Texas Genealogy Events Calendar
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The following genealogical events are currently scheduled. This calendar includes Partner Societies that are offering one-day or multiple-day workshops and seminars, as well as national and international conferences. It does not include monthly meetings.
Check each Partner Society’s listing or website for their regular meeting information.
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Texas Czech Genealogy Society Workshop
April 12, 2019 - April 13, 2019
$20.00At the
Czech Heritage Museum and GENEALOGY Center
119 West French Ave.TEMPLE, TEXAS 76501
https://goo.gl/maps/
This workshop is open to anyone wanting to research their family history, learn how to use internet sources, translate documents, use research books emphasizing Czech immigrants and Czech Republic maps, including Cadastral maps, search for ancestors in the Czech Republic Archives, get individual help with genealogy questions, dating old photos and much more.
Facilitators who will be available and the expertise they provide:
T.J. Slansky, Frank Dulak, Cecil Dobecka – Will assist you in researching your ancestors using the Czech Archives (Matriky) for Bohemia and Moravia.
Helmuth Schneider – Will help you to locate ancestral homes on the Stable Cadastral Maps of Czechia. You will be provided the website of the Stable Cadastral Map for each of your Villages. The Maps are on the Internet and FREE. You will be able to save the Maps in Bookmarks or Favorites for use in the future.
Danny Leshikar, Richard Lesikar – (in attendance only on Friday, April 12) – will teach you how to properly scan, edit, label, repair, or touch up your family photos and save them digitally to a hard drive. Bring your photos and a flash drive on which to store the digitized images.
Doug Kubicek – Will help date your old photographs. Bring your old photos and let Doug date them for you.
Carroll Brincefield – Historian – Let Carroll assist you in understanding how the unique Texas-Czech culture and traditions influenced the lives of your ancestors.
Arnold Pechal – An experienced TCGS researcher knowledgeable about the Czech Lands able to assist you with finding your ancestral information in books from the TCGS library. Skilled in Czech translations.
Frank Kalbac – Will assist you in your research through the use of the Master Surname Index and the TCGS Website.
Rosemary Ermis – Researcher – 35 years of experience and author of numerous books, will share tips on using ancestry.com, searching obituary archives and suggest areas of research if you have reached a wall.
Leo Baca – Will be available to help you understand your DNA test results, guide you in searching for your ancestors on the immigrant ships passenger lists and help you to understand your Valachian history.
Henry and Carolyn Holub – Czech translations. Carolyn will assist you in negotiating the Portal to Texas History, the archival site of many Texas-Czech publications, and the Czech Language Site, Český Jazykový Atlas, that explores the geographic variations of non-written dialects in use in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
Bring your laptops and a flash drive to copy and save material for later use
Registration is $20 per person for one or both days. For more information contact ·Carolyn Holub, 2741 Falcon Way, Midlothian, TX 76065-4713; phone 214-577-0029, cholub1088@gmail.com
To register by mail: print a registration form from the Texas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS) website (http://txczgs.org/). To register by credit card: https://squareup.com/store/
The Texas Czech Genealogical Society (TCGS) exists to help preserve family history and treasures. We also seek to learn and preserve Czech culture, traditions, and history.
