THE HUMBLE AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (THAGS)
Monthly Meetings
Meeting Schedule
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General meetings are held the second Monday of the month at
7:00 PM, September - May.
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7:00 pm ~ Featured Speaker
8:00 pm ~ Society Business Meeting
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Guests are invited to attend a meeting either in person or by ZOOM to learn more about our group before joining our society.
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Hybrid meetings can be attended in person at the Kingwood FamilySearch Center,
4021 Deerbrook Drive, Kingwood, Texas 77339.
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Or, a Zoom invite can be requested by emailing us at:
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December 9, 2024
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THAGS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
Place: Charles Benders Performing Arts Center
611 Higgins Street, Humble TX
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5:30-6:30 Humble Museum Open House
6:30-8:00 Dinner, Games
Cost $30 per person
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SEE YOU THERE!!!
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January 13, 2025
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Presentation: "Finding Aids in the National Archives"
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Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA is President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 10,000 titles in print. A researcher for more than thirty-eight years, he specialized in the records of the National Archives, problem solving, genealogical skill building and publishing. A nationally known lecturer and educator he has appeared in the Ancestry Show and the Neil Leherer News Hour. He brings enthusiasm and a wealth of knowledge to each engagement. Host of the YouTube @JustGenealogy channel.
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Craig Scott
February 10, 2025
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Presentation: "Using and Managing a Genealogy Research Log
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Learn how to build a family history legacy by using a genealogy research log. By tracking all aspects of your research and maintaining it on your computer instead on an online website or software, you will be able to greatly expand the meaning of your research. We will cover creating a to-do list, documenting each and every record, citing sources, evaluating evidence, as well as tracking name variations, addresses, and more.
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Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.
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Thomas MacEntee
March 10, 2025
Coming soon
April 14, 2025
Presentations: "Early Lufkin, Texas--An African American Perspective"
"How Old Handwritten Pages and News Clippings lead to Following in my Family's Footsteps"
Join us as Ron and Vee Price share their family stories!
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Peacetime momentum following WWII jumpstarted great growth in industry and population in Lufkin, Texas. Its leaders in industry, banking and commerce left schools, roads and buildings as namesakes. However, its African American citizens were largely ignored in the press and society due to their modest standing in society. But this did not mean they were not able to enjoy full, rich lives. Ron Price will spotlight a noteworthy time in the lives of his ancestors as they enjoyed high school, swing dancing and "zoot" suits. They built diverse businesses, churches across all denominations and neighborhood schools. In other words, this generation thrived while enduring Jim Crow and segregation.
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Venecia "Vee" Price will discuss the unplanned but unbelievably exciting process of inadvertently discovering her Aunt Beth's decades-old handwritten memoirs and Vee's decision to combine those documents with the numerous newspaper clippings and mementos she collected over many years as an amateur genealogist. The result led to Vee writing an award-winning book that was used as the basis for Vee and her family to follow in their ancestor's footsteps.
Ron Price is a retired engineer, coach and lifelong amateur genealogist. He has independently published eleven books, all available on Amazon books, including historical fiction, biographies, children's books and science fiction. Some are also available online from Barnes and Noble, Walmart, and Thrift reads. Ron was born and raised in Lufkin, where his family has lived for a century, and homestead title history preceded the Republic of Texas.
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Venecia "Vee" Sutton Price is a wife, mother, retired engineering manager, mentor and long-time amateur genealogist. She independently published the augmented memoir, Beth Fortner Moseley, Her Story," which won the Texas State Genealogical Society's grand prize for books in 2022. Vee also has the honor of having copies located in several schools and public libraries in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama. A native of the noted Greenwood District (Black Wall Street) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Vee has collected numerous articles, documents and mementos relating to her paternal and maternal ancestors dating back to the Civil War.
Ron Price
