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Monthly Meetings

Meeting Schedule

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General meetings are held the second Monday of the month at
7:00 PM, September - May.

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7:00 pm ~ Featured Speaker
8:00 pm ~ Society Business Meeting

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Guests are invited to attend a meeting either in person or by ZOOM to learn more about our group before joining our society.

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       Hybrid meetings can be attended in person at the Kingwood FamilySearch Center,

4021 Deerbrook Drive, Kingwood, Texas 77339.

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Or, a Zoom invite can be requested by emailing us at:

  humbleareagen@gmail.com

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February 10, 2025 

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Presentation: "Using and Managing a Genealogy Research Log

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Learn how to build a family history legacy by using a genealogy research log.  By tracking all aspects of your research and maintaining it on your computer instead on an online website or software, you will be able to greatly expand the meaning of your research.  We will cover creating a to-do list, documenting each and every record, citing sources, evaluating evidence, as well as tracking name variations, addresses, and more.

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Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.

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Thomas MacEntee

March 10, 2025

Presentation: "Crafting Genealogical Citations"

Learn how to craft a thorough citation using the multi-layer principal which guides you and others to find a record at its original repository as well as its new online home.  Come prepared to participate.

Karen Rasmussen is the current president of The Humble Area Genealogical Society.  She learned this valuable technique by taking the National Genealogical Society's Advanced Skills in Genealogy Course.  She is excited to share this skill with you to enhance your writing and documentation skills.



 

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Karen Rasmussen

April 14, 2025

Presentations: "Early Lufkin, Texas--An African American Perspective"
                             "How Old Handwritten Pages and News Clippings lead                                                             to Following in my Family's Footsteps"

Join us as Ron and Vee Price share their family stories!

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Peacetime momentum following WWII jumpstarted great growth in industry and population in Lufkin, Texas.  Its leaders in industry, banking and commerce left schools, roads and buildings as namesakes.  However, its African American citizens were largely ignored in the press and society due to their modest standing in society.  But this did not mean they were not able to enjoy full, rich lives.  Ron Price will spotlight a noteworthy time in the lives of his ancestors as they enjoyed high school, swing dancing and "zoot" suits.  They built diverse businesses, churches across all denominations and neighborhood schools.  In other words, this generation thrived while enduring Jim Crow and segregation.

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Venecia "Vee" Price will discuss the unplanned but unbelievably exciting process of inadvertently discovering her Aunt Beth's decades-old handwritten memoirs and Vee's decision to combine those documents with the numerous newspaper clippings and mementos she collected over many years as an amateur genealogist.  The result led to Vee writing an award-winning book that was used as the basis for Vee and her family to follow in their ancestor's footsteps.

Ron Price is a retired engineer, coach and lifelong amateur genealogist.  He has independently published eleven books, all available on Amazon books, including historical fiction, biographies, children's books and science fiction.  Some are also available online from Barnes and Noble, Walmart, and Thrift reads.  Ron was born and raised in Lufkin, where his family has lived for a century, and homestead title history preceded the Republic of Texas.

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Venecia "Vee" Sutton Price is a wife, mother, retired engineering manager, mentor and long-time amateur genealogist.  She independently published the augmented memoir, Beth Fortner Moseley, Her Story," which won the Texas State Genealogical Society's grand prize for books in 2022.  Vee also has the honor of having copies located in several schools and public libraries in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama.  A native of the noted Greenwood District (Black Wall Street) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Vee has collected numerous articles, documents and mementos relating to her paternal and maternal ancestors dating back to the Civil War.

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Ron Price
Vee Price

May 12, 2025 

Presentation: "Hiding in Plain Sight"

Does your ancestor seem to disappear from census and other records?  Maybe he or she died and there is no death or burial record.  However, he or she could be alive and well and living right where you thought they should be; they simply are documented under a different name.  Maybe there was a life-event that created a new family between censuses.  It's easy to make assumptions about what happened.  It's even better when you can prove your findings through research and records.  Learn tips on analyzing records and using research tools to prove that these "multiple people" are in fact one person - your ancestor. 

Sandra Crowley is a genealogist, author, and lecturer who speaks at local, state, regional, and national events, including RootsTech.  She currently serves as Director of Development for the Texas State Genealogical Society and co-editor of Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society.  She is also a Director for the North Carolina Genealogical Society and serves as the Chair of the NCGS Webinar Committee and the producer and editor for the NCGS Webinar Library.  She has served in leadership roles for the Dallas Genealogical Society and the Mid-Cities Genealogical Society, including as president of both organizations. Sandra was recently honored as a Fellow of the Texas State Genealogical Society. 





 

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Sandra Crowley

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