Calendar of Events
On this page are events that will be of interest to MTGS members and friends, including events sponsored by MTGS and events sponsored by other organizations. MTGS presentations which are recorded are accessible in the Members area.
MTGS Meetings and Workshops
- Saturday,
March 18, 2023,
1:00pm Central,
in-person at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, 1001 Rep. John
Lewis Way N, Nashville, AND online on Zoom
MTGS Regular Meeting: Chuck Sherrill, speaker
MTGS Journal Editor Chuck Sherrill, former Tennessee State Librarian and Archivist, will present a program on the history of the MTGS Journal, on tips for genealogical writing, and on the benefits of genealogical journals to reseachers.
This meeting is open to the public and we hope that you can join us, either in-person or via Zoom.
The Zoom link for this meeting is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81694556136
- Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:00pm Central, in-person at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, AND online on Zoom
MTGS Regular Meeting: Diane L. Richard, speaker
Diane L. Richard, MEng & MBA, Owner/President of Mosaic Research and Project Management, will present a program on postal records and genealogical research.
Diane will also present our annual Writer's Award for the best-judged article in our MTGS Journal.
This meeting is open to the public and we hope that you can join us, either in-person or via Zoom. The Zoom link for this meeting will be posted here the week of the meeting.
- Saturday, July 15, 2023, 1:00pm Central, Buchanan Log House, 2910 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville
MTGS Regular Meeting: A Field Trip to Buchanan Log House
Our July meeting is a field trip to the historic Buchanan Log House in Donelson. We will take a tour of this historic site and learn about researching pioneers in Middle Tennessee. We also plan to tour the Buchanan Cemetery across the street.
This meeting is open to the public and we hope that you can join us.
Note: We do not yet know whether or not this meeting will be available via Zoom.
- Saturday, September 16, 2023, 1:00pm Central, in-person at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, AND online on Zoom
MTGS Regular Meeting: Taneya Koonce, speaker, on using RootsMagic
Taneya Koonce, MSLS, MPH, is a popular MTGS speaker, and former Board member. This time she will show us how to use the RootsMagic program for your genealogy database.
This meeting is open to the public and we hope that you can join us, either in-person or via Zoom. The Zoom link for this meeting will be posted here the week of the meeting.
- Saturday, November 18, 2023, 9:00am Central, in-person at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, AND online on Zoom
35th Annual Genealogical Seminar with Dana Leeds
This year we welcome Dana Leeds, creator of the Leeds Method for DNA-match analysis. The Seminar will be devoted to DNA+genealogy. Lecture topics to be announced.
- Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:00pm Central, in-person at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, AND online on Zoom
Other Genealogy and History Events in Middle Tennessee
- Saturday, July 29, 2023, 9:00am - 4:00pm, Granville, TN Genealogy Festival
Look for the MTGS table at this fun festival in Historic Granville. There will be family tables, lectures and special events around town.
- The Nashville Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
holds meetings and workshops on the 1st Saturday of each month
except January, July and September.
Other Local, Regional and Online Events for Friends of Genealogy
- Tennessee Genealogical Society Events Calendar
- Southern California Genealogical Society Webinar Series (ongoing, twice monthly)
Free to watch live (advanced registration required)
Archived broadcasts available to SCGS members only
- Registration is now open for RootsTech 2023, to be held March 2-4, 2023 in-person in Salt Lake City, and also virtually.
- The Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, MO is hosting its Spring Seminar on Saturday, March 25, featuring Gena Philibert-Ortega.
- The National Genealogical Society will hold its 2023 Family History Conference from May 31 - June 3, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia, with on-demand access available July through December 2023.
Other Genealogy Calendars
National Genealogical Society (NGS) Events CalendarEastman's Online Calendar of Genealogy Events
ConferenceKeeper - "Curating and Calendaring Genealogy and Family History event details"
Facebook Genealogy Calendar of Events
Past MTGS Programs, Workshops and Seminars
| Speaker(s) | Date | Topic |
|
Julia Doyle, TSLA
Emily Farek, TSLA Graham Perry, Tennessee Historical Commission J. Mark Lowe, FUGA Carol Roberts, Bedford County Archivist |
34th Genealogical Seminar, November 2022 |
Preventive Storage and Care of Textile Collections at Home
Care of Paper Collections and Preventive Conservation Basics Understanding Tennessee Cemetery Law They Drew a Crooked Line and Formed a Border - The Walker's Line Dispute Best Practices of Caring for Family Photographs |
| Melissa Barker, Houston County Archives & Museum | September 2022 | Genealogy Surprises, Discoveries, and Outright Lies: Sorting out the Facts |
| Trent Hanner, Reference Librarian, TSLA | July 2022 | The 1950 Census and Beyond |
| Allen Forkum | May 2022 |
Ink and Blood: Nashville's Fighting Editors (recorded) |
| Chuck Sherrill, State Librarian and Archivist | March 2022 | The Future of History |
| Everyone! | January 2022 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Artifacts” (show and tell program) |
| Tina Beaird | November 2021 (virtual) |
33rd Annual Genealogical Seminar
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| Taneya Koonce, MLS, MPH | September 2021 |
One-Name and One-Place studies (recorded) |
| Chuck Sherrill, Tennessee State Librarian and Archivist | July 2021 | Introduction to Research at the New Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Tennessee State Library and Archives staff | May 2021 | Tour of the new Tennessee State Library and Archives building |
| Everyone! | January 2021 (virtual) |
“Ancestors, Antiques, and Artifacts” (show and tell program) |
| Elizabeth Shown
Mills Zachary Keith David Dowell Chuck Sherrill |
November 2020 (virtual) |
32nd Annual Genealogical Seminar - Online
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| cancelled | March, May, July, September 2020 | |
| everyone! | January 2020 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Artifacts” (show and tell program) |
| Dick Eastman | November 2019 |
31st Annual Genealogical Seminar
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| Paul R. White | September 2019 | Using Wills and Probates in Genealogy Research |
| Veronica Sales, TSLA | July 2019 | Using Church Records in Genealogy Research |
| Ken Fieth, Metro-Davidson County Archivist | May 2019 | The Giers Glass Plate Negative Collection at the Metro Archives, 1890-1905 |
| Taneya Koonce,
MLS, MPH Zachary Keith and Sara Baxter Jim Lewis, Ranger, Stones River National Battlefield |
March 2019 |
Genealogy in the Round: What's New at FamilySearch? TSLA's Map Collections Solders and Sailors Database, and Stones River NB holdings |
| January 2019 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Artifacts” (show and tell program) | |
| David Dowell, Martha Gerdeman, Taneya Koonce, Melissa Barker | November 2018 |
30th Annual Genealogical Seminar
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| Albert Bender | September 2018 | Tracing Native American Ancestry |
| Carol Roberts and Stewart Southard, TSLA Conversation Dept. | August 2018 workshop | Conservation of Documents workshop |
| Ken Fieth, Metro-Davidson County Archivist | July 2018 | Tour of Nashville Public Library's Nashville Room, Civil Rights Room, and the Metro Archives |
| Melissa Barker | May 2018 | Loose Records in an Archive: What Are They? |
| Dr. Mark Cheathem | March 2018 | Andrew Jackson's Kinship Networks |
| January 2018 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Heirloom Artifacts” (show and tell program) | |
| Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL | November 2017 |
29th Annual Genealogical Seminar
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| various MTGS experts | September 2017 | "Genealogy in the Round" - A
Roadshow/Roundtable meeting
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| Dr. Derek Frisby, PhD | July 2017 | Middle Tennesseans in the Mexican War and Repatriating those Killed in Action at the 1846 Battle of Monterrey, Mexico |
| Rick Warwick, Williamson County Historian | May 2017 MTGS 30th Anniversary |
Notable Books on Williamson County |
| Carol Roberts, Conservation Manager, Tennessee State Library and Archives | March 2017 | Caring for and Using Photographs in Family Research |
| January 2017 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Heirloom Artifacts” (show and tell program) | |
|
Gordon Belt Chuck Sherrill Allison Griffey Jim Long |
November 2016 Annual Seminar |
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| Trent Hanner, Senior Research Librarian, Tennessee State Library and Archives | September 2016 | Finding Your Out-of-State Ancestor at the Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Taneya Koonce, MLS, MPH | July 2016 | Maximizing the Use of Online Collaborative Family Trees for Your Personal Research |
| Dr. Judith Morgan | May 2016 | My Name Was Elmwood: Following Clues to Build a Family History - The Berry "Connection" to Multiple Middle Tennessee Counties |
| Dr. David Dowell | March 2016 | Can DNA Breach My Brick Wall? |
| January 2016 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Heirloom Artifacts” (show and tell program) | |
|
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG, FUGA |
November 2015 Annual Seminar | Strategies and Understanding: Tracking Elusive Ancestors |
| Gordon T. Belt | September 2015 | The Melungeons |
| Paul R. White | August 2015 | Learning the Legal Avenues of Genealogy |
| Dorothy Williams Potter | July 2015 workshop | Tracing Your Ancestor on the Early Southern Frontier |
| Drew Mahan, Archivist | July 2015 | Metro Nashville Archives Tour |
| Allen Forkum, Editor, Nashville Retrospect | May 2015 | The origins of the Nashville Retrospect and reflections on some of the stories covered thus far. |
| Trent Hanner, Senior Research Librarian, Tennessee State Library and Archives | March 2015 | Getting the Most out of On-Line Genealogy Resources |
| January 2015 | “Ancestors, Antiques, and Heirloom Artifacts” (show and tell program) | |
| Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA | November 2014 Annual Seminar | Transportation, Education and Government Programs: Records for My Family Story: - The WPA Era: What It Created for Genealogists - The Three Rs: Reading, 'Riting and Research in School Records - Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking - Controlling Chaos: Organizing your Genealogical Materials |
| Tennessee Ancestry Library Event | September 2014 | All-day genealogy event at the Nashville Sheraton, co-hosted by Ancestry and TSLA |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | August 2014 workshop | A Death in the Family (estate records) |
| Rick Warwick | July 2014 | Williamson County: The Civil War As Seen Through the Female Experience |
| Myers Brown | May 2014 | Loyal Cavaliers: Images of Tennessee's Union Cavalrymen |
| Joe Spann | March 2014 | Albion's Seed: A Deeper Understanding of our English Colonial Ancestors |
| Dr. David Dowell | January 2014 | Genetic Genealogy |
| Chuck Sherrill,
TSLA State Librarian and Archivist Darla Brock, TSLA Manuscript Archivist J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA Jim Long |
November 2013 Annual Seminar | "Good News About Old News: Civil War Newspaper Research in the Digital Age" "The Taxman came, then changed his mind: Direct Federal Taxes and the Rebate Ledgers" "Help Me Please? Government Claims and Other Unusual Requests" "Footsteps of the Fourteenth, or Look Everywhere - Then Look Everywhere Else: A Case Study" |
| Bob Duncan | September 2013 | Flatboats to Natchez |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | August 2013 workshop | Spending the Day with Perry Mason, Ben Matlock and Tennessee Court Records |
| Lynda Massey | July 2013 | Finding Your Ancestors Through 19th-Century Photography |
| Monte Arnold | May 2013 | Telling your story through photographs |
| Darla Brock | March 2013 | Genealogical Research in the Union Provost Marshal Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives |
| Paul Clements | January 2013 | Chronicles of the Cumberland Settlements |
| Rick and Pam (Boyer) Sayre | November 2012 Annual Seminar | Discovering Our Ancestors: Maps and Newspapers |
| Tom Kanon | September 2012 | Tennesseans and the War of 1812 |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | August 2012 workshop | Discovering the Records of Tennessee, Kentucky & Whiskey Stills |
| Carol Roberts | July 2012 | Agricultural Records at TSLA |
| Dr. Wayne Moore | May 2012 | Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee |
| C. William McKee | March 2012 | The Nashville City Cemetery: A Resource for Genealogists |
| January 2012 | Tennessee Authors' Day | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL,
FNGS, FASG and FUGA J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA Charles A. Sherrill |
November 2011 Annual Seminar | Problem Solving in the
Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry Inheritance Laws and Estate Settlements in the Carolinas The Late Unpleasantness: Research in Civil War records created after 1865 |
| Jim Taulman | September 2011 | How to Share Your Work by Self-publishing |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | August 2011 Workshop | Land Platting Workshop |
| Karel Lea Biggs | July 2011 | Shortages and Substitutions on the Confederate Home Front |
| Paul R. White | May 2011 | Awards and Winners Program |
| Carol Roberts | March 2011 | Solving Mysteries using County Records and Loose Case Files |
| January 2011 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FNGS, FASG and FUGA | November 2010 Annual Seminar | Working Smarter: Sources & Strategies for Finding Your Family’s Past |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | September 2010 | Farm House, Meeting House, Court House: Breathing Life into Your Family’s Story |
| Paul R. White | August 2010 Workshop | Developing Personalities and Finding Obscure Records in Genealogical Research |
| Gail Jackson Miller | July 2010 | The Harpe Brothers |
| George Zepp | March 2010 | Hidden History of Nashville |
| January 2010 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Charles A. Sherrill J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA |
November 2009 Annual Seminar | Is Ancestry.com Worth It?: Fee and
Free Web Sites for Genealogical Research Here Comes the Bride, and There She Goes Early River Towns |
| Mark Strength | September 2009 | “Bonny Kate,” aka Mrs. John Sevier |
| J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA | May 2009 | Awards and Winners program |
| Irene Griffey, Doug Drake, Jack Masters and Paul Clements | March 2009 | Pioneer Land Grants, Traces, Roads and Pioneer Stations in the Central Valley of the Cumberland River |
| January 2009 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Craig Roberts Scott, CG | November 2008 Annual Seminar | Searching for Your Military Ancestors |
| Charles A. Sherrill | September 2008 | Using Original Court Records: A Hands-On Workshop |
| Amber Barfield | July 2008 | Restoration and Preservation of Manuscripts and Documents |
| George Zepp | May 2008 | Awards and Winners program; Nashville history |
| Dan S. Allen | March 2008 | Cemetery Law and Conservation |
| January 2008 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Shirley Wilson, CG Marie Martin Murphy J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA |
November 2007 Annual Seminar | Understanding State and Public Land
Records There’s Gold in Them Thar’ Deed Books Land Platting Workshop |
| Christine Young | September 2007 | Artifacts for Future Generations |
| Lorna D. Morton | August 2007 Workshop | Native American and Cherokee Genealogy |
| Martha Gerdeman | July 2007 | Non-Population Schedules of the U. S. Federal Census |
| Walter Durham | May 2007 | Historical review of the state and current historical activities; MTGS 20th Anniversary celebration |
| Amber Barfield | March 2007 | Identifying and Dating Old Photographs |
| January 2007 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Dr. John Philip Colletta | November 2006 Annual Seminar | Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors and Telling Their Stories |
| Richard Saunders | September 2006 | Conducting Genealogical Research in West Tennessee & Southwest Kentucky |
| Charles A. Sherrill | July 2006 | On Solid Ground: Finding Ancestors in Tennessee Land Records |
| Bob Duncan | May 2006 | Flatboating in Tennessee |
| Dr. Carole Stanford Bucy | March 2006 | "A Historian Becomes A Genealogist: Putting a Face and Feelings on Facts" |
| January 2006 | Family History Show and Tell | |
| Dr. Carole Stanford Bucy Shirley Wilson, CG Tom Kanon Charles A. Sherrill |
November 2005 Annual Seminar | Fitting Your Family History into
the Story of Tennessee and the United States Climbing That Brick Wall The Draper Papers: Their Historical and Genealogical Value Advanced Internet Genealogy |
| Richard Saunders | September 2005 | Genealogical Research in West Tennessee and Southwestern Kentucky |
| Linda Bamickel | July 2005 | Putting Your Ancestors in Context |
| NGS Conference in the States | June 2005 | |
| Marsha Mullin & Elizabeth Kellar | May 2005 | Hermitage Heritage: Behind the Big House |
| Bill Sumners | March 2005 | Southern Baptist Genealogical Resources |
| January 2005 | Members Show and Tell | |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | November 2004 Annual Seminar | Genealogical Research in the South |
| Elizabeth Queener | September 2004 | Friersons Rediscovered & Reunited: Black & White |
| J. Mark Lowe | July 2004 | Kinfolk in Kentucky, Ties in Tennessee |
| Tom Kanon | May 2004 | Tennesseans at War, 1812-1815 |
| Julia Otey Lee | March 2004 | Blacks in Blue and Gray |
| January 2004 | Members Show and Tell | |
| Hank Jones | November 2003 Annual Seminar | When The Sources Are Wrong Tracing the Origins of Early 18th-century German Palatine Emigrants Family Tradition: How to Separate Fact From Fiction How Psychic Roots Became An Unsolved Mystery |
| Kevin W. Matthews | September 2003 | Finding Your Civil War Ancestors |
| Walter Durham | July 2003 | Middle Tenn. Families Reach Out: Goin' West! |
| Margaret Vaughan | May 2003 | New Genealogical Treasures at the Linebaugh Library |
| Tom and Liz Allman | March 2003 | Family History Centers: Doorway to a World of Data |
| January 2003 | Genealogical Tales and Treasures, an open forum | |
| Dr. Calvin Dickinson, Shirley Wilson, David S. Ewing, Dr. Bobby L Lovett, Martha Stewart Geyer, Charles Sherrill, Sara J. Harwell | November 2002 Annual Seminar | 12 great topics! |
| Dr. Carole Bucy | September 2002 | Marble Cities & Middle Tennessee Genealogical Gems |
| Dr. Brian Trainor and Fintan Mullan |
May 2002 Workshop | Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors |
| Fletch Coke | March 2002 | Davidson County, Tennessee Cemetery Survey Projects |
| January 2002 | Show and Tell | |
| Shirley Wilson, Martha Geyer, Fran Schell, Chuck Sherrill, J. Mark Lowe, Pat Hastings, Julia Lee, Amber Barfield, Sue Smith | November 2001 Annual Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Irene M. Griffey | September 2001 | Earliest Tennessee Land Records and Earliest Tennessee Land History |
| Joe White | July 2001 | Huguenot Ancestry & History |
| Ken Fieth | May 2001 | Tour of new Green Hills Archives |
| T. Vance Little | March 2001 | Williamson County Genealogist and Historian |
| Fletch Coke | January 2001 | Davidson County, Tennessee Cemetery Survey Project |
| Martha Stewart Geyer, Shirley Wilson, Patricia Gilliam Hastings, Dorothy Williams Potter, Julia Otey Lee, David & Frances Osborn Robb | November 2000 Annual Seminar | Many great topics! |
| January 2000 | Show and Tell | |
| November 1999 Annual Seminar | Beginning, Advanced, Enrichment genealogical tracks | |
| Dr. Richard P. Gildrie | March 1999 | Guerrilla Warfare in the Lower Cumberland, 1862-1865 |
| January 1999 | Show and Tell | |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | November 1998 Annual Seminar | migration, legal terminology, church records, and “Bridging the Atlantic” |
| Dr. Edwin S. Gleaves | September 1998 | The 1998 Summit (local archives development) |
| Deborah McConnel | July 1998 | Tracking Tennesseans in World War I |
| Dr. Wayne C. Moore | May 1998 | Using State and Business Records in Genealogy |
| Jane Gray Buchanan | March 1998 | Adventures of a 20th Century Sleuth on a Meandering Trail to 17th Century England |
| January 1998 | Show and Tell | |
| Desmond Walls Allen | November 1997 Annual Seminar | Creative Problem Solving for Genealogists |
| Carol Roberts | September 1997 | Preserving Your Family Papers |
| Frances Robb | July 1997 | Learning From Old Photographs |
| Nick Fielder | May 1997 | An Archaeological View of Cemeteries MTGS 10th Anniversary Party |
| Charles A. Sherrill | March 1997 | Southern Claims Commission, a New Civil War Research Tool |
| January 1997 | Show and Tell | |
| George K. Schweitzer | November 1996 Annual Seminar | Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War Genealogy |
| September 1996 | Open House at the Nashville Metro Archives | |
| Ron Lee | July 1996 | Genealogy on the Internet- The Basics |
| Steve Rogers | May 1996 | Family Cemeteries: Their Legal Issues and Preservation Threats |
| NGS Conference in the States | May 1996 | Traveling Historic Trails |
| David Sowell | March 1996 | Sabin Photographic Collection, TSLA |
| January 1996 | Show and Tell | |
| Marilyn Miller Morton | November 1995 Annual Seminar | British, Irish, and German
Immigration into the East Coast and the South The Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania and the South The Indians in Tennessee, North Carolina, and North Georgia Quakers, Huguenots, Moravians, and Catholics in the South |
| September 1995 | A Preview of Coming Attractions:
1996 - Nashville National Genealogical Society Conference in the States |
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| Ken Fieth | July 1995 | The Metro Archives |
| Steve Cotham | May 1995 | Using Knoxville's McClung Historical Collection |
| Susan Adamson | March 1995 | Photo Preservation and Display |
| January 1995 | Show and Tell | |
| Elizabeth Shown Mills | November 1994 Annual Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Dr. James Johnson | September 1994 | Shelby County Records and The Memphis Public Library Collection |
| Ann Alley | May 1994 | What's New in Archives and Manuscripts at the State Library |
| Rebecca Bain | March 1994 | Oral History and Interviewing Techniques |
| Helen F. M. Leary | November 1993 Annual Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Shirley B. Wilson | September 1993 | County Research— Don't Let That Courthouse Intimidate You |
| Jeanne Ridgway Bigger | May 1993 | Loose Paper Projects are on Fire in Tennessee |
| Paul Clements | March 1993 | An Eccentric Local Historian's Discovery of Genealogy |
| John Vogt | November 1992 Annual Seminar | Tips, Tricks and Traps of Virginia Genealogical Research |
| Dorothy W. Potter | September 1992 | Regulation of Travel and Settlement Across Early Tennessee |
| Marylin Bell Hughes | July 1992 | Recent Additions to the Manuscript Collection |
| Emma Wisdom | May 1992 | The Family Reunion--A Step in Genealogy Research |
| Charles Sherrill | March 1992 | Tennessee Court Records in Genealogy |
| Jo White Linn | November 1991 Annual Seminar | Genealogical Problem Solving |
| Marylin Bell
Hughes Wayne Moore |
August 1991 | What Every Genealogist Should Know
about the Tennessee State Library and Archives Land Records and Community History |
| Tim Burgess Byron Sistler |
May 1991 | The History of Burial Markers for
Union and Confederate Soldiers Some Things I Have Learned in 25 Years of Genealogy and Publishing |
| Pat Hastings, Gale Bamman |
Feb. 1991 | Things I Found in the Early Laws
While Looking for Something Else, Early Divorces - - How the Records of Torn Families Help Us Piece Them Together |
| Lloyd Bockstruck | November 1990 Annual Seminar | Immigration into Tennessee Emigration from Tennessee What's in a Name-Onomatology Heraldry Record Keeping in Genealogy |
| Pat Hastings, Cleo Hogan |
August 1990 | Legal Research for Genealogical
Purposes, Legal Terminology for the Genealogist |
| Shirley Wilson, Jim Johnson |
May 1990 | Land Records in the Public Land
States, Genealogical Records in Tennessee |
| Sheila Riley | Feb. 1990 | Victorian Cemetery Art |
| David Lloyd Swift, Mary Glenn Heame, Irene Griffey, Bill Haywood, Don Doyle, James A. Crutchfield, Shirley Wilson, Ed Gleaves, Fletch Coke, Cleo Hogan | November 1989 Annual Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Sharon MacPherson | August 1989 | Reading and Interpreting Old Documents |
| Irene M. Griffey | May 1989 | Early Tennessee Land Records - The Military District |
| Madelon Smith | Feb. 1989 | Colonel Jack Hays |
| Shirley Wilson, Byron Sistler, Jean Bigger, T. Vance Little, Don Doyle, Betty Bridgewater, Irene M. Griffey, Louise Lynch, Yolanda Reid, Frank G. Burns | November 1988 Annual Seminar | Many great topics! |
| Mary Glenn Hearne | August 1988 | Genealogical Treasures in The Nashville Room |
| Virginia Lyle | May 1988 | Davidson County Records (Metro Archives) |
| David McClatchey, William Haywood | Feb. 1988 | Computer Hardware and Software Demonstration |
| Walter Durham, Tim Burgess |
November 1987 | Reluctant Partners -Nashville and
the Union Civil War Research |
| Marilyn Bell Hughes | August 1987 | Lesser Known Facts About the Tennessee State Library & Archives |