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May Chapter Meeting

May Chapter Meeting
Extend Your Direct Maternal Lineage:Take an mtDNA Test
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 6:00 p.m.Millwood Branch, Austin Public Library12500 Amherst Drive, Austin
*Note earlier time and new location*
This meeting is hybrid:We will meet in-person and via zoom.The session is pre-recorded.REGISTER HERE
The maternal line on most people’s trees is often the shortest. Learn why and how a Mitochondrial test may help you extend your pedigree.
REGISTER HERE
 
The maternal line on most people’s trees is often the shortest. Learn why and how a Mitochondrial test may help you extend your pedigree.

Mic Barnette
About the Speaker: Mic Barnette has been actively engaged in genealogy since the age of 12.  He has written numerous articles which have appeared in national, state and local magazines, newsletters and quarterlies. From 1994 to 2004, he penned a widely read award-winning historical-genealogical column in
Houston’s leading newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. Mic has been a library associate in the Genealogy Department of the Dallas Public Library since 2006.Since the 1980’s he has conducted professional genealogical research, taught genealogical classes, and lectured on genealogical topics at national, regional, state, and local events.As a webmaster, Mic administers several websites including one containing many of his past columns and the Great Galveston Storm website where he is attempting to identify the 5,000 to 10,000 people who lost their lives in the 1900 Galveston Storm. He is also the Family Tree DNA administrator and website webmaster for the Barnett, Barney, Finch Surname Projects as well as the Charles County, Maryland, and Dallas Genealogical Society DNA Projects.Mic is in the process of identifying Free People of Color in Texas. Prior to the Civil War, African Americans who served with the Confederacy from Texas and a Company History of Co D 3rd Tennessee Cavalry organized in Red River County, Texas.
Mic is a member of the Sons of the Republic of TexasSons of the Confederate VeteransSons of the American Revolution and is an Admiral in the Texas Navy.
REGISTER HEREThe meeting will be at the Millwood Branch of the Austin Public Libraryat 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 May

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May Chapter Meeting