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2025 Fall LLI Class – Researching ancestors in Texas (1820s – recent)
September 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - October 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
#4 Genealogy – Researching ancestors in Texas (1820s – recent)
10:00—Noon Mondays, Starts Sept. 15 – Oct. 20 (6 weeks!)
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Rm. B-18/19, 8134 Mesa Drive (78759)
Fall 2025 registration begins August 13, 2025 at noon
Register via Austin LLI’s website, https://www.lliaustin.org/courses
(REGISTER THAT DAY as these classes sell out!)
The goal of the class will be to conduct genealogy research for Texas ancestors using national, state, county, and local resources as well as Ancestry and FamilySearch.
A brief history of Texas and a timeline with the influx of immigrants will be reviewed. We will search for vital records (birth, marriage, death, and burial), military service, education and occupation, passenger lists and passports, land grants and tax lists, censuses and directories, legal records (wills, probates, court records), and more. We will learn how to use AI for historical context and historic maps with land grant notations.
This class will be on Monday mornings for six weeks and includes instructions and handouts. Laptops can be used if desired but are not required. A one-time fee of $5 is requested for printing materials.
Creuzbaur, R., De Cordova, J. & Atwood, J. M. (1853) J. De Cordova’s map of the state of Texas. [United States: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582404/