July 18, 2023 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society will welcome our own Dru Dickey as our speaker Wednesday, July 19, at 2pm at Timpson Public Library annex. She will share her research on the Sparks family and how she connects to other families, locally.
Dru is the daughter of TE (Thomas) Sparks and grew up in Texas City. A retired teacher, Dru is an accomplished genealogist. She has served TAGHS as archivist, Librarian, and treasurer. She can be found most Wednesdays volunteering in the Genealogy Library.
June 19, 2023 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society welcomes our own Marilyn Corder on Wednesday, June 21 at 2pm as she speaks to the group about Frontier Days celebrations from the past. She will also provide insights into the extent of the planning and behind the scenes work necessary to produce a successful celebration.
May 17, 2023 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society will welcome Bill O'Neal as our speaker Wednesday, May 17, at 2PM at Timpson Public Library. He will discuss the musical traditions of Texas and the book on which he recently collaborated with Tommie Ritter Smith, The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Please join us to hear this highly entertaining speaker.
April 19, 2023 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society (TAGHS) is pleased to welcome Jake Keeling as our speaker Wednesday, April 19th, at 2PM at Timpson Public Library annex.
Jake, the 6th generation of the Keeling family line to make his home in the Jumbo community on the Rusk/Panola line, graduated from Henderson Public schools in 2007. He graduated from East Texas Baptist University in 2011, and subsequently earned a Master of Arts in history from SFA IN 2014. Jake serves as an adjunct instructor in the history department at ETBU.
March 13, 2023 - Jim Ross, son of J. W. and Laura Ross, who spent their retirement years in the Silas community near Timpson, will speak about the London School explosion to Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society members and guests on Wednesday, March 15, at 2pm in the Timpson Public Library annex.
February 15, 2023 - Scott Sosebee will address Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society (TAGHS) on Wednesday, February 15 at 2pm about Houston and East Texas Railway.
A Professor of History at SFA and the Executive Director of the East Texas Historical Association, Mr. Sosebee is also the author of five books on Texas History. The latest of these is "What is it About Texas Essays on the Lone Star State?"
January 14, 2023 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society (TAGHS) will welcome Dow McWilliams as our speaker Wednesday, January 18, at 2 PM, in the Timpson Public Library annex. Mr. McWilliams will speak about how he remembers Timpson from his youth. He will focus on an aerial photo, labeled as circa 1929 and taken by his uncle Terry Crawford. Briefly, he will discuss Ramsey family connections.
November 14, 2022 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society is excited to announce that Neil Grant will present a program on the history of the Timpson Band on Wednesday, November 16, at 2 PM, in the annex of the Timpson Public Library. Mr. Neil, a native and resident of Arcadia, is an alumnus of Timpson School. His tenure with bands began at an early age, becoming an All State bandmember at the age of 12. A member of the Texas Bandmaster's Hall of Fame, Neil was an award winning band director of Troup, Nacogdoches, White Oak, and Longview.
October 18, 2022 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society, in conjunction with Texas State Genealogy Society and Waco Genealogy Library, will host a statewide genealogy event, "Shedding Light On Your Family Tree," Friday, October 21 from 9am until 6pm.
Interested members of the public who wish to participate may do so from their personal device, or they may attend in person at the Timpson Public Library annex.
October 17, 2022 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society invites the public to join its members Wednesday, October 19, at 2PM for a program quite a bit different from our normal meetings. Morgan Kenney, who holds a doctorate in physical therapy, will share exercises and techniques to help people remain mobile and energized as they age. There is no charge for this program!