East Texas Genealogical Society
Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Rusk County Public Library,
106 East Main Street, Henderson, TX
Program: “Was Grandpa His Brother’s Keeper?”
Speaker: John A. Sellers
Have you ever been curious about Freemasonry because mention was included in your relative’s obituary or because you found it on a gravestone? The oldest and largest fraternity in the world, it has existed in its current form since 1717. Throughout the past 300 years, men of good character have been attracted to Freemasonry. Get ready with all of your questions.
The March program will detail a study of the Masonic Fraternity and what records may be available for genealogists. It will include a development and history of Masons in the United States. Terminology and recognizing all of the symbols will be discussed. Records and their access will be reviewed, including the use of records for proof of residence and possible death dates. Sometimes it is possible to verify age, occupation, place of residence, and dates of Masonic degrees of an individual member.
John Sellers, a genealogist since 1985, is a fifth generation native of Hopkins County, Texas and a graduate of Texas Tech University. He was a speaker at the FGS National Conference in 1997 and 2004, and NGS in 1994. He was the featured speaker at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas of Texas Genealogical Seminar at the Alamo in 2002 and 2003, and the Louisiana Historical and Genealogical Seminar in Baton Rouge in 2007. Mr. Sellers has been a faculty member for Angelina College Genealogy Conference in Lufkin since 1999. In 2006, he was a featured speaker at the Dallas Summer Institute. As always, John provides an informative and entertaining program.
Following the program there will be a tour of the Rusk County Library.
Co-Sponsored by:
Rusk County Library and East Texas Genealogical Society
For more information contact:
Kathy Ballow, (903) 657-8557, netexfarm@gmail.com
June Everheart, (903) 877-4501, 1stvp@etgs.org
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