right corner of that page click

Feb 17 1030 am -noon Genealogy InternetWebsites and SoftwareClass by JohnMarostica North Village LibraryBranch 2505 Steck Ave AustinTX 78757 Genealogy has gonedigital Most genealogistsare working online todifferent degrees on theirown computers Thisclass will look at thedominant research andsome lesser-known butvaluable websites alongwith types of software tohelp you hunt for yourfamily and organize yourdata

Registration opensJanuary 17

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Mar 17 1030 am -noon From Organization toResearch Plan Class byNancy Stevens North Village LibraryBranch 2505 Steck Ave AustinTX 78757 So much data so littletime To make the bestuse of your research youneed good organizationand record-keeping sothat you can retrieve anduse what you find Mostgenealogists struggle withthis Come learn fourways you need to beorganized to keep yourresearch moving

ldquosave tordquo click ldquovirtual cemeteryrdquo and then proceed Atthis location you can create a new vc or add this personto an existing vc

Other Features

The main menu at the top of findagraversquos home pageincludes an item called ldquofamousrdquo which allows a searchfor a famous person as was described above That menualso has an item called ldquocontributerdquo which people use toadd information to findagraversquos database

Meet the 2018 AGS Board

Nan Kilkeary President term ending 2018

Nan Kilkeary has been doing genealogy for six years butAGS is the first society shes belonged to (she was livingin Lexington KY before moving to Austin) She finds theexperience of so many people and speakers of great skillinvaluable Nan has a journalism degree with a doublemajor in political science and is a certified Gestaltpsychotherapist Over her career she worked as a senioreditor for UPI and ran communications at Allstate andMontgomery Ward the Yucca Mountain Project and the Y-12 National Security Site in Oak Ridge TN She has alsobeen a consultant in organizational design anddevelopment and hopes her communications andorganization experience can be useful in helping AGSgrow and provide value to its members

Registration opensFebruary 17

More Information

Do You Have a BrickWall A Genealogical

Question

Feel free to send it in forthe newsletter tonewsletteraustintxgensocorg orpost it to our Facebookpage ldquoAustinGenealogical SocietyMembers helpingMembersrdquo

Local GenealogyMeetings andResources

Austin Gen SIG nextmeeting January 27100ndash400 pm at OldQuarry Branch AustinPublic Library 7051Village Center DrAustin Click here forwebsite

Austin Legacy UsersGroup meets on the thirdSaturday of the monthfrom 100-300 pm at theQuerencia at BartonCreek 2500 Barton CreekBlvd Austin Click herefor website

Texas State Library isopen from 900 am-400pm the second Saturdayof each month1201Brazos in AustinQuestions concerningSecond Saturdays may

Debbe Tipping Vice-President term ending 2018

Debbe has been researching her family for 20 plus yearsShe is almost done with the American Records Programthrough the National Institute for Genealogical StudiesShe hopes to complete her 40th class this month Shelearned a great deal about genealogy research throughthose courses and continues learning at each monthlymeeting She is happy to be back for her second year onthe Board She is looking forward to seeing how membersof AGS respond to the new things we want to do

Rob Richardson Program ChairSecond Vice-President term ending 2018

Rob is a long-time Austin resident moving here in the fallof 1966 to attend college at the University of Texas Hisinterest in family history began when his grandfathershowed him a collection of Civil War era heirloomsoriginally owned by his great-grandfather including a

be sent here Click herefor website

Williamson CountyGenealogical Societymeetings are held thethird Thursday of eachmonth at the Round RockPublic Library 216 E MainStreet Round RockSocial time at 700 pmwith the meeting at 730pm Click here forwebsite

Austin Public LibraryGenealogicalResources Click here forwebsite

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welcome - due thefirst day of themonth for each

submissionnewsletter

austintxgensocorg

Governors Mansion UnderSnow

Photograph February 1923(texashistoryunteduark67531metapth124111 accessedJanuary 7 2018) University of North TexasLibraries The Portal to Texas

daguerreotype powder horn bullet mold and Civil Warparole paper He began to seriously document his familyhistory in 1992 with the arrival of personal computers andgenealogy software He hasnt stopped since This isRobs second year on the AGS board He continues to beimpressed by the board members commitment toproviding AGS members with learning opportunities andresources to make their family history research moreeffective insightful and just as important more fun Rob isserving his first term as the Program Chair for 2018

Erin Garcia Treasurer term ending 2019

Erin Garcia has been on the AGS board for 2 years firstserving as Secretary and now completing her first year asTreasurer A native of St Louis Missouri she has lived ina variety of locations including Denver Cincinnati andBoston Happily she moved to Austin in 2001 Afterspending 10 years as a travel agent and 10 more as anevent planner Erin now works as a bookkeeper Shebecame obsessed with genealogy in the late 1990rsquos Sheenjoys the Austin Genealogical Society because peopledonrsquot roll their eyes when the subject of family historycomes up Erin lives with her husband Jorge and 8-year-old daughter Kiera

History texashistoryunteducrediting Austin HistoryCenter Austin Public Library

Jean Marostica Secretary term ending 2019

Jean has been doing genealogy research for about 20years She joined AGS in 2000 and has also beeninvolved in volunteer positions from the beginningShe maintains the membership database and is thewebmaster She has handled the hospitality duties off andon but ongoing for the past 5 or so years

Teresa Brewer term ending 2018

Although Teresas term on the Board had completed at theend of 2017 she agreed to serve one more year on theboard to fill a vacancy Teresa began dabbling in familyhistory research more than ten years ago but didnrsquot getserious about genealogy until 2011 when her oldest livingpaternal relative passed away taking her memories of thefamily with her Teresa realized that family stories caneasily disappear unless someone purposely works to savethem She specializes in southern US research serveson the Lineage Research committee for the AndrewsCarruthers DAR chapter and her daughters have beenaccepted into the Mayflower Society based on Teresarsquos research She is a member of the Williamson

County Genealogical Society in addition to being a boardmember for the Austin Genealogical Society

James Bridges term ending 2018

James is serving his second term on the AGS board andalso served as First Vice President of AGS in 2016 Heco -founded the AGS Writing SIG with Robin Raben in2016 He is a frequent contributor of articles to the AGSQuarterly

Millijon Crowell term ending 2019

Millijon is married with one grown son Besides genealogyher passion is belly dancing She has been doinggenealogy on her own for nearly 40 years She joinedAGS a couple of years ago and have made great strides inlearning more about how to do research and note sourcesShe enjoys the monthly meetings the monthly lecturesand the yearly conference AGS sponsors She is excitedto be on the board so that she can give her time andtalents to this wonderful organization She wants AGS togrow and flourish

Angela Doetsch Quarterly Editor term ending 2019 Angela Doetsch is the current Editor of the AustinGenealogical Society Quarterly Despite her funnysounding last name she was born and raised in AustinTexas and is a proud 6th generation Texan When she isnot researching (okobsessing about) her family historyyou can usually find her taking photographs in an oldcemetery or working on one of her ongoing art projects

Dianne Holley term ending 2018

AGS provides us all with a genealogy forum -- a place wecan share question and learn Dianne joined AGS to getto know people in her community who share a passion forall things Genealogy to learn from members as well aspresenters and to find a way to pay forward the sharing ofmethodology and knowledge that benefit her For Diannebeing a board member is fun and amplifies opportunitiesto do all that

Ann Kippen term ending 2019

Before she began genealogical research two years agoshe had always been haunted that she knew next tonothing of her paternal ancestors even very little of hergrandparents Through the programs and encouragementof AGS she has quickly been able to uncover a rich familyhistory in Scotland and Sweden She is also learning moreadvanced skills that can take her work to a higher leveland preserve it She is excited by the challenge of helpingAGS to become a stronger community that can reach outto many new members

Robin Raben Newsletter Editor term Ending 2019

Robin has been a project manager in software andcomputer manufacturing for over 30 years She and herhusband married 15 years ago She became interested inher family history when she inherited all the family papersand photos in 2010 She did a google search for a local

genealogical society and found AGS and decided to joinStarting in 2015 she served a two year term on the Boardbecame Quarterly Editor for that year and started asNewsletter Editor which she still does today JamesBridges and Robin started the Writing Special InterestGroup in 2016 which still continues to meet every monthShe is excited to be back on the Board and is lookingforward to an exciting and fun term

Sadly Jean Shroyer has chosen to step down from herseat at the board We appreciate Jean and all that she hasdone over the years for the Austin Genealogical Society

AGS and AGE Join Forces to offercomputer-based Saturday classes

Austin Genealogical Society (AGS) and the ComputerLabs at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE) are teamingup to increase your knowledge of all things Genealogy

Austin Groups for the Elderly have a variety of educationalprograms and a state-of-the-art computer lab for hands-onlearning They have generously agreed to provide AGSmembers free use of the computer lab As a result AGS isnow offering free monthly genealogy sessions at the AGElocation

Free Sessions Starting Saturday January 27th from1000 to noon and continuing the 4th Saturday of everymonth through November AGSAGE will offer computer-focused traininginformation classes On-line registration isrequired and will be available 1 month prior to eachsession Januaryrsquos session (register now) launches yourGenealogy New Year with ldquoGenealogy Best ComputerPracticesrdquo Additional class topics will be announced afterJanuary 1

Register for free Saturday sessions Jan 27 Genealogy Best Practices Register Here Feb 23 Using GEDmatch to find more DNA family(Registration not yet open)

In addition AGE offers an ongoing Genealogy Club(third Tuesday January through November 1000 am

County Genealogical Society in addition to being a boardmember for the Austin Genealogical Society

James Bridges term ending 2018

James is serving his second term on the AGS board andalso served as First Vice President of AGS in 2016 Heco -founded the AGS Writing SIG with Robin Raben in2016 He is a frequent contributor of articles to the AGSQuarterly

Millijon Crowell term ending 2019

Millijon is married with one grown son Besides genealogyher passion is belly dancing She has been doinggenealogy on her own for nearly 40 years She joinedAGS a couple of years ago and have made great strides inlearning more about how to do research and note sourcesShe enjoys the monthly meetings the monthly lecturesand the yearly conference AGS sponsors She is excitedto be on the board so that she can give her time andtalents to this wonderful organization She wants AGS togrow and flourish

Angela Doetsch Quarterly Editor term ending 2019 Angela Doetsch is the current Editor of the AustinGenealogical Society Quarterly Despite her funnysounding last name she was born and raised in AustinTexas and is a proud 6th generation Texan When she isnot researching (okobsessing about) her family historyyou can usually find her taking photographs in an oldcemetery or working on one of her ongoing art projects

Dianne Holley term ending 2018

AGS provides us all with a genealogy forum -- a place wecan share question and learn Dianne joined AGS to getto know people in her community who share a passion forall things Genealogy to learn from members as well aspresenters and to find a way to pay forward the sharing ofmethodology and knowledge that benefit her For Diannebeing a board member is fun and amplifies opportunitiesto do all that

Ann Kippen term ending 2019

Before she began genealogical research two years agoshe had always been haunted that she knew next tonothing of her paternal ancestors even very little of hergrandparents Through the programs and encouragementof AGS she has quickly been able to uncover a rich familyhistory in Scotland and Sweden She is also learning moreadvanced skills that can take her work to a higher leveland preserve it She is excited by the challenge of helpingAGS to become a stronger community that can reach outto many new members

Robin Raben Newsletter Editor term Ending 2019

Robin has been a project manager in software andcomputer manufacturing for over 30 years She and herhusband married 15 years ago She became interested inher family history when she inherited all the family papersand photos in 2010 She did a google search for a local

genealogical society and found AGS and decided to joinStarting in 2015 she served a two year term on the Boardbecame Quarterly Editor for that year and started asNewsletter Editor which she still does today JamesBridges and Robin started the Writing Special InterestGroup in 2016 which still continues to meet every monthShe is excited to be back on the Board and is lookingforward to an exciting and fun term

Sadly Jean Shroyer has chosen to step down from herseat at the board We appreciate Jean and all that she hasdone over the years for the Austin Genealogical Society

AGS and AGE Join Forces to offercomputer-based Saturday classes

Austin Genealogical Society (AGS) and the ComputerLabs at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE) are teamingup to increase your knowledge of all things Genealogy

Austin Groups for the Elderly have a variety of educationalprograms and a state-of-the-art computer lab for hands-onlearning They have generously agreed to provide AGSmembers free use of the computer lab As a result AGS isnow offering free monthly genealogy sessions at the AGElocation

Free Sessions Starting Saturday January 27th from1000 to noon and continuing the 4th Saturday of everymonth through November AGSAGE will offer computer-focused traininginformation classes On-line registration isrequired and will be available 1 month prior to eachsession Januaryrsquos session (register now) launches yourGenealogy New Year with ldquoGenealogy Best ComputerPracticesrdquo Additional class topics will be announced afterJanuary 1

Register for free Saturday sessions Jan 27 Genealogy Best Practices Register Here Feb 23 Using GEDmatch to find more DNA family(Registration not yet open)

In addition AGE offers an ongoing Genealogy Club(third Tuesday January through November 1000 am

Angela Doetsch Quarterly Editor term ending 2019 Angela Doetsch is the current Editor of the AustinGenealogical Society Quarterly Despite her funnysounding last name she was born and raised in AustinTexas and is a proud 6th generation Texan When she isnot researching (okobsessing about) her family historyyou can usually find her taking photographs in an oldcemetery or working on one of her ongoing art projects

Dianne Holley term ending 2018

AGS provides us all with a genealogy forum -- a place wecan share question and learn Dianne joined AGS to getto know people in her community who share a passion forall things Genealogy to learn from members as well aspresenters and to find a way to pay forward the sharing ofmethodology and knowledge that benefit her For Diannebeing a board member is fun and amplifies opportunitiesto do all that

Ann Kippen term ending 2019

Before she began genealogical research two years agoshe had always been haunted that she knew next tonothing of her paternal ancestors even very little of hergrandparents Through the programs and encouragementof AGS she has quickly been able to uncover a rich familyhistory in Scotland and Sweden She is also learning moreadvanced skills that can take her work to a higher leveland preserve it She is excited by the challenge of helpingAGS to become a stronger community that can reach outto many new members

Robin Raben Newsletter Editor term Ending 2019

Robin has been a project manager in software andcomputer manufacturing for over 30 years She and herhusband married 15 years ago She became interested inher family history when she inherited all the family papersand photos in 2010 She did a google search for a local

genealogical society and found AGS and decided to joinStarting in 2015 she served a two year term on the Boardbecame Quarterly Editor for that year and started asNewsletter Editor which she still does today JamesBridges and Robin started the Writing Special InterestGroup in 2016 which still continues to meet every monthShe is excited to be back on the Board and is lookingforward to an exciting and fun term

Sadly Jean Shroyer has chosen to step down from herseat at the board We appreciate Jean and all that she hasdone over the years for the Austin Genealogical Society

AGS and AGE Join Forces to offercomputer-based Saturday classes

Austin Genealogical Society (AGS) and the ComputerLabs at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE) are teamingup to increase your knowledge of all things Genealogy

Austin Groups for the Elderly have a variety of educationalprograms and a state-of-the-art computer lab for hands-onlearning They have generously agreed to provide AGSmembers free use of the computer lab As a result AGS isnow offering free monthly genealogy sessions at the AGElocation

Free Sessions Starting Saturday January 27th from1000 to noon and continuing the 4th Saturday of everymonth through November AGSAGE will offer computer-focused traininginformation classes On-line registration isrequired and will be available 1 month prior to eachsession Januaryrsquos session (register now) launches yourGenealogy New Year with ldquoGenealogy Best ComputerPracticesrdquo Additional class topics will be announced afterJanuary 1

Register for free Saturday sessions Jan 27 Genealogy Best Practices Register Here Feb 23 Using GEDmatch to find more DNA family(Registration not yet open)

In addition AGE offers an ongoing Genealogy Club(third Tuesday January through November 1000 am

Ann Kippen term ending 2019

Before she began genealogical research two years agoshe had always been haunted that she knew next tonothing of her paternal ancestors even very little of hergrandparents Through the programs and encouragementof AGS she has quickly been able to uncover a rich familyhistory in Scotland and Sweden She is also learning moreadvanced skills that can take her work to a higher leveland preserve it She is excited by the challenge of helpingAGS to become a stronger community that can reach outto many new members

Robin Raben Newsletter Editor term Ending 2019

Robin has been a project manager in software andcomputer manufacturing for over 30 years She and herhusband married 15 years ago She became interested inher family history when she inherited all the family papersand photos in 2010 She did a google search for a local

genealogical society and found AGS and decided to joinStarting in 2015 she served a two year term on the Boardbecame Quarterly Editor for that year and started asNewsletter Editor which she still does today JamesBridges and Robin started the Writing Special InterestGroup in 2016 which still continues to meet every monthShe is excited to be back on the Board and is lookingforward to an exciting and fun term

Sadly Jean Shroyer has chosen to step down from herseat at the board We appreciate Jean and all that she hasdone over the years for the Austin Genealogical Society

AGS and AGE Join Forces to offercomputer-based Saturday classes

Austin Genealogical Society (AGS) and the ComputerLabs at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE) are teamingup to increase your knowledge of all things Genealogy

Austin Groups for the Elderly have a variety of educationalprograms and a state-of-the-art computer lab for hands-onlearning They have generously agreed to provide AGSmembers free use of the computer lab As a result AGS isnow offering free monthly genealogy sessions at the AGElocation

Free Sessions Starting Saturday January 27th from1000 to noon and continuing the 4th Saturday of everymonth through November AGSAGE will offer computer-focused traininginformation classes On-line registration isrequired and will be available 1 month prior to eachsession Januaryrsquos session (register now) launches yourGenealogy New Year with ldquoGenealogy Best ComputerPracticesrdquo Additional class topics will be announced afterJanuary 1

Register for free Saturday sessions Jan 27 Genealogy Best Practices Register Here Feb 23 Using GEDmatch to find more DNA family(Registration not yet open)

In addition AGE offers an ongoing Genealogy Club(third Tuesday January through November 1000 am

genealogical society and found AGS and decided to joinStarting in 2015 she served a two year term on the Boardbecame Quarterly Editor for that year and started asNewsletter Editor which she still does today JamesBridges and Robin started the Writing Special InterestGroup in 2016 which still continues to meet every monthShe is excited to be back on the Board and is lookingforward to an exciting and fun term

Sadly Jean Shroyer has chosen to step down from herseat at the board We appreciate Jean and all that she hasdone over the years for the Austin Genealogical Society

AGS and AGE Join Forces to offercomputer-based Saturday classes

Austin Genealogical Society (AGS) and the ComputerLabs at Austin Groups for the Elderly (AGE) are teamingup to increase your knowledge of all things Genealogy

Austin Groups for the Elderly have a variety of educationalprograms and a state-of-the-art computer lab for hands-onlearning They have generously agreed to provide AGSmembers free use of the computer lab As a result AGS isnow offering free monthly genealogy sessions at the AGElocation

Free Sessions Starting Saturday January 27th from1000 to noon and continuing the 4th Saturday of everymonth through November AGSAGE will offer computer-focused traininginformation classes On-line registration isrequired and will be available 1 month prior to eachsession Januaryrsquos session (register now) launches yourGenealogy New Year with ldquoGenealogy Best ComputerPracticesrdquo Additional class topics will be announced afterJanuary 1

Register for free Saturday sessions Jan 27 Genealogy Best Practices Register Here Feb 23 Using GEDmatch to find more DNA family(Registration not yet open)

In addition AGE offers an ongoing Genealogy Club(third Tuesday January through November 1000 am

-1230 pm) Membership registration for this year-longclub is open now Fee is $7000 for 11 25-hour sessions

Register here for the Genealogy Club Register Here

More Genealogy Club information herehttpwwwagecomputerorgclubsClubs2018phpgenealogy

Choose one or ldquodouble diprdquo 10 seats only are available foreach clubclass session so early sign-up is recommended

Upcoming Events and Resources

Legacy Family Tree Webinar 2018 Series Choose from 106 classes from genealogys leadingeducators on topics ranging from to Jamestown toEngland from DNA to online privacy and from Geni andMyHeritage to Legacy

More Information

Texas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS) Keeping Alive and Cheating Death January 27 800 am - 400 pm Caldwell Civic and Visitor Center 103 Texas Hwy 21West Caldwell TX 77836 Presentation focuses on preserving and sharing familyhealth information and records and understandinggenealogical aspects of DNA

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Lifetime Learning Institute of Austin FIND YOUR ANCESTORS Sponsored by the Austin Genealogical Society 1000mdashNoon Tuesdays Starts Feb 13 Triumphant Love Lutheran Church 9508 Great HillsTrail Austin TX 78759

Exploring records to learn about your ancestorsmdashwhothey were where they lived what they didmdashhas neverbeen easier or more exciting The Austin GenealogicalSociety exists to encourage and support such searchesusing methods old and new Beginners and experiencedresearchers are welcome Each session is presented by amember of the society covering a variety of topics Expectto pay $3 to the coordinator for copies Limit 20 InezEppright Coordinator 1000mdashNoon Tuesday Starts Feb13

Registration

Rootstech 2018 February 28 - March 3 2018 Salt Lake City Utah

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National Genealogical Society 2018 Family History Conference May 2-5 2018 Grand Rapids Michigan Paths to Your Past

Choose from more than 175 lectures presented by manynationally recognized speakers explore an exhibit hallfilled with more than 80 exhibitors and network with over2000 genealogists Every NGS conference has a differenttheme with a new program top to bottom - so there isalways much new to learn and discover

Registration opens December 1

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Blumberg-Elley-Kaiser-Koepsel Reunion Submitted by AGS Member Andrea Burkhart

The Blumberg- Elley- Kaiser- Koepsel Reunion is to beheld on April 21-22 2018 in McQueeney TX

We are trying to update the 1938 Carl F BlumbergClanAncestry Book which listed all the Blumbergdescendants at the time Nearly every one of thedescendants now was born in 1938 or after It is quite anundertaking We are asking each descendant to fill out aFamily Group form and return it to me so they can beadded to the tree An example Family Group form can befound at this link

One of our German cousins is planning to attend and weare so excited that he is making the trip

The reunion is for the descendants of Carl F Blumbergand Catherine (Ruff) Blumberg and their six children (oneremained in Germany) who landed at IndianolaTX in the

1850s They settled in Seguin McQueeney NewBraunfels Fredericksburg and other small towns in Texas

1 Julius F Blumberg (spouse-Caroline Hartung)- whowent to New Orleans and then to California- SanFrancisco area and then to Santa Ana

2 Albertine Bertha (Blumberg) Kaiser (spouse-CarlKaiser) -Guadalupe and Comal Counties TX

3 August Blumberg (spouse-Bertha Runde) remainedin Hannover Germany

4 Henriette (Blumberg) Elley (spouse- Rev Gus Elley(von Elterlein) -Guadalupe and Comal Counties TX

5 Fritz A Blumberg (spouse- Emma Rosa Weisbach) Seguin Guadalupe and Comal Counties TX

6 Ernest Blumberg (spouse- Margarete Zipp) -Seguin New Braunfels area Guadalupe and ComalCounties TX

7 Hulda (Blumberg) Koepsel (Michel Koepsel) -Seguin McQueeney New Braunfels area

November Meeting Recap

Topic AGS Annual Fall Festival and Presentation TheArchives Wars Speaker James Harkins

Meeting Attendance 61

November Thank You from Debbe Tipping I sent pleas to request help setting up because I forgot tocreate a sign-up sheet for the October meeting So manypeople came that we were able to start eating 15 minutesearly Thank you to everyone who pitched in and helpedwith set up and clean up Thanks to everyone who broughta great variety of dishes and desserts to share

Helping at sign in table was Gary Pemberton and KathyPemberton

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