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• Event Internal-TNGS 2nd Quarterly Membership Meeting

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    Saturday, April 20, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  TNGS 2nd Quarterly Membership Meeting

  Please join us for the Second Membership Meeting for the year open to members and non-members. We encourage everyone to attend this meeting in order to receive an overview of what is going on with our Society, upcoming programs and events.

  Nellie Kenyon: Trailblazing Tennessee Journalist

  by Tyler Boyd

  Starting her career at the Chattanooga News, Kenyon broke down barriers for women in the journalism field. She was the only woman covering the Scopes Trial, where she received Press Pass No. 1. She also helped solve a bank robbery and interviewed Al Capone on his way to prison. Later working for the Nashville Tennessean, she reported on the Georgia Tann adoption scandal in Memphis, a hidden tape recorder under the governor's desk, and both of Jimmy Hoffa's trials here in Tennessee. Her objectivity, work ethic, and professionalism make her a standout role model for anyone today.

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• Event Education-Let's Discuss It!

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    Saturday, April 27, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    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 Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Crocket and Haywood

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 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.

  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-Carolina on My Mind, Researching in the Palmetto State

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    Wednesday, May 08, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Carolina on My Mind, Researching in the 

  Palmetto State by Cheri Hudson Passey

  South Carolina is rich in history but poor in records. Learn strategies for those that are extant and how to use indirect evidence when not.

  Cheri Hudson Passey is a professional genealogist, instructor, writer, speaker and owner of Carolina Girl, LLC. She is the host of the YouTube genealogy chat show GenFriends and is a genealogical researcher, subcontracted by Eagle Investigative Services Inc., for the U.S. Army Past Conflict Repatriations Branch, She is involved with many genealogy societies and organizations and currently serves as National Genealogical Society Vice President of Society and Organization Management.

  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!

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    Saturday, May 11, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    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 Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Hickman and Dickson

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 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.

  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-Chinese Arrival in the Bluff City - 150 Years

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    Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Chinese Arrival in the Bluff City - 150 Years

  by Emmi Dunn

  Presentation will include how and why the Chinese settled in Memphis. The trajectory of businesses from laundries to grocery stores and why the demise. A description of organizations and clubs will be presented that formed the fabric of social life and the integration to mainstream America. Who were the notable people that contributed to Memphis' culture and business scene? The presentation will conclude with the current status of Chinese and their integration while maintaining their Chinese heritage.

  
  

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• Event Education-Unsung Heroes of D-Day

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    Saturday, May 18, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Unsung Heroes of D-Day

  by Mike Ellicott

  On D-Day June 6, 1944, 156,000 soldiers from eight nations landed by air and sea along a 55-mile-wide swath of the Normandy Coast in Northwest France to begin the Liberation of Nazi Occupied Europe.  It was the beginning of the end of WWII on the European Continent.  Eleven months later, Nazi Germany ceased to exist.  Many of the participants - Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley - are household names.  This presentation will tell the story of less well known, but equally important, individuals including British General Frederick Morgan who conceived the original D-Day Plan, American LtCol Joel Couch, who trained the Army Air Force Pilots that dropped American Paratroops early on D-Day, and two Canadian Brothers, Majors Elliot and Charles Dalton, who led the assault on Juno Beach.  Learn their stories and the stories of many other Unsung Heros of D-Day.
  

  Mike Ellicott retired as a Colonel after a 26-year career in the Army Corps of Engineers and he retired again 16 years later as the Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction for the Texas Tech University System.  He now focuses on his love of WWII and Civil War history and leads, with his wife Marilyn, tours of the Normandy and Gettysburg Battlefields.  Marilyn and Mike live in Collierville, he is the Past President of the Friends of the Morton Museum in Collierville. 
  

  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

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    Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    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!

  Session 2-Wednesday May 22, 2024

  Session 3-Wednesday Aug 14, 2024

  Session 4-Wednesday Nov 20, 2024

  
  

  
  

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• Event Education-The United States Colored Troops March to Freedom

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    Saturday, June 08, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  The United States Colored Troops March to Freedom by Michael Cherry

  The advent of the slaves to soldiers was hesitantly accomplished, but their admittance into the Civil War effectively turned the tide. Many heroic battles ensued after the Emancipation Proclamation was announced. It was in Galveston Bay in Texas on June 19, 1865, that the USCT appeared by providence to share in the pronouncement of Freedom in Texas. War records declare that there were approximately 185,000  United States Colored Troops and approximately 28,000 from Tennessee.

  Michael L. Cherry has been an avid researcher of the United States Colored Troops from West Tennessee, specifically from Madison County, TN. He identified these men, found their service records, and spearheaded the drive to have the Tennessee Historical Commission erect a marker. This action was approved and rewarded his research efforts by placing the historical marker at the location of the recruitment center. Mr. Cherry has spoken at the Memphis Public Library for AAHGS Memphis on a collaborated event honoring the USCT and for AAHGS Memphis’s African American History Month.  Additionally, he has spoken on the USCT at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s Annual Convention in Memphis, TN.

  Community Involvement: Member of the NAACP, West Tennessee Genealogy Society, and Association for the Study of African American Life and History

  Education: University of Memphis, BA in African American Studies, 2019

  Military Service: United States Army 1968-1970

  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-Using Y-DNA Testing To Explore Your Paternal Lineage

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    Saturday, June 15, 2024
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Using Y-DNA Testing To Explore Your Paternal LIneage by Merle Ilgenfritz

  Y-DNA Testing can allow you to go further back in time on your Paternal side of your family. This webinar will cover what the benefits are of Y-DNA testing, where to take the test, costs and how to use the results. This test can also help determine where your Paternal ancestors lived in history and connect to distant relatives.

  Merle Ilgenfritz is a computer consultant that has been teaching corporations for over 30 years. His hobbies are computer based genealogy and DNA based research. He has been researching his roots for almost 50 years.

  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-Social and Civic Clubs: Discovering Your Ancestors’ Community Involvement

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    Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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    Virtual via GoToWebinar
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  Social and Civic Clubs: Discovering Your Ancestors’ Community Involvement by Melissa Barker

  In every community there were dozens of social and civic clubs to be a part of and volunteer. The Garden Clubs, Home Demonstration Clubs, Historical Societies, Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs and so many more. Were your ancestors’ part of one of these clubs? Learn about the records that could be available in archives for genealogists to learn about their ancestor who volunteered.

  Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 20 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 34 years.

  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!

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    Saturday, June 22, 2024
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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 Ware will examine the latest websites, software programs, technologies and tools.

  County Corner: Campbell and Scott

  John is a retired Pharmaceutical Research Chemist and Project Systems Analyst. John has been married for over 48 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.

  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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