The Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
meets on the first Thursday of every month.
There is a meet and greet session with refreshments from 6:30pm until 7pm. The Program begins at 7pm and there is a business meeting of the society held after the Program is finished.
The Programs are on a wide variety of subjects related to genealogy including how to go online and do genealogical research.
The next Grand Prairie Genealogical Society meeting will be
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Nancy Maxwell"Using directories to locate people and family"
Nancy Maxwell is the Genealogy Librarian at the Grapevine Public Library in Grapevine, Texas. Nancy has been doing her, her husband’s, and her half-sister-in-law’s genealogy since 1981. Her ancestry is Russian Jewish and Turkish Armenian, both of which have been extremely challenging and rewarding.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Fullerton and Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Southern California. She caught the genealogy bug in 1981 and has been at it ever since!
She has been the genealogy librarian at Grapevine Public Library since July 2001, and is the liaison between the library and Grapevine Name Droppers, a group of genealogy buffs who meet the second Monday of the month to hear speakers on a variety of topics of genealogical interest. She gives talks to this group as well as numerous outside groups. She is a great believer in getting kids to take up genealogical research and has spoken to Cub and Boy Scouts and middle schoolers about the joys of genealogy.
Nancy has compiled two books that have been published by Heritage Books; Washington County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Census for 1865 and Washington County, Arkansas Miscellaneous Record Book, 1841-1879.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Fullerton and Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Southern California. She caught the genealogy bug in 1981 and has been at it ever since!
She has been the genealogy librarian at Grapevine Public Library since July 2001, and is the liaison between the library and Grapevine Name Droppers, a group of genealogy buffs who meet the second Monday of the month to hear speakers on a variety of topics of genealogical interest. She gives talks to this group as well as numerous outside groups. She is a great believer in getting kids to take up genealogical research and has spoken to Cub and Boy Scouts and middle schoolers about the joys of genealogy.
Nancy has compiled two books that have been published by Heritage Books; Washington County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Census for 1865 and Washington County, Arkansas Miscellaneous Record Book, 1841-1879.
6:30 PM Refreshments
7:00 PM Meeting Starts
Grand Prairie Memorial Library
901 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie
7:00 PM Meeting Starts
Grand Prairie Memorial Library
901 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie
Rena Yarach
Vice President of Programs
Vice President of Programs
The Grand Prairie Memorial Library is located at 901 Conover Drive, two blocks south of Jefferson Street and Carrier Parkway.
VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!
2010 UPCOMING GPGS EVENTS:
- September 2nd
"Wicked Weather"
- October 7th
Research time & help others with their research
- November 4th
- December 2nd
- January 2011
The Grand Prairie Public Library will sponsor a "Getting Started in Genealogy" program taught by John & Barb Wylie at the main library. The date is yet to be announced.and will be posted as soon as it is available. For more information contact the library.
