April 28th, 6:30 pm Central
April 28th, 6:30 pm Central
Your Personal Tour: Creating a Locality Guide.
Research in a new place often requires compiling a whole new list of repositories and sources to consult – and research in the same place over and over is best served when you have an organized list of where to look. In this session, we look at information to compile in a locality guide and approaches to formatting and organization.
Come join us at our April monthly meeting, where Lisa Medina will educate us on how to build a locality guide!
Lisa Medina will be in-person and Zoom
Yarborough Library
2200 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756
Lisa Medina is a professional genealogist and experienced lecturer who applies her background in teaching and training to all of her presentations. She is an alumna of several genealogical institutes and education programs, including ProGen, SLIG, and Gen-Fed, and her research expertise is in Mexican genealogy. When not researching, Lisa is the Director of Admissions & University Registrar at a California State University.
Need more reasons to join? Check out a sampling of some of the last years of presentations, many recorded and available behind the member wall!
July 2025 – Revolutionary Choices: Exploring Loyalist and Patriot Roots at 250 Years – Kathryn Lake Hogan
June 2025 – Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing Documents Using AI – Thomas MacEntee
April 2025 – Organizing Your Ancestors: From Ancestral Mess to Historical Success – Jennifer Lava
March 2025 – Genealogical Ephemera – Jenna Cooper
January 2025 – From Hobby to Profession -Teresa Devine
November 2024 – Facts & Fables: Crafting Your Family Narrative – Kate Penney Howard
October 2024 – Researching Your Family History at the Clayton Library – Carl Smith
September 2024 – DNA Doe Project – Rhonda Kevorkian
June/July 2024 -WikiTree Basics pt I & II – Sarah Kroh
April 2024 – AI & Genealogy: Trouble Ahead? – Thomas MacEntee
March 2024 – Roll Call! Researching Your Veteran Ancestors: Civil War, WWI and WWII – Melanie McComb
February 2024 – European Immigrant Ancestors – Nancy Loe
January 2024 – It Might Be Time…To Write That Book – Shirley Salzmann Meyer
And so much more!
The Austin Genealogical Society gives you the tools to be a better genealogist.
• SIGs: AGS had several special interest groups (SIGs) that met regularly, and we launch new ones as our members want them. You can find notifications of DNA North at their Facebook page, Capital Area DNA SIG. If you are interested in others, or want to help with starting one, let us know!
• Monthly Membership Meetings: We showcase an expert on genealogical research methods and new technology. All presentations are designed to help our members become better genealogists.
Meetings are typically held on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month.
We are currently meeting in a hybrid model, with rotating locations around Austin and via Zoom.
• Research Trips: Further your research by visiting genealogy libraries and archives across the US. We had a successful trip to the Clayton (Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus) in Houston on Saturday, July 12, 2025. We look forward to more trips in the near future!
• Seminars: We bring in known experts for an extended seminar. In October 2025, we welcomed Blaine Bettinger for a hybrid full-day seminar.
Visitors are always welcome at any of our meetings. So please come, and bring a friend!
