Speaker: Kelvin L. Meyers, Forensic Genealogist
Previously worked for 10 years in the Dallas Public Library with Lloyd Bockstruck.
Presently specializing in locating unknown/missing heirs to estates.

Pre-Register by 9/16/09 for a head count for lunch.  $25.00  -- $30.00 at the door.

PROGRAM TOPICS:

SCALLYWAGS, ROGUES AND RUFFS:  ALL THOSE ANCESTORS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
Every family has them, skeletons in the closet - those things that are not talked about in front of children, and when they are talked about then only in whispers and euphemisms.  How do you access the records of prisons, asylums and courts to find the truth behind the story?

PLOWING THROUGH THE LAND RECORDS TO FIND YOUR ANCESTOR
Americans were so "land minded" that over 3/4 of all males who lived to maturity (well into the 19th century) owned land.  Land records exist from the beginning of the first permanent settlements in America and the older the record the more genealogical data there may be.

WHO CARES WHO THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE? YOU DO! THAT'S WHO!
Your ancestor did not live a solitary life.  He lived, he loved, he hated, he sued, he was sued, and he died all within a particular group of people.  Locating these people may be the only way to get to your ancestor and the questions concerning him.

TAX RECORDS OR WHY DID SCARLETT MAKE A DRESS OF HER MOTHER'S DRAPES?
Using tax lists you may determine when an ancestor came of age, estimate the time of death, or maybe identify a nameless wife.  Learn where to find these tax lists and how to access them.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!
IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER GREAT WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

TO REGISTER:
MAIL NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP   PLUS CHECK TO: SECRETARY
CAROLYN JOHNSON, 1706 EAST 21 STREET, ODESSA, TEXAS 79761