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• Event Education-1/32

  • When
    Saturday, February 07, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  1/32 by H David Head   

  If you ever visited Louisiana and especially New Orleans, you most likely experienced a culture and character vibrantly unique to this part of America, and deeply and inextricably rooted to its ethnicity. The author’s recent acquisition of a family Bible opened a window into this fascinating world while at the same time posing more questions than there were apparent answers. This presentation shares this Bible’s story, the mysteries it contains, and the evolving answers within the shifting mores of a blended culture.

  The author is H. David Head who lives with his wife in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. His interest in genealogy was sparked by his inheritance of a family Bible and by related dusty letters, clippings, photographs, and written stories saved by generations and passed on without comment to his mother who dutifully and fortuitously kept them. His father also compiled a family tree with some sources related to his ancestry. His interest was facilitated, as is often the case, by time and motivation occasioned by retirement. David’s career was as an adult and pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgeon, and as an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from which he retired with the rank of Colonel.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Writing Your Family History SIG

  • When
    Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToMeeting
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  Writing Your Family History SIG

  Facilitator - Carla Maitland

  Join us for four workshops this year in our GoToMeeting platform as we meet together, face-to-face, and discuss, share, and critique each other’s family history writing. Whether you choose journals, blogs, newsletters, books, or some other form of writing, we can all use the input of others. These sessions will be led by a facilitator, who will not directly teach, but who will guide the discussions, ensuring the involvement of everyone. Bring your pen, pencil, computer or whatever you use to write, and join the sessions with ideas to share with others as well! 

  These sessions are currently scheduled for one Wednesday morning every three months at 10:00 a.m. (CST), and will last approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours each session. YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH DATE SEPARATELY!

  DATES FOR 2026

  FEB 11, 2026

  MAY 13, 2026

  AUG 12, 2026

  NOV 4, 2026

  
  

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• Event Education-Finding The Last Enslaver: Guidance & Case Studies

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    Saturday, February 14, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Finding the Last Enslaver:  Guidance & Case Studies

  By Robyn Smith

  For descendants of enslaved individuals, uncovering their ancestral heritage presents unique challenges. One of the most critical steps in this journey is identifying the last enslaver, prior to emancipation. This task can be incredibly difficult. The reasons for this complexity are deeply rooted in the nature of the institution of slavery itself: lack of documention, changing names, multiple enslavers, and especially, family separations.

  In this lecture, Robyn presents research strategies that can prove successful using sources such as probate records, court documents, tax records, deeds, and more. There is nothing easy about this research, and the information in these records can take an emotional toll. But a driving force for this work (as quoted at Reclaiming Kin) is this:

  “Slavery’s reach is still with us, and part of the gift of doing African American research is recovering the stories of those caught in its grasp who could not in their own time leave their own witness.”

  Robyn Smith has been researching her family and the families of others for almost thirty years. She specializes in court and land records, genealogy skill-building, and slavery research.

  A respected speaker in the field, Robyn has taught widely at genealogy conferences, for genealogical societies across the U.S., and for institutions such as the Maryland State Archives, the National Archives (Atlanta), RootsTech 2025, and the Smithsonian Institution. She taught at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) in 2023 and worked with the Georgetown Memory Project in 2022. She also taught a genealogical workshop for Maryland Public Television.

  Her lectures on Legacy Family Tree Webinars have garnered thousands of views. Robyn writes extensively and has published articles in Family Tree Magazine, and in the peer-reviewed Maryland Genealogical Society Journal and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal. From 2008 to 2015, Robyn taught an advanced genealogy class at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.
  

  
  

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• Event Education-What Do You Think It Is?

  • When
    Saturday, February 21, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  What Do You Think This Is?

  by Heather Hibbs?

  If you enjoy prowling through antique stores and find yourself thinking, “I wonder what this is” this interactive program is for you.  We will explore a variety of antique and reproduction objects.  See if you can guess what each one is and then learn a bit about it; how was is used and why was it important.  By the end of the program you will have a profound new appreciation for the modern world we live in!   

  Heather is the owner of Treadle Treasures which can be found on Etsy.  Treadle Treasures offers a variety of clothing and accessories from the 1860’s.  Clients include reenactors, museums, theaters, musicians and television networks.  In addition to sewing Heather is very involved at her church; working in the youth program, teaching an adult class and serving on the missions board. She also enjoys doing living history presentations, like this one!

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

  • When
    Saturday, February 28, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Let's Discuss It!  by John Ware

  Join our popular discussion group and learn what is trending in Genealogy.

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 50 years to his high school sweetheart and they have two children and two grandchildren. He began family research in the 60’s Investigating both his adopted and biological lines. He is a member of several genealogical societies. He has served as a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society in several capacities and is the current Director of Education and Vice President.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Go West Young Man or Woman, The Homestead Act

  • When
    Wednesday, March 04, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Go West Young Man or Woman, The Homestead Act by

  Sandy Rumble

  The Homestead Act was revolutionary, awarding    federal lands to settlers, including unmarried women, transforming the heartland and encouraging westward settlement for over 100 years.

  Sandy started her career as a software developer and trainer, and for over 30 years, she has designed curriculum for cutting-edge software products. Expanding on her interest in teaching, Sandy speaks about military research, Colonial Pennsylvania, lineage research, and research planning. Sandy has taught classes at genealogical institutes, GRIP, SLIG & TIGR, at conferences, as well as genealogical and historical societies. Sandy is coordinating Researching Penn’s Colony for GRIP in July 2026, has coordinated Documentation for Lineage Societies, and has co-coordinated Answering the Call of Uncle Sam, an exploration of 18th- & 19th-century American military records.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

  • When
    Saturday, March 28, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Let's Discuss It!  by John Ware

  Join our popular discussion group and learn what is trending in Genealogy.

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 50 years to his high school sweetheart and they have two children and two grandchildren. He began family research in the 60’s Investigating both his adopted and biological lines. He is a member of several genealogical societies. He has served as a board member of the Tennessee Genealogical Society in several capacities and is the current Director of Education and Vice President.

  Access will be through GoToWebinar.  Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event.  Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.

  
  

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• Event Spring Seminar-TNGS Spring Seminar

  • When
    Saturday, April 11, 2026
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  TNGS 2026 SPRING VIRTUAL SEMINAR

  J MARK LOWE AND DR. DEBORAH ABBOTT

  SATURDAY APRIL 11, 2026

  Admission Cost:  Member-$25.00 and Non-Member-$35.00

  Recordings will be available to Registrants for 30 days

  All times are Central Daylight Savings Time

  Session Schedule

  Virtual doors Open at 8:30 a.m.

  Opening Remarks & Introduction

  9:00 a.m.-9: 15 a.m.

  The State of Franklin and More: The Records Before Tennessee's Statehood 

  

  J Mark Lowe

  9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

  Learn about the records that exist for genealogists researching pre-statehood Tennessee, including early North Carolina settlements, the State of Franklin, and more. Record types, finding aids, maps, locations & examples will be discussed & presented.

  Break 10:15a.m.-10:30 a.m.

  You Only Have a Death Announcement – Now What?

  

  Dr. Deborah Abbott

  10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

  This lecture will ask attendees to put on their “CSI” hat and utilize their “detective” skills to solve a genealogical research project when little information is known. Starting with a death announcement, we will look at the methodology of creating a series of questions that need answers in order to bring our subject to life. 

  
  

  Lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

  
  

  Using Road Books to Locate Ancestor’s Property

  

  J Mark Lowe

  12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

  Following the land will often identify the Ancestor and family. Learn how to trace an individual through Road Books when property records are sparce or missing.

  Break-1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.

  Critical Thinking in Genealogical Research: A Case Study Using Oral History

  

  Dr. Deborah Abbott

  1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

  Together, we will identify and describe the scope of the problem and determine what additional research is needed to answer the questions that are listed. We will learn the importance of carefully analyzing documents and determining clues that will lead us to alternative resources. The importance of using collateral and cluster genealogy methods will be emphasized.

  Q & A and Wrapup

  2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.

  
  

  REFUND POLICY: 

  Full refund if request is received on or before 10:00 a.m. April 10. 2026

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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