COLLIN COUNTY DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION HAS NEW ADDITION
BRENDA KELLOW
AUGUST 11, 2013
The county digital image collection added new images during July, compliments of many volunteers and library staff. These collections give genealogists and historians a glimpse of those living in Plano during those early years.
The larger projects were the Plano Mayoral Docket of 1881 and The Bison of 1916. The Mayoral Docket contains fines ranging from two dollars to $100 issued to Plano residents. The Bison is the McKinney High School Yearbook of 1916 containing more text than photographs.
Also added to the Thursday Study Club Collection were the 1950-1970 minutes of the junior study group. Likewise, they added a “Wildcat’s Tale” for November 1933 to the Christie Family Collection, and minutes for the 16th annual meeting of the 1907 United Confederate Veterans and a Chamber of Commerce 1980 Program of Action to the Chamber of Commerce collection.
Enjoy this collections and the city’s history at http://glhtadigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/.
FAMILY HISTORY CENTER ANNOUNCES ANNUAL FREE CONFERENCE: The Great Family Search all-day conference is November 2, 9 a.m., at 2700 Roundrock Trail in Plano. The keynote speaker is David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch.org. He will speak on, FamilySearch Future and Vision and Connecting the Community through FamilySearch. Registration and packet pick-up for those who pre-register begins at 8:30. There is a $10 charge for the lunch and $2 for the packet on CD. For more on this, the list of presenters and the registration form, go to www.greatfamilysearch.com.
FREE LECTURE ON USING MAPS: Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. will present a free program on using maps on August 17 from 10:30-12:30 p.m. in the Program Room of the W. O. Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road. The lecture presented by Tresa Tatyrek is Become a Mapaholic. Come learn about maps and network with other genealogists over coffee. For more information, visit the web site at www.genealogyfriends.org, email [email protected] or telephone 972-836-94436.
UPLOAD IMAGES TO BILLION GRAVES: During August, upload your tombstone images to BillionGraves.com, possibly to win a prize. The goal this month is to get as many images as possible while the weather is still good and before school starts up again. So get the whole family out this month and take pictures while you still can! For more information on doing this, visit their site at http://billiongraves.com/.
LEGACY FAMILY TREE OFFERS FREE GENEALOGY EDUCATION: LegacyFamilyTree.com offers free webinars almost every week. Usually these are on Wednesday, but occasionally they are also on Friday. They also have some for a fee. I watch the free ones and often order the accompanying CD at minimum charge for subjects for which I am interested. The speakers are professionals in their field. You probably have books in your private home library by some of the speakers. I do. Visit their site if you are interested in watching and learning from home. Their site is at www.familytreewebinars.com/.
WAS OUR STEPHEN HOPKINS OF PLYMOUTH COLONY A ROGUE: Legacy Family Tree 8 software program has an instant duplicate checking feature to find quickly any entries you have accidentally added twice. In the recent newsletter, Geoff Rasmussen commented on this new feature. In his early research he had found and added Stephen Hopkins to his family file, but recently while double checking for duplicates he found where he had Stephen entered twice, once for him and once for his wife. He had not remembered they descend from the same New England Mayflower ancestor.
I had a similar experience. Years ago, I had added Stephen to my husband’s line. I had never searched for my own Mayflower ancestor. I have no explanation for now hunting mine, but I did find a couple of years ago that I too descend from Stephen Hopkins. I have him entered only once because I had remembered scholars believing he sailed to Bermuda and Jamestown before coming to Plymouth Colony. His is an interesting story. In fact, he might have been a bit of rascal. If you want to read more on this fascinating man, read about him at http://mayflowerhistory.com/hopkins-stephen/. His daughter Constance Hopkins Snow kept a diary that was published in 1991, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, by Patricia Clapp. It is a beautiful story of her life as a youngster of 11 aboard the Mayflower. I have given copies to our grandchildren and I have a copy for my personal library. Read about her at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Hopkins.
Brenda Kellow has a bachelor's degree in history, teaches, and lectures on genealogy. Before retiring to publish her family’s histories in 2007, Brenda held certification as a Certified Genealogist and as a Certified Genealogical Instructor. Send reunion announcements, books to review, and genealogy queries to: [email protected].
The larger projects were the Plano Mayoral Docket of 1881 and The Bison of 1916. The Mayoral Docket contains fines ranging from two dollars to $100 issued to Plano residents. The Bison is the McKinney High School Yearbook of 1916 containing more text than photographs.
Also added to the Thursday Study Club Collection were the 1950-1970 minutes of the junior study group. Likewise, they added a “Wildcat’s Tale” for November 1933 to the Christie Family Collection, and minutes for the 16th annual meeting of the 1907 United Confederate Veterans and a Chamber of Commerce 1980 Program of Action to the Chamber of Commerce collection.
Enjoy this collections and the city’s history at http://glhtadigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/.
FAMILY HISTORY CENTER ANNOUNCES ANNUAL FREE CONFERENCE: The Great Family Search all-day conference is November 2, 9 a.m., at 2700 Roundrock Trail in Plano. The keynote speaker is David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch.org. He will speak on, FamilySearch Future and Vision and Connecting the Community through FamilySearch. Registration and packet pick-up for those who pre-register begins at 8:30. There is a $10 charge for the lunch and $2 for the packet on CD. For more on this, the list of presenters and the registration form, go to www.greatfamilysearch.com.
FREE LECTURE ON USING MAPS: Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. will present a free program on using maps on August 17 from 10:30-12:30 p.m. in the Program Room of the W. O. Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road. The lecture presented by Tresa Tatyrek is Become a Mapaholic. Come learn about maps and network with other genealogists over coffee. For more information, visit the web site at www.genealogyfriends.org, email [email protected] or telephone 972-836-94436.
UPLOAD IMAGES TO BILLION GRAVES: During August, upload your tombstone images to BillionGraves.com, possibly to win a prize. The goal this month is to get as many images as possible while the weather is still good and before school starts up again. So get the whole family out this month and take pictures while you still can! For more information on doing this, visit their site at http://billiongraves.com/.
LEGACY FAMILY TREE OFFERS FREE GENEALOGY EDUCATION: LegacyFamilyTree.com offers free webinars almost every week. Usually these are on Wednesday, but occasionally they are also on Friday. They also have some for a fee. I watch the free ones and often order the accompanying CD at minimum charge for subjects for which I am interested. The speakers are professionals in their field. You probably have books in your private home library by some of the speakers. I do. Visit their site if you are interested in watching and learning from home. Their site is at www.familytreewebinars.com/.
WAS OUR STEPHEN HOPKINS OF PLYMOUTH COLONY A ROGUE: Legacy Family Tree 8 software program has an instant duplicate checking feature to find quickly any entries you have accidentally added twice. In the recent newsletter, Geoff Rasmussen commented on this new feature. In his early research he had found and added Stephen Hopkins to his family file, but recently while double checking for duplicates he found where he had Stephen entered twice, once for him and once for his wife. He had not remembered they descend from the same New England Mayflower ancestor.
I had a similar experience. Years ago, I had added Stephen to my husband’s line. I had never searched for my own Mayflower ancestor. I have no explanation for now hunting mine, but I did find a couple of years ago that I too descend from Stephen Hopkins. I have him entered only once because I had remembered scholars believing he sailed to Bermuda and Jamestown before coming to Plymouth Colony. His is an interesting story. In fact, he might have been a bit of rascal. If you want to read more on this fascinating man, read about him at http://mayflowerhistory.com/hopkins-stephen/. His daughter Constance Hopkins Snow kept a diary that was published in 1991, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, by Patricia Clapp. It is a beautiful story of her life as a youngster of 11 aboard the Mayflower. I have given copies to our grandchildren and I have a copy for my personal library. Read about her at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Hopkins.
Brenda Kellow has a bachelor's degree in history, teaches, and lectures on genealogy. Before retiring to publish her family’s histories in 2007, Brenda held certification as a Certified Genealogist and as a Certified Genealogical Instructor. Send reunion announcements, books to review, and genealogy queries to: [email protected].
