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TEXAS NAVY DAY

Governor Rick Perry has designated the third Saturday in September Texas Navy Day. This day honors two Texas Navies, one during the Texas Revolution and another when Mexico under General Santa Anna invaded Texas in the 1840's. Had it not been for these two navies harassing Mexican naval ships and Mexican coastal towns, Santa Anna would have been able to land a sizable military force on the Texas coast and sandwiched-in and crushed Texas's highly outnumbered troops.

The First Texas Navy, consisting of four small ill-equipped ships, was disbanded shortly after the Texas Revolution. The Second Texas Navy, consisting of six small ships, was absorbed into the United States Navy when Texas became a state.

To learn more about the Texas Navies visit the Texas Navy website at http://www.hal-pc.org/~longhorn .

BAY AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETS

Anyone interested in organizing the new Bay Area Genealogical Society are invited to attend a planning session at 5:30 P.M. on Sunday September 16 at the University Baptist Church, 16106 Middlebrook Drive in Clear Lake City. Discussions will include election of officers and establishing a meeting time and place.

For more information contact Carolyn Hellen at 281-486-0406 or Jeanine Lawrence at 281-334-6100.

TONY BURROUGHS IN DALLAS

Nationally known lecturer Tony Burroughs of Chicago, Illinois will be the first featured speaker at the Dallas Genealogical Society's Fall Lecture Series. Burroughs will speak on case studies in genealogical research, slave genealogy, strategies for locating towns that no longer exist and how to organize one's research notes to get answers to research questions.

The lecture will be held Saturday September 29 at the Christian Church C.M.E. Chapel, 14120 Noel Road in Dallas. For more information contact DGS at P.O.Box 12446, Dallas, TX 75225-0446 or visit their website at http://www.dallasgenealogy.org/ .

BEVERLY IN ODESSA

Houston genealogical author, instructor and lecturer, Trevia Wooster Beverly will address the Permian Basin Genealogical Society in Odessa Saturday September 22. Her topics will include The Draper and Shane Manuscripts, Immigration and Naturalization Research, Cemetery Research and Knowing Where to Look.

For more information contact the society at 321 West 5th Street, Odessa, TX 79761 or call Jeannie Tiemann at 915-385-1775.

IMMIGRATION CLASS OFFERED

Covering time frames from the colonial era to the present Mic Barnette will lead a class discussing Immigration, Passenger and Naturalization Records for Historians and Genealogists. The class will be held at Leisure Learning's 2990 Richmond Avenue campus from 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. on Tuesday September 25. For more information and to register, contact Leisure Learning at 713-529-4414.

CEMETERY CLASS

Learn about cemeteries, epitaphs, artwork, access rights, planning research trips and much more at a class taught by Paula Perkins Parke. Cemetery Searching and Answers From The Tombstone will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. Tuesday September 25 at Leisure Learning's 2990 Richmond Avenue campus. A field trip to an area cemetery is included with the class and will be announced in class. For more information and to enroll contact Leisure Learning at 713-529-4141.

GENEALOGICAL CLASS AT MDPC

Paula Perkins Parke will teach a Beginning Genealogy class at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, 11612 Memorial Drive. The three part class will be held on Thursday September 26 and Thursday October 3 from 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. The third class session will be announced in class and will consist of a tour and hands-on census work at Clayton Library.

To enroll or to learn more about this class, contact the MDPC Adult Education office at 713-953-255- Extension 194 or 301.

NEWS FROM THE BOOKSHELF

In 1779 the war in North America between the Americans and the British had been raging or three years. Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish Governor of Louisiana heard his King, Carlos III, was about to declare war on Great Britain, so, he decided to surprise attack the British along the Gulf Coast. First, with Spanish, French and Cuban forces he successfully attacked Fort Bute at Manchac, near New Orleans, then he attacked and beat the English at their forts at Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola. Thus, he took the British strongholds on the Gulf Coast away from the British helping to aid an American victory in the North.

Galvez's Gulf Coast battle journal, Yo Solo, meaning I, Alone has been published by Provincial Press and is available for $20, postpaid, from Banner Press, 112 Walter Davis Drive, Suite 112, Birmingham, AL 35209