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HGF Elects New Officers and Directors
for Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Year
At the April 2025 general meeting, the HGF membership elected new officers and directors for the Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 year. In addition to several board members who are serving for a second year or for the extended term positions, we have some new faces on the board. Frank Lytle will be the new HGF President. Frank as an oil and gas landman is quite familiar with researching property records in Texas courthouses and will share some of his expertise with us at the February meeting. Also new are Paul Bell as Director and Cindy Austin (not pictured above) as Corresponding Secretary. Several of last year's board members are taking new positions including John Henning as Membership Chair and April Durett as Recording Secretary.
Many board members lead HGF committees keeping our organization running smoothly. If you have an area of interest or would like to help, please volunteer on a committee. You can contact any board member through the membership list webpage.
The Genealogical Record
Vol. 66 (1), Fall 2025
The new issue of The Genealogical Record (TGR) is now available to both HGF members and non-members to read and enjoy. In addition to two family stories and a research article (see below), the publication includes features to keep you abreast of what’s going on in the HGF, state, and national societies. The longtime HGF member, Alan Leeds, talks with Margie Elliott about his heritage and interest in genealogical research. Members. Kathleen Williams, Kyla Bayang, and Ginny Douglas, share creative ways to engage others in family history. Irene Walters from the Clayton Library guides us in finding information on American Territories before states were formed, and a podcast co-hosted by an HGF member is reviewed. For help with technical issues, part II of an article on online cemeteries adds to your search capabilities, and a step-by-step guide assists you with safely syncing your online and personal genealogical databases (i.e., family trees).... (Read More)
HGF Memberships for Fall 2025 Events
The support of our HGF members for 2024 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 begin 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 2025 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.
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February 18
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Family Tree Maker Software: A Workshop with Monica Andersen, Doug Greenhill, and David Williams
Wednesday, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Session 4 18 Feb 2026 Fine Tuning Bring a laptop with Family Tree Maker ...
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March 7
10:00 am to 3:00 pm HGF Spring Seminar - Data Collection, Timelines, and Orphan Trains with Jill Morelli
Online and Carriage House Clayton Library Campus 5300 Caroline St. Houston, TX 77004 Join us for our Spring Seminar with genealogy educator ...
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