Research Globally - Learn Locally
Waller County Courthouse Visit - March 2026
Waller County Clerk Debbie Hollan hosted a group of 16 genealogists from HGF to a tour of the new Waller County courthouse and its reserch capabilites. The HGF group was very impressed with both the architecture of the new courthouse, built to resemble the original nineteenth century one, and its highly automated and digitized records research facilities.
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Ms.Hollan and her staff showed the HGF visitors how they could use the bound record volumes and the public workstations to locate their ancestor's records. HGF member Jena Briley had come with a research question and was pleased when one of Ms. Hollan's staff was able to direct her to the records she sought.
The Genealogical Record
Vol. 66 (2), Spring 2026
The new Spring 2026 issue of The Genealogical Record (TGR) is now available to all genealogists including those not members of HGF to read and enjoy. In addition to family stories and a research article, the publication includes features to keep you abreast of what’s going on in the HGF, state, and national societies..... (Read More)
HGF Memberships for Spring 2026 Events
The support of our HGF members for 2025 has enabled us to present monthly meetings with presentations by top genealogists, helpful door prizes, refreshments for our in-person attendees, and other activities that you have enjoyed. As we continue the 2025-2026 season, we invite our current members to renew their membership and encourage everyone else who has appreciated our presentations to become a member. Our annual membership fee remains as it has been since 2019 - $25.00/yr for individuals and $35.00 for families. Some of the immediate benefits of membership include:
- Speaker Handouts - We expect to continue offering our 2026 meetings without charge. As before, you must be a current member to download the speaker handout which summarize the important lessons from the sessions and includes links to helpful genealogical resources.
- Special Seminars - We will charge for several special seminars where we incur additional expenses but, in those cases, member fees will be significantly lower than those for non-members.
Additional member benefits include:
- Our award-winning The Genealogical Record
- Our Members Present meetings
- New Special Interest Groups (SIGS) such as our Genealogy Roundtable
For current members, you'll know it's time to renew your membership when you log onto the HGF website and find a red box at the top with instructions for renewing your membership or you could mark your calendar. New members can join by going to Join HGF.
As a reminder, HGF has changed from calendar year membership to one based on your membership anniversary, e.g. if you joined HGF in March of last year, your membership would expire at the end of March this year. Memberships for those of you who joined prior to 2024 expire at the end of December.
Subscribe to HGF Meeting Notices
Email notices of upcoming HGF monthly meetings, seminars, and SIG meetings are sent out twice monthly. If you're not receving these notices and would like to, please click on subscribe HGF notices and complete the short form. You don't have to be an HGF member to receive the meeting notices.
