If you care about The Wood County, Texas Genealogical Society (WCGSTX), Wood County, Texas itself, or have ancestors who called Wood County home, please join in helping us create a future for genealogy, genealogical research, and the heritage of this county. The fact is that local genealogical societies like we have known all our lives [...]
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For now and the future, this video shows why genealogy has changed and why methods must change to bring younger generations into the fold. Deason Hunt
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By Jeffrey A. Bockman, Naperville, IL Originally published in the FGS FORUM, Winter 1997, page 25 Now available for viewing at Genealogy According to Jeff at www.JeffBockman.com/gatj . Reprinted here with permission. There is a vast amount of family history currently available on the Internet and on CDROM that is incorrect, undocumented, or fictitious. Yet, [...]
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James Tanner of Genealogy’s Star blog makes me think. A recent blog entry asks what makes a genealogical community. One of the criteria he suggests is “shared values and interest.” That leads to this question: what are the shared values and interest of the Wood County Genealogical Society both from local members and those who [...]
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My Society Online Radio by mysociety | Blog Talk Radio.
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Thanks to all of you who volunteer time and money (memberships and donations and books, and supplies, etc.) to keep our society going. Right now we have officers and committees doing things we can’t see to help us accomplish our group goals. Every bit helps whether its a short-time or long-range thing that you do. [...]
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Those of you who have known me for very long know that I am dedicated to the idea of improving and growing membership in local genealogical societies. In that vein, I am strongly suggesting that anyone who has such interest take a look at Amy Coffin’s latest blog post The We Tree Genealogy Blog. This [...]
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