At the recent Texas State genealogical Society awards banquet CCGS won 2nd place in publications for our eNewsletter. Each organization had to submit one year's worth of publications and the publications must have met certain criteria to win. The society was presented with a certificate and monetary award. Shown in photo is John Wylie, President of TSGS and Paula Perkins, editor of the CCGS newsletter

*Mark your calendars for* *Saturday October 10th at 10:30am. Collin County Genealogy Society is going on A Field Trip!* Kathy Power President of the Frankford Cemetery Association will give us an exclusive guided tour of the beautifully restored Church and Cemetery. Ted Wright from the Collin County Historical Society will be there also to demonstrate the ancient Art of Dowsing. In 1897 residents of the quiet farming community of Frankford constructed a one-room church to hold worship services.

Though Frankford Church was on a Methodist Circuit, clergymen from several Protestant denominations preached there as they passed through. Long after the town of Frankford became a memory, Frankford descendants still make an annual pilgrimage to this lovely little church to honor their ancestors. Today, looking out the windows of the church, one can see native grasses of this "Prairie in the City" that once drew pioneers to North Texas. There are other historic cemeteries and only few Prairie Gothic churches left in North Texas, but few sites have both. This slice of history gives a visitor a real sense of the natural beauty of this land that the Native Americans and pioneers experienced. In 2010 the Frankford Cemetery Association completed a faithful restoration of the church. Citing the "elegance of its simplicity" Preservation of Dallas awarded Frankford Church its Preservation Achievement Award. The Frankford Cemetery Association continues to preserve and protect the church, cemetery, wagon yard and historic prairie.

So don't forget it's Saturday October 10th at 10:30 at the Frankford Church and Cemetery 17400 Muirfield Dallas, Texas 75287 For directions and more information about the Church and Cemetery, log onto the Frankford Cemetery Association website. http://www.frankfordcemetery.org/index.php/contact-frankford See you all there!

CCGS is honored to have Glenn Kinkade speak on Early New England Research

Glenn Kinkade is an experienced genealogical researcher, lecturer, author, and instructor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University.  After serving as an officer in the United States Air Force, he joined IBM in 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri.  In 1990 he retired from IBM in Dallas and began his pursuit of family research.  

Glenn has taught computer genealogy classes at Southern Methodist University, and Brookhaven College, where he currently teaches 5 different genealogy courses.  His hobbies include sailing on tall ships, travel, attending reenactment of Revolutionary War and The War of 1812 battles. 

Meeting time 7:00
W. O. Haggard Library - 1st floor meeting room
Plano, Texas

Guests Welcome!

"Early American Migration Routes" September 9th 7:00pm Haggard Library, First Floor Meeting Room 2501 Coit Rd. Plano, Texas TOPIC: Don Raney will join us for the first program of the season. His program identifies the important overland migration routes used by American pioneers from 1700 until 1815. Maps will be used to describe the routes of these early wagon roads making it possible for the family historian to visualize the roads that his or her ancestors followed as they migrated from one location to another. Starting with the earliest colonial settlements in New England, Virginia and South Carolina. SPEAKER: Don Raney is a 6th generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for over 30 years. He has been a frequent speaker at many genealogical society meeting in East Texas, Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. On the national level, Mr. Raney has presented sessions at GENTECH, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Angelina College Genealogy Conference and the Genealogical Institute of Texas. Hie is a life member of the San Jacinto Descendants and past director of GENTECH and the Dallas Genealogical Society's Computer Interest Group. Don graduated from SMU with a degree in Civil Engineering and completed a long professional career with Lone Star Gas retiring as Chief Engineer. He is currently teaching Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Genealogy courses at Richland College. His published book, "Martin Varner, Texas Pioneer; 1785-1844" in September 2009, describes the life and adventures of his GGG Grandfather, Martin Varner in Colonial Texas. This promises to be a very informative and entertaining presentation. LOCATION: Plano Haggard Library First Floor Meeting Room 2501 Coit Rd. Plano, Texas 75075