Van Zandt County Genealogical
Library of Genealogy and Local History
County Courthouse Annex, Suite 2 (East End of Building)
P O Box 1388
Canton, Texas 75103
903-567-5012
Email: vanzandtgensoc@etcable.net
2019 Board Officers, L to R: Sherrie Archer - President; Ellen Wheeler - 1st VP Programs; Cindy Cooper - 2nd VP Membership; Imogene Kirkpatrick - Recording Secretary; Sylvia Barbee - Corresponding Secretary; Sarah Barnett - Treasurer; Jan Crow - Web Manager/Quarterly Editor; Suzie Bass - Publicity; Shirley Fuller - Parliamentarian; Donna Carter - Director at Large/Society Historian; Tom Tyler - Director at Large
Library Hours
Monday through Friday: 9 AM to 4 PM Closed Sunday and Holidays
Saturday: 9 AM to 1 PM
Please call before making a long trip as there are some unforeseen circumstances that call for us being closed from time to time. During the summer when it is light later, we may have extended hours to 6 PM on Thursdays; check with us.
Regular Society Meetings are held in the main County Library Buchanan Room on the fourth Saturday of the month except for December. Meetings are at 2 PM, with a speaker and refreshments. You don't have to be a member to attend.
Monday through Friday: 9 AM to 4 PM Closed Sunday and Holidays
Saturday: 9 AM to 1 PM
Please call before making a long trip as there are some unforeseen circumstances that call for us being closed from time to time. During the summer when it is light later, we may have extended hours to 6 PM on Thursdays; check with us.
Regular Society Meetings are held in the main County Library Buchanan Room on the fourth Saturday of the month except for December. Meetings are at 2 PM, with a speaker and refreshments. You don't have to be a member to attend.
COMING EVENTS
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September Annual All-Day Seminar
Speaker: John Sellers Saturday, September 28, 2019 8:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast 9:00 Welcome and Information Session Noon Light lunch by "Ladies at the Church" 3:30 Seminar ends Cost $40 Location: St. Therese Catholic Church Education Building |
State-Wide 2019 Genealogy Lock-In Program
When: October 18, 2019 Where: Van Zandt County Library All day, Come and Go Event. Bring a Brown Bag/Drink and your note taking implements. Sessions last 50-90 minutes. 10:00am--Technology Enabled Collaborations for Genealogists 11:00am--Finding Elusive Records on FamilySearch.org Noon--Genealogy Basics Getting Started on Your Family Tree 1:40pm--Probate: More Than a Will 2:50pm--Roll Call: New sites and Sources for Military Records and Research 4:00pm--Introduction to GEDmatch 5:15pm Dinner Break 6:15pm--Finding Your Ancestors in Mexico 7:25pm--Dating Family Photos by Photo Process, Apparel, Hair Styles, and More |
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Van Zandt County Courthouse Annex
Our BuildingWe are inside the first door on left side of building, up the steps .
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The Library offers four computers with internet access, Ancestry Library edition, History Geo, newspapers online, microfilm of county newspapers, marriages licenses, various other county records, and microfilm Census records (if you like researching the old-fashioned way). We offer quite a few books relating to Van Zandt County specifically, and books of other Texas counties as well as other states. We are a great little library for genealogy research.
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903-567-5012
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vanzandtgensoc@etcable.net
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