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From Your Box in the Closet to a Treasurer Family Heirloom
Thursday, February 6, 2025
From Your Box in the Closet to a Treasurer Family Heirloom  (Monthly Meetings)
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
In Person Virtual - Via Zoom
 
From a Box in the Closet to a Treasured Family Heirloom
If you're overwhelmed by the collection of photos your family has accumulated, you're not alone! After a brief history of photography, we look at organizing techniques, digitization basics, and options/ideas on what to do with your photos so they can be enjoyed by generations to come, instead of collecting dust in the box.
 
Sara Cochran is a full-time professional genealogist with thirty years of research experience. Her research has taken her to nearly every state in the USA and Ireland. She especially enjoys breaking down brick walls, discovering the stories of black sheep ancestors, and helping individuals preserve their photographic legacy.

Sara holds a Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate, a Bachelor's Degree in Library Science, and is an alum of the ProGen Study Group. She is a member of DAR and other lineage societies, the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Genealogical Speakers Guild.  

You can find her online at TheSkeletonWhisperer.com
 
 


Thursday, March 6, 2025
Jewish Ancestory  (Monthly Meetings)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
GP Memorial Library, 901 Conover Dr., Grand Prairie TX

 Meeting IN PERSON Featuring Ruth Lloyd on Jewish Ancestory 
​And... Virtual Via Zoom!

Topic Description:  Jewish Ancestory and the Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors

Ruth has a remarkable story to tell about her journey of discovery as she researched her genealogy.  Her story also reminds us of why we should never forget a time in our history.

About the Speaker:  Ruth Fischbein Lloyd is the 2nd Generation of Holocaust survivors.  She has been speaking as a tribute to her parents since 2009.  Ruth was born in Fort Worth, Texas.  She attended Pascah High School in Fort Worth and graduated with a BBA in Marketing from UTA Arlington.  She retired after 40 years in the paper industry and owns Lloyd Enterprises, a sewing business that produces Memory Quilts, Memory Pillows, Memory Bears and much more.  She has done extensive research on her family genealogy.