Czech Heritage Society genealogy conference is Saturday in Victoria

The Czech Heritage Society of Texas will hold its summer state meeting and Genealogy Conference on Saturday. The free conference, hosted by the Victoria County Chapter and the Executive Committee of the CHS, will be at the Holy Family Catholic Church Activity Center, 704 Mallette Drive.

Stories About Mostly Forgotten Local Heroes At Genealogy Society Meeting

The Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society will hold its upcoming meeting on Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Piovano Room of the Rockbridge Regional Library in Lexington.

Clearwater Aging Well Center Offers Genealogy Classes

CLEARWATER - On the heels of interest generated by a popular NBC TV series about family histories, "Who Do You Think You Are," Clearwater's Aging Well Center will begin offering the public free beginning genealogy lessons.

Civil War in Pacific Program Draws a Crowd

When Margaret Maggie Brundick Koetting was asked to come home to Pacific and moderate a program on the Civil War in Pacific for the local genealogy society, she admitted that she had to do a little research on the subject.

Tribe Calendar: August 2010

Jewish Genealogy The Red Star Line transported 2.7 million people from Antwerp to American ports from 1873 to 1934, and it is estimated that half of its emigrant passengers were Jewish. Antwerp artist Eugeen Van Mieghem made a cycle of works about these Jewish emigrants.

Trips bring genealogy buffs closer to their roots

SALT LAKE CITY Jan Gow's annual pilgrimage from New Zealand to Salt Lake City is not to enjoy Utah's ski resorts, red rock canyons or five national parks. It's to explore the ribbons of microfilm