Kin Searchers, the genealogy club of Keller, Tarrant County, is hosting a presentation on Beginning Genealogy. Jamie Burnett will be the speaker and moderator of this multi-media presentation. All are welcomed to attend.
This lecture will be given on Nov. 9 at 10:00 at the Keller Library. The library is located at 640 Johnson Road, Keller 76248.
Please contact me directly at mwhitnah@charter.net or 817-337-1257 for questions.
This is a free presentation, and I hope you will plan to attend, regardless o
International Taphophile Meetup Day is Wed. December 4th @ 7:00 pm There are meetup groups around the US and the world - go to the following link for more information
http://taphophile.meetup.com/
Come out and meet other people who are interested in cemeteries, preservation, etc.
Michelle Whitnah
Texas State Coordinator
TXGenExchange
http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=tx
This weekend, Houston TV carried a story about a bunch of Milby High School
students who have taken on the task of helping clean up and maintain the
historic old Harrisburg Cemetery.
Up until then, the cemetery had been maintained only by an old Mexican
man, because no one else would do it...a one-man effort, with no rewards to
him (in this life).
Word got out...Wal Mart donated a riding mower, and the TV crews showed up
to film the kids, and the old man, at work.
The kids say that this is not a one-time t
Monday, November 11, is Veterans Day, and this doesn't have one thing to do
with Texas cemeteries...but then, I guess it does.
If you have time, turn your speakers up and visit:
http://www.alighthouse.com/veterans.htm
Please.
And for "the rest of the story...."
From the second edition (2001) of At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris
County, Texas, Cemeteries (1822-2001) Including Burial Customs and Other
Interesting Facts, With a Listing of past and present Communities, Funerl
Home and Monument Companies Compiled by Trevia Wooster Beverly (Houston):
Harrisburg, now part of Houston (qv), established before 1825 on the John
Richardson Harris survey on the right bank of Buffalo Bayou. At one time its
own municipality with