WCGS May Meeting Info.....

Check Out Our New Pages!!

Membership Page!!

The 2011-2012 Membership Drive is currently underway!!! Come join one of the Williamson County Genealogical Society and see why we have been going strong for 30 years!!!  Click the Membership Page tab for the enrollment form on how to join and our bylaws etc.

Texas Genealogy Blogs!!

Do you have a Texas Genealogy blog related to Williamson County?  Let us know!!!  We would love to help you get the word out!!!  Genealogy blogs are great ways to share your information with others and to let others find you.  You never know when a cousin will find you!!

Happy 30th Birthday WCGS!!!

It was April 1981 when all the craziness started and the Williamson County Genealogical Society was formed. WCGS is still going strong after 30 years but we need all who have an interest in Genealogy and especially Williamson County History to support the WCGS sites.  We are now on:

Facebook:  WCGS on Facebook

 

Twitter: WCGSTX on Twitter 

WCGS Home Page: WCGS Homepage

WCGS Blog:  WCGS's Blog -- YOU ARE HERE!

ABOUT US

The Williamson County Genealogical Society was founded in April 1981 and is a non-profit organization.

WCGS was formed for the following purposes: 

• To create and advance an interest in genealogy.
• To aid individuals in their genealogical research and compilation of family histories.

To assist with these goals the society is dedicated to: 

• Gathering and preserving genealogical and historical data
• Maintaining a genealogical research library through purchases, contributions, donations and exchanges of books, periodicals, microfilm and electronic media;
• Publishing a quarterly periodical entitled "The Chisholm Trail"; 
• Offering educational opportunities in the form of lectures, classes, and seminars.

WCGS April Meeting Info.....

WCGS Meeting Tonight!!

Just a reminder, tonight is the WCGS Meeting at 7:30 at the Round Rock Public Library.

WCGS Annual Semniar

 with 

Elissa Scalise Powell!

There is still time to register for the WCGS Annual Seminar . To print a registration form and to learn more please visit the WCGS home page!!! 

 WCGS Seminar Registration Info

Date/Time:  Saturday March 19, 2011  8:45-400 PM

Location:    First United Methodist Church 1004 North Mays Round Rock, Texas

* Directions to the Seminar Site in Round Rock:
          - From I-35, Exit #253 on Hwy 79.
          - Continue East on Hwy 79 to the first traffic light.
          - Turn right on North Mays for 1/2 block to church entrance on the right.
          - Watch for seminar signs.

Speaker:     Elissa Scalise Powell         

Elissa Scalise Powell, CG^sm, is an expert in western Pennsylvania research.  She served as a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists for 5 years and their Exhibit Booth Coordinator. She is an instructor for the "Foundations", "Genealogy Profession" and online "Ethnic and Geographic Specialties" modules in Boston University's Genealogical Research Certificate program.  She was a Director for the Association of Professional Genealogists for 6 years, co-edited a cemetery book series and appeared on the PBS show "Ancestors 2" in the cemetery episode.  She is a past President of two societies, taught a beginning genealogy course at a community college for fourteen years and is a contributing author for many publications.   Visit her website to learn more: http://www.powellgenealogy.com/

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Hiding Behind Their Skirts:  Finding Women in Records

Thinking Outside the Index:  Advanced Search Techniques

How Did My Pennsylvania Ancestor Get Here? -- Migration Trails Out of the Keystone State

Rubiks Cube Genealogy:  A New Twist on Your Old Data

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$55 for registration after Mar 1.  Registration at the door will be $55. The Registration Desk  and vendors will open at 8:00 am.