May 14, 2024 - Ralph Corry will share highlights of Timpson's football history with members and guests at the May meeting of Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society. Timpson's first state title and the records set by the Bears in 2023 have ignited interest in past Timpson football successes.
Ralph, a 1966 graduate of Timpson High School and the creator of Timpson66.com, simply describes himself as just a hometown boy who enjoys researching the history of Timpson and its school.
April 14, 2024 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society is proud to announce our own Tad Bailey as our speaker Wednesday, April 17, at 2pm in the Timpson Public Library annex. Mr. Bailey lives on property purchased by his great-grandfather, Joseph A. Moses, in 1900. Mr. Bailey will explain who the Moses family was, and what has become of the remnant of the family.
March 16, 2024 - Hans Polk, a Holocaust survivor will share his story with Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society and guests Wednesday, March 20, at 2PM. Mr. Polk's parents were taken by Nazi soldiers from their home when he was 6 years old. They were executed at Auschwitz. Mr. Polk resides in Timpson and his wife is from a local family.
This is a unique opportunity to hear a first hand account of the horrors of the holocaust, especially since there are efforts to deny it happened.
February 19, 2024 - Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society will host Scott Sosbee as our speaker, Wednesday, February 21st, at 2:00 PM in the Timpson Public Library Annex. Returning for the third time to address our society, Mr Sosebee will speak on "Outlaw Country Music: How a Texas Sound Changed the World".
Mr. Sosebee, a professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University, is also Executive Director of East Texas Historical Association and editor of East Texas Historical Journal. He also has published works.
November 1, 2023 - Jim Ross, who brought the excellent program on the New London School explosion to Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society (TAGHS) in March, has agreed to favor TAGHS with another presentation on Iwo Jima November 15, at 2pm in Timpson Public Library annex.
October 11, 2023 - Because October is widely observed as Fire Prevention Month, Jason Samford, Training and Safety Officer for Timpson Volunteer Fire Department, has agreed to address Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society at its October meeting at 2pm, October 18, in the Timpson Public Library annex.
September 5, 2023 - Robin Gibson Connell will speak to Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society Wednesday, September 20, at 2pm in the Timpson Public Library annex. She will share her successes and challenges as a successful business owner in small towns.
Robin Gibson Connell really needs no introduction in our area. If you are one of the few people who do not know her, she moved to Timpson in 1979 at the age of 19 and opened the original Quick Stop. She has two kids, Kyle and Amy Allen, both graduates of Timpson and SFA and TAMU, respectively.
August 16, 2023 - The sponsor and staff of Loblolly magazine have graciously agreed to conduct an interview with JT Rhodes at Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society's meeting Wednesday, August 16, at 2pm, in the annex of Timpson Public Library.