Calendar of Events
On this page are events that will be of interest to MTGS members and friends, including events sponsored by MTGS and events sponsored by other organizations.
MTGS Meetings
- Saturday, July 20, 1:00pm,
FiftyForward Patricia Hart Bldg., 174 Rains Ave., Nashville
Lynda Massey, Finding Your Ancestors Thru 19th-Century Photography
Do you have old family photographs in your collection but know little about them? On July 20th, 2013, Mrs. Massey will be speaking about the different types of 19th century photographs, how to identify them, how to date them, and to care for them.
Mrs. Massey is a native Nashvillian and is married to a native Nashvillian as well. She has an Associate's Degree in Science and is currently the Living History Coordinator at the Belle Meade Plantation. She is a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter #1; French Lick Daughters of the American Revolution, Questers, and the Ladies' Soldiers' Friend Society. She has given talks and demonstrations for the Belmont Mansion, the city of Oak Hill, Rippavilla Plantation, the Carter House, Metro Historical Commission, Sons of Confederate Veterans chapters, United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters, Questers and various civic, senior and historical groups. She became fascinated by 19th century photography when she inherited photographs including a Union Case with an ancestor's portrait. She also studies photographs to perfect her reenacting personna.
- Saturday, September 21, 1:00pm,
FiftyForward Patricia Hart Bldg., 174 Rains Ave., Nashville
Bob Duncan, Flatboats to Natchez
"There was only one available market for early Middle and West Tennesseans to sell their produce, and that was down the rivers to Natchez, Mississippi. They floated their products down in heavily loaded, and unwieldy, flat boats to trade their goods for hard currency. It was then a long walk back home along the dangerous Natchez Trace. We will join these folks as they prepare and make the journey."
Bob Duncan is a native of Maury County, Tennessee, having grown up in downtown Williamsport. He is a frequent speaker and prolific writer on local and Tennessee history. He is the author of eight books, dozens of magazine articles and is the Sunday feature columnist of the Columbia Daily Herald having written over six hundred weekly columns on local history and preservation.
- Saturday, November 16, 9:00am-4:00pm,
Brentwood Library
MTGS Annual Seminar
MTGS Meetings take place at the FiftyForward Patricia
Hart Building, 174 Rains Ave., Nashville:
Other Upcoming Events for Friends of Genealogy
- Monday, May 27, 2013,
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.,
Adams Memorial Library, 212 College
St., Woodbury, TN
"Care and Share Days"
The library will be open to help those researching family history on Monday (Memorial Day), May 27, and the hours are 9 – 2. The library will be open that day to researchers ONLY. Please knock on the RED door and someone will let you in.
- Saturday, June 1, 9:00am-3:30pm,
Stewart
County Visitors Center, Dover
All-Day Genealogy Seminar with J. Mark Lowe
The Stewart County Archives is pleased to host its second all-day genealogy seminar, once again featuring nationally-known genealogy lecturer and speaker, J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA. Topics include:- Researching on the Kentucky-Tennessee Border
- My Taxes Were Due When? (Using Delinquent Tax Lists and Release Books)
- Finding the Hidden Manuscripts of Kentucky & Tennessee
- Following A Case Through the Kentucky and Tennessee Court Systems
- Thursday, June 20, 2013,
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.,
FiftyForward Patricia Hart Bldg., 174 Rains Ave., Nashville
Beginning Genealogy Workshop, conducted by Martha O. Gerdeman & Virginia G. Watson
registration fee will include lunch
View the workshop flyer.
- Saturday, June 29, Tullahoma, TN
Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Tullahoma Campaign
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013,
noon – 3:00 p.m.,
FiftyForward Patricia Hart Bldg., 174 Rains Ave., Nashville
Civil War Records: New Tricks with Old Records, conducted by Darla K. Brock, Manuscript Archivist, Tennessee State Library and Archives
Learn how to use pension records, Southern Claims Commission records, Veterans questionnaires, Prison and bivouac records, Manuscript collections and other resources to prove not only vital statistics but the little known facts of your ancestors!
View the seminar flyer.
- Saturday, August 17, 2013,
10:00am - 3:00pm,
FiftyForward Patricia Hart Bldg., 174 Rains Ave., Nashville
All-Day Genealogy Seminar with J. Mark Lowe: Spending the Day with Perry Mason, Ben Matlock and Tennessee Court Records
Join MTGS for a genealogy seminar featuring one of our own, nationally-known genealogy speaker and MTGS member, J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA. Prepare to use court records by learning the basics, understanding the terminology and organization of the courts, and then get your hands dirty as you work through a civil and criminal court case. Gain a richer understanding of court records and develop a strategy for discovering the wealth of information contained in these often hidden briefs.
View the seminar flyer.
Past MTGS Programs, Workshops and Seminars
| Speaker(s) | Date | Topic |
| Monte Arnold | May 2013 | Telling your story through photographs |
| Darla Brock | March 2013 | Genealogical Research in the Union Provost Marshal Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Paul Clements | Jan. 2013 | Chronicles of the Cumberland Settlements |
| Rick and Pam (Boyer) Sayre | Nov. 2012 Seminar | Discovering Our Ancestors: Maps and Newspapers |
| Tom Kanon | Sep. 2012 | Tennesseans and the War of 1812 |
| Carol Roberts | July 2012 | Agricultural Records at TSLA |
| Dr. Wayne Moore | May 2012 | Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee |
| C. William McKee | March 2012 | The Nashville City Cemetery: A Resource for Genealogists |
| Jan. 2012 | Tennessee Authors' Day | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL,
FNGS, FASG and FUGA J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA Charles A. Sherrill |
Nov. 2011 Seminar | Problem Solving in the
Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry Inheritance Laws and Estate Settlements in the Carolinas The Late Unpleasantness: Research in Civil War records created after 1865 |
| Jim Taulman | Sep. 2011 | How to Share Your Work by Self-publishing |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | Aug. 2011 Workshop | Land Platting Workshop |
| Karel Lea Biggs | July 2011 | Shortages and Substitutions on the Confederate Home Front |
| Paul R. White | May 2011 | Awards and Winners Program |
| Carol Roberts | Mar. 2011 | Solving Mysteries using County Records and Loose Case Files |
| Jan. 2011 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG and FUGA | Nov. 2010 Seminar | Working Smarter: Sources & Strategies for Finding Your Family’s Past |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | Sep. 2010 | Farm House, Meeting House, Court House: Breathing Life into Your Family’s Story |
| Paul R. White | Aug. 2010 Workshop | Developing Personalities and Finding Obscure Records in Genealogical Research |
| Gail Jackson Miller | July 2010 | The Harpe Brothers |
| George Zepp | March 2010 | Hidden History of Nashville |
| Jan. 2010 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Charles A. Sherrill J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA |
Nov. 2009 Seminar | Is Ancestry.com Worth It?: Fee and
Free Web Sites for Genealogical Research Here Comes the Bride, and There She Goes Early River Towns |
| Mark Strength | Sep. 2009 | “Bonny Kate,” aka Mrs. John Sevier |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | May 2009 | Awards and Winners program |
| Irene Griffey, Doug Drake, Jack Masters and Paul Clements | March 2009 | Pioneer Land Grants, Traces, Roads and Pioneer Stations in the Central Valley of the Cumberland River |
| Jan. 2009 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Craig Roberts Scott, CG | Nov. 2008 Seminar | Searching for Your Military Ancestors |
| Charles A. Sherrill | Sep. 2008 | Using Original Court Records: A Hands-On Workshop |
| Amber Barfield | July 2008 | Restoration and Preservation of Manuscripts and Documents |
| George Zepp | May 2008 | Awards and Winners program; Nashville history |
| Dan S. Allen | March 2008 | Cemetery Law and Conservation |
| Jan. 2008 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Shirley Wilson, CG Marie Martin Murphy J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA |
Nov. 2007 Seminar | Understanding State and Public Land
Records There’s Gold in Them Thar’ Deed Books Land Platting Workshop |
| Christine Young | Sep. 2007 | Artifacts for Future Generations |
| Lorna D. Morton | Aug. 2007 Workshop | Native American and Cherokee Genealogy |
| Martha Gerdeman | July 2007 | Non-Population Schedules of the U. S. Federal Census |
| Walter Durham | May 2007 | Historical review of the state and current historical activities; MTGS 20th Anniversary celebration |
| Amber Barfield | March 2007 | Identifying and Dating Old Photographs |
| Jan. 2007 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Dr. John Philip Colletta | Nov. 2006 Seminar | Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors and Telling Their Stories |
| Richard Saunders | Sep. 2006 | Conducting Genealogical Research in West Tennessee & Southwest Kentucky |
| Charles A. Sherrill | July 2006 | On Solid Ground: Finding Ancestors in Tennessee Land Records |
| Bob Duncan | May 2006 | Flatboating in Tennessee |
| Dr. Carole Stanford Bucy | Mar. 2006 | "A Historian Becomes A Genealogist: Putting a Face and Feelings on Facts" |
| Jan. 2006 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Dr. Carole Stanford Bucy Shirley Wilson, CG Tom Kanon Charles A. Sherrill |
Nov. 2005 Seminar | Fitting Your Family History into
the Story of Tennessee and the United States Climbing That Brick Wall The Draper Papers: Their Historical and Genealogical Value Advanced Internet Genealogy |
| Richard Saunders | Sep. 2005 | Genealogical Research in West Tennessee and Southwestern Kentucky |
| Linda Bamickel | July 2005 | Putting Your Ancestors in Context |
| NGS Conference in the States | June 2005 | |
| Marsha Mullin & Elizabeth Kellar | May 2005 | Hermitage Heritage: Behind the Big House |
| Bill Sumners | Mar. 2005 | Southern Baptist Genealogical Resources |
| Jan. 2005 | Members Show and Tell | |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | Nov. 2004 Seminar | Genealogical Research in the South |
| Elizabeth Queener | Sep. 2004 | Friersons Rediscovered & Reunited: Black & White |
| J. Mark Lowe | July 2004 | Kinfolk in Kentucky, Ties in Tennessee |
| Tom Kanon | May 2004 | Tennesseans at War, 1812-1815 |
| Julia Otey Lee | Mar. 2004 | Blacks in Blue and Gray |
| Jan. 2004 | Members Show and Tell | |
| Hank Jones | Nov. 2003 Seminar | When The Sources Are Wrong Tracing the Origins of Early 18th-century German Palatine Emigrants Family Tradition: How to Separate Fact From Fiction How Psychic Roots Became An Unsolved Mystery |
| Kevin W. Matthews | Sep. 2003 | Finding Your Civil War Ancestors |
| Walter Durham | July 2003 | Middle Tenn. Families Reach Out: Goin' West! |
| Margaret Vaughan | May 2003 | New Genealogical Treasures at the Linebaugh Library |
| Tom and Liz Allman | Mar. 2003 | Family History Centers: Doorway to a World of Data |
| Jan. 2003 | Genealogical Tales and Treasures, an open forum | |
| Dr. Calvin Dickinson, Shirley Wilson, David S. Ewing, Dr. Bobby L Lovett, Martha Stewart Geyer, Charles Sherrill, Sara J. Harwell | Nov. 2002 Seminar | 12 great topics! |
| Dr. Carole Bucy | Sep. 2002 | Marble Cities & Middle Tennessee Genealogical Gems |
| Dr. Brian Trainor and Fintan Mullan |
May 2002 Workshop | Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors |
| Fletch Coke | Mar. 2002 | Davidson County, Tennessee Cemetery Survey Projects |
| Jan. 2002 | Show and Tell | |
| Shirley Wilson, Martha Geyer, Fran Schell, Chuck Sherrill, J. Mark Lowe, Pat Hastings, Julia Lee, Amber Barfield, Sue Smith | Nov. 2001 Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Irene M. Griffey | Sep. 2001 | Earliest Tennessee Land Records and Earliest Tennessee Land History |
| Joe White | July 2001 | Huguenot Ancestry & History |
| Ken Fieth | May 2001 | Tour of new Green Hills Archives |
| T. Vance Little | Mar. 2001 | Williamson County Genealogist and Historian |
| Fletch Coke | Jan. 2001 | Davidson County, Tennessee Cemetery Survey Project |
| Martha Stewart Geyer, Shirley Wilson, Patricia Gilliam Hastings, Dorothy Williams Potter, Julia Otey Lee, David & Frances Osborn Robb | Nov. 2000 Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Jan. 2000 | Show and Tell | |
| Nov. 1999 Seminar | Beginning, Advanced, Enrichment genealogical tracks | |
| Dr. Richard P. Gildrie | Mar. 1999 | Guerrilla Warfare in the Lower Cumberland, 1862-1865 |
| Jan. 1999 | Show and Tell | |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | Nov. 1998 Seminar | migration, legal terminology, church records, and “Bridging the Atlantic” |
| Dr. Edwin S. Gleaves | Sep. 1998 | The 1998 Summit (local archives development) |
| Deborah McConnel | July 1998 | Tracking Tennesseans in World War I |
| Dr. Wayne C. Moore | May 1998 | Using State and Business Records in Genealogy |
| Jane Gray Buchanan | Mar. 1998 | Adventures of a 20th Century Sleuth on a Meandering Trail to 17th Century England |
| Jan. 1998 | Show and Tell | |
| Desmond Walls Allen | Nov. 1997 Seminar | Creative Problem Solving for Genealogists |
| Carol Roberts | Sep. 1997 | Preserving Your Family Papers |
| Frances Robb | July 1997 | Learning From Old Photographs |
| Nick Fielder | May 1997 | An Archaeological View of Cemeteries MTGS 10th Anniversary Party |
| Charles A. Sherrill | Mar. 1997 | Southern Claims Commission, a New Civil War Research Tool |
| Jan. 1997 | Show and Tell | |
| George K. Schweitzer | Nov. 1996 Seminar | Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War Genealogy |
| Sep. 1996 | Open House at the Nashville Metro Archives | |
| Ron Lee | July 1996 | Genealogy on the Internet- The Basics |
| Steve Rogers | May 1996 | Family Cemeteries: Their Legal Issues and Preservation Threats |
| NGS Conference in the States | May 1996 | Traveling Historic Trails |
| David Sowell | Mar. 1996 | Sabin Photographic Collection, TSLA |
| Jan. 1996 | Show and Tell | |
| Marilyn Miller Morton | Nov. 1995 Seminar | British, Irish, and German
Immigration into the East Coast and the South The Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania and the South The Indians in Tennessee, North Carolina, and North Georgia Quakers, Huguenots, Moravians, and Catholics in the South |
| Sep. 1995 | A Preview of Coming Attractions:
1996 - Nashville National Genealogical Society Conference in the States |
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| Ken Fieth | July 1995 | The Metro Archives |
| Steve Cotham | May 1995 | Using Knoxville's McClung Historical Collection |
| Susan Adamson | Mar. 1995 | Photo Preservation and Display |
| Jan. 1995 | Show and Tell | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills | Nov. 1994 Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Dr. James Johnson | Sep. 1994 | Shelby County Records and The Memphis Public Library Collection |
| Ann Alley | May 1994 | What's New in Archives and Manuscripts at the State Library |
| Rebecca Bain | Mar. 1994 | Oral History and Interviewing Techniques |
| Helen F. M. Leary | Nov. 1993 Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Shirley B. Wilson | Sep. 1993 | County Research— Don't Let That Courthouse Intimidate You |
| Jeanne Ridgway Bigger | May 1993 | Loose Paper Projects are on Fire in Tennessee |
| Paul Clements | Mar. 1993 | An Eccentric Local Historian's Discovery of Genealogy |
| John Vogt | Nov. 1992 Seminar | Tips, Tricks and Traps of Virginia Genealogical Research |
| Dorothy W. Potter | Sep. 1992 | Regulation of Travel and Settlement Across Early Tennessee |
| Marylin Bell Hughes | July 1992 | Recent Additions to the Manuscript Collection |
| Emma Wisdom | May 1992 | The Family Reunion--A Step in Genealogy Research |
| Charles Sherrill | Mar. 1992 | Tennessee Court Records in Genealogy |
| Jo White Linn | Nov. 1991 Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Marylin Bell
Hughes Wayne Moore |
Aug. 1991 | What Every Genealogist Should Know
about the Tennessee State Library and Archives Land Records and Community History |
| Tim Burgess Byron Sistler |
May 1991 | The History of Burial Markers for
Union and Confederate Soldiers Some Things I Have Learned in 25 Years of Genealogy and Publishing |
| Pat Hastings, Gale Bamman |
Feb. 1991 | Things I Found in the Early Laws
While Looking for Something Else, Early Divorces - - How the Records of Torn Families Help Us Piece Them Together |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | Nov. 1990 Seminar | Immigration into Tennessee Emigration from Tennessee What's in a Name-Onomatology Heraldry Record Keeping in Genealogy |
| Pat Hastings, Cleo Hogan |
Aug. 1990 | Legal Research for Genealogical
Purposes, Legal Terminology for the Genealogist |
| Shirley Wilson, Jim Johnson |
May 1990 | Land Records in the Public Land
States, Genealogical Records in Tennessee |
| Sheila Riley | Feb. 1990 | Victorian Cemetery Art |
| David Lloyd Swift, Mary Glenn Heame, Irene Griffey, Bill Haywood, Don Doyle, James A. Crutchfield, Shirley Wilson, Ed Gleaves, Fletch Coke, Cleo Hogan | Nov. 1989 Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Sharon MacPherson | Aug. 1989 | Reading and Interpreting Old Documents |
| Irene M. Griffey | May 1989 | Early Tennessee Land Records - The Military District |
| Madelon Smith | Feb. 1989 | Colonel Jack Hays |
| Shirley Wilson, Byron Sistler, Jean Bigger, T. Vance Little, Don Doyle, Betty Bridgewater, Irene M. Griffey, Louise Lynch, Yolanda Reid, Frank G. Burns | Nov. 1988 Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Mary Glenn Hearne | Aug. 1988 | Genealogical Treasures in The Nashville Room |
| Virginia Lyle | May 1988 | Davidson County Records (Metro Archives) |
| David McClatchey, William Haywood | Feb. 1988 | Computer Hardware and Software Demonstration |
| Walter Durham, Tim Burgess |
Nov. 1987 | Reluctant Partners -Nashville and
the Union Civil War Research |
| Marilyn Bell Hughes | Aug. 1987 | Lesser Known Facts About the Tennessee State Library & Archives |