LifeLong Learning-San Marcos

Course Description

This topic will be presented in three sessions starting with a brief history of Colonial America and the establishment of settlements along the eastern coastline and waterways. You will discover what resources are available to you and narrow down where your first colonial ancestor might have settled. A good start is to review your own genealogy research and identify your oldest known ancestor. Through researching you can discover his/her details, including birth, marriage, death, and where in the state s/he resided. This will allow you to attain greater information about his/her life and family. Your ultimate task is to step by step learn how to link your current linage to your colonial ancestor.

 

Weekly handouts will be emailed to you one hour before each session begins.

 

Session I: Period of History, 1607-1700

Maps, Websites, Beginning of Towns & Colonies, “Warnings Out” by Town Councils, Vital Record Resources

 

Session II: Establishment of Records, 1700-1750

Town Records, Church Records, Land Records, Taxes & Poll Taxes, Voter Registrations, Militia, Colonial Wars, Cemeteries

 

Session III: Thirteen Colonies and Managing Their Local Affairs, 1751-1780

Town Records, Colonial Town & Military Census, State Census, Greater Taxes, Historical Markers, Beginnings of Revolutionary War

 

Presented by Cindy Linton (nee Foreman)

Cindy was born in Michigan and moved to Minnesota in 1974 where she attained her B.S. degree in History Education. She moved to Texas in 1982 and currently lives in Wimberley. Cindy has been a D.A.R. member since 2003. She has been past President of the Austin Genealogy Society and vice president of the Wimberley Valley Genealogy Society. In 2014, Cindy presented at the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ National Genealogy Conference in San Antonio. Cindy is currently involved with a genealogy special interest group called IGG (Interactive Genealogy Group) and continues to work on her own family genealogy.