“Early American Migration Routes”
September 9th 7:00pm
Haggard Library, First Floor Meeting Room
2501 Coit Rd.
Plano, Texas
TOPIC: Don Raney will join us for the first program of the season. His program identifies the important overland migration routes used by American pioneers from 1700 until 1815. Maps will be used to describe the routes of these early wagon roads making it possible for the family historian to visualize the roads that his or her ancestors followed as they migrated from one location to another. Starting with the earliest colonial settlements in New England, Virginia and South Carolina. SPEAKER: Don Raney is a 6th generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for over 30 years. He has been a frequent speaker at many genealogical society meeting in East Texas, Houston and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. On the national level, Mr. Raney has presented sessions at GENTECH, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Angelina College Genealogy Conference and the Genealogical Institute of Texas. Hie is a life member of the San Jacinto Descendants and past director of GENTECH and the Dallas Genealogical Society’s Computer Interest Group. Don graduated from SMU with a degree in Civil Engineering and completed a long professional career with Lone Star Gas retiring as Chief Engineer. He is currently teaching Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Genealogy courses at Richland College. His published book, “Martin Varner, Texas Pioneer; 1785-1844” in September 2009, describes the life and adventures of his GGG Grandfather, Martin Varner in Colonial Texas. This promises to be a very informative and entertaining presentation.
LOCATION: Plano Haggard Library First Floor Meeting Room 2501 Coit Rd. Plano, Texas 75075