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past six summers is what I do besides working on my own families.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
(July 5, 2002 and later)
SIXTH ANNUAL ANGELINA COLLEGE
GENEALOGY CONFERENCE
CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Frederick W. Kanke fkanke(a)angelina.cc.tx.us
Dean of Community Service and Development
Angelina College, P. O. Box 1768, Lufkin, Texas, 75902-1768
PHONE: 1-936-633-5206 FAX: 1-936-633-5478
College Web. Page:
http://www.angelina.cc.tx.us
Brian McClain, Director Small Business Development Center
bmcclain(a)angelina.cc.tx.us
Conference Co-coordinator: Vivian T. Cates, Alto, TX.
Phone-1-936-858-3801 E-Mail: vcates(a)ballistic.com
Personal Web Page:
http://www.ballistic.com/~vcates
Final preparations are now underway for the Sixth Annual Angelina College
Genealogy Conference Thursday-Saturday, July 25-27, 2002, on the Lufkin
college campus, 3500 South First (Highway 59 South) according to Dr.
Frederick W. Kanke, Dean of Community Services and Development.
We are particularly pleased that Angelina College has come to be associated
with the production of quality programs presented on a regular basis
relating to genealogy (tracing your family history), local history and
related technology (computers), Dr. Kanke said. Based on past
registration we are expecting upwards of 100 people including volunteers and
speakers to attend the two day conference, the dean continued.
Speakers scheduled for the conference are Trevia Wooster Beverly of Houston,
Emily Croom of Bellaire, Donald R. Raney, P. E. of Garland, John A. Sellers
of Sulphur Springs, Pat Gordon of Fort Worth, Kenneth N. Hopkins of Fort
Worth, and Melvin C. Johnson and Darrel L. McDonald Ph.D., both of
Nacogdoches.
Pre-conference events are scheduled for all day Thursday, July 25, in the
Angelina College computer laboratories and the Community Services Conference
Center according to Dr. Kanke. Donald R. Raney of Garland, Texas, a
registered professional civil engineer and an adjunct instructor at Richland
College (Dallas), will present a workshop on using THE MASTER GENEALOGIST
computer software program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with regular breaks and
lunch on your own. Class enrollment is limited to 20.
A Get Acquainted Swap Meet in the Community Services Conference Center is
scheduled for Thursday from 4-9 p.m. A light supper of sandwiches, snacks,
finger foods and beverages will be served. Attendees are urged to bring or
send lineage charts and family groups sheets and other genealogical
information to be exchanged at the swap meet. Conference organizers
describe a genealogy swap meet as an informal gathering where people get
together and swap information and ideas about genealogy and how to best
solve their personal research problems on a more personal level that in a
regular lecture session during the regular conference.
Registration fee for the pre-conference TMG Computer Workshop and Get
Acquainted Swap Meet is $50.00. Full conference enrollment (includes five
catered meals and a choice of eight classes from 24 sessions and the Friday
evening program) is $100. Cost for the swap meet as a single event is
$10.00 at the conference room door. Genealogists may participate in the
swap meet without registering for the rest of the conference organizers
said.
The Friday evening program will be a panel discussion presented in the
Community Services Conference Center. The topic will be Ethics in
Researching and Publishing Genealogy and Historical Information. The panel
facilitator will be Melvin C. Johnson, a writer, historian and adjunct
instructor at Angelina College. Panel participants are expected to be Carol
D. Riggs, Director of the Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin; John Ippolito, a
forest archaeologist with 25 years experience with Texas A & M University
and the U. S. Forest Service; Rachel Galan, Director, East Texas Research
Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches; and Jonathan G.
Gerland, Senior Archivist, T. L. L. Temple Archives, Diboll.
In addition to the Friday evening program in the Angelina College Community
Services Conference Center, genealogists and family historians can attend
eight classes, four each on Friday and Saturday. A total of 24 different
class sessions are being offered in three different groups. Enrollees are
not required to stay with one group or track, but may pick one class from
any of the three sessions being offered at any time period. Class sessions
will range in ability level from beginning genealogists just getting started
to a variety of special research topics for the seasoned researcher Dr.
Kanke said. Sessions are one and quarter hours each. Sessions begins at 9
a.m. each day and end at 4 p.m.
Vivian T. Cates of Alto is the Angelina College Genealogy Conference
Coordinator. Brian McClain, Director of the Small Business Development
Center, directs the on campus conference arrangements through the Community
Services Division. Persons attending the conference can receive a
continuing education certificate following the conference if needed for
professional development purposes.
Limited over night accommodations are available in the college athletic dorm
at $15.00 per person per night, at nearby reasonable priced motels or RV
spaces are available at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center in downtown Lufkin.
The phone number for RV spaces is 1-936-633-0279 during regular business
hours. Phone numbers for motels on Hwy 59 South in Lufkin are listed in the
conference brochure. A large number of well-known chain and local
restaurants are located within a mile or two of campus.
For more complete information about registration for the conference and to
obtain a full conference brochure and registration form contact the Angelina
College Division of Community Services and Development, Attn: Genealogy
Conference, P. O. Box 1768, Lufkin, TX 75902-1768. Call Mon.-Thurs. at
1-936-633-5206, Fax-1-936-633-5478 or by e-mail at fkanke(a)angelina.cc.tx.us
Registration can be in person at the Community Services office on campus or
by regular snail mail. Except for at-the-door registration for the swap meet
all on-site registration and check-ins will be at the Community Services
Offices during regular business hours. A printable registration form and
additional conference information are available on the Angelina College Web
Page at
http://www.angelina.cc.tx.us. Click on Students, Community
Services, Personal Development Courses, genealogy conference and then
registration form.