THE HUMBLE AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (THAGS)
Monthly Meetings
Meeting Schedule
General meetings are held the second Monday of the month at
7:00 PM, September - May.
7:00 pm ~ Featured Speaker
8:00 pm ~ Society Business Meeting
Guests are invited to attend a meeting either in person or by ZOOM to learn more about our group before joining our society.
Hybrid meetings can be attended in person at the Kingwood FamilySearch Center,
4021 Deerbrook Drive, Kingwood, Texas 77339.
Or, a Zoom invite can be requested by emailing us at:
September 8, 2025
Presentation:
"Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records"
Format: Hybrid
John P. Deeben works for the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., as a military archivist with the Archives I Reference Branch (RR1R), and serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Early American Military Records. He has been with the National Archives since 2003. John provides reference assistance for Old Army records, and has lectured and written about federal records of genealogical interest. He has spoken to various national and local groups, including the National Genealogical Society (NGS), Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), and the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed). Articles have appeared in numerous genealogical journals and magazines, including Prologue, American Ancestors, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, and various state publications. A native of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, he currently resides in North Beach, Maryland. John holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in American history from Gettysburg College (1987) and The Pennsylvania State University (1990).
John P, Deeben
October 13, 2025
Presentation:
"Expand Your Search with Full Text"
Format: ZOOM ONLY.
Join us as we review this recorded Legacy Family Tree webinar giving in depth instructions for using the FamilySearch Full-Text Search Tool.
Julia A. Anderson
November 10, 2025
Presentation:
"Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing using AI"
Format: Hybrid
Thomas MacEntee
December 8, 2025
THAGS Christmas Social
January 12, 2026
Presentation:
"Let Tech Work for You: Harnessing the Power of Apps and Tools"
Format: Hybrid
Are you encumbered with boxes of papers left to you by dear Aunt Madge? Have your grandchildren shown interest in your research, but they want to see information on their phones? Do you struggle with filling in the rest of the story ("the dash") between a person's birth and death? Not sure you're ready to trade in your pencil for a stylus, but you want to know more? This class is for you!
