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Break Through Those Brick Walls
Sunday, August 5, 1:00 p.m.
Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney
Do you have a Brick Wall you just can’t seem to break through? The North Collin County Genealogical Society is here to assist you! Whether it’s a Brick Wall, you’re new to Genealogy and don’t know how to get started or just interested in meeting others with a similar interest, come to the Library's Genealogy Area. You don’t have to have ancestors from Collin County or even Texas to take advantage of this opportunity! This assistance is FREE!
The City of McKinney and the McKinney Public Library System are not in any manner connected with this meeting, and neither the City of McKinney nor the Library endorses any position expressed by the groups sponsoring this event.
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Ancestry Library Edition
Thursday, August 9, 6:45 p.m.
Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney, TX 75069
The North Collin County Genealogical Society will host Susan Kusterbeck, Genealogy Librarian for the McKinney Public Library. Susan will demonstrate how to navigate Ancestry Library Edition to help find your ancestors. Learn tips and tricks for finding information from passenger lists, censuses, vital records and more. You don’t have to be a member of the Society or have ancestors from Collin County or even Texas to take advantage of this FREE program!
The City of McKinney and the McKinney Public Library System are not in any manner connected with this meeting, and neither the City of McKinney nor the Library endorses any position expressed by the groups sponsoring this event.
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Hispanic Family Search
Saturday, September 1, 10:30 a.m.
Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library 101 East Hunt Street, McKinney, TX 75069
Learn the historical links that connect all Hispanics with ancestors from Mexico. A family historian with 30 years experience will present basic methods and techniques to help guide beginners with their Hispanic research. This event is FREE and open to all.
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1913 McKinney Store Collapse
by Carol O'Keefe Wilson
A powerful vibration, a deafening noise and a swell of thick dust brought residents of McKinney pouring into the public square on the afternoon of January 23, 1913. What they saw was horrifying--an entire building had collapsed, demolishing two popular retailers, the Cheeves Mississippi Store and Tingle Implement Store. Their contents, including many shoppers and clerks, spilled out into the streets, where layer upon layer of debris settled into a massive, ragged pile. In spite of a herculean rescue effort, eight people perished. Carol Wilson sifts through the disaster and its aftermath, dredging up some troubling facts about how the tragedy might have been prevented.
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