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Volume 6, Number 10 October 2008

Inside This Issue
Introduction / 1
News and Calendar / 2
Websites / 10
Archives / 11

Note: the South Texas Researcher is also now available on the San Antonio Public Library’s web site (www.sanantonio.gov/library/) under “News & Events” then “News & Newsletters.” Backfiles will soon be added.

Please remember that the purpose of this newsletter is to keep librarians, historians, archivists, genealogists, archaeologists, and those in other allied fields informed of what is going on that may be helpful in these fields so they may pass this information on to other interested parties in their

locations.

I am willing to include important events or acquisitions from other areas, in some instances, if they may be of particular usefulness to those in our area. News from our neighboring Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila would also be welcome.

Texana/Genealogy Class Schedule

San Antonio Public Library

All classes are on Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Programs are free and held at the San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas, 78205.
E-mail:
To register (so we have enough handouts) or for information please call the Texana/Genealogy Department at (210) 207-2500 (ask for Texana) or E-mail:

There will be no classes in October. This is a change!!!

1 November Introduction to Using the Census

All programming is subject to change — Please call ahead to register and verify dates and times.

Texana/Genealogy Department Internet Classes

There will be no classes in October. This is a change!!!

4 Nov. Beginning Genealogy: the Internet as a Useful Source

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Los Bexarenos Genealogy Society

Meetings are normally held at 9:30 a.m. every first Saturday of the month on the first floor, Main Auditorium, of the San Antonio Public Library, 600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, Texas. Visitors are always welcome to attend. Membership is not required. Speakers at the meetings are people with a passion for history, professional historians, genealogists, archaeologists and researchers.

Meeting Date: October 4, 2008

Speaker: Ward S. Albro

Topic: A celebration of life: The Day of the Dead in Oaxaca

Dr. Ward S. Albro is professor emeritus at Texas A & M

University-Kingsville and currently lectures at UTSA, and Texas A&M-San Antonio. He is the author of Always a Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magon and the Mexican Revolution (1992), the award-winning To Die on Your Feet: The life, Times and Writings of Praxedis G. Guerrero (1996), and The Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos 2007); photographs by Dennis Defibaugh. For the last twenty

years, Dr. Albro has been taking groups for historical-cultural tours in Mexico. In the recent years the Dia de los Muertos has become an increasingly popular observance all over Mexico and the United States as well. In many cases, mixing up the celebration with Halloween, we have strayed far from the meaning of this

essentially indigenous event. This presentation is based on fifteen years of visiting and participating in the Day of the Dead activities with the Zapotec people of the magical southern State of Oaxaca.

Help for the beginning genealogists.
The Society assists individuals in getting started with genealogical research through beginner's workshops. Beginners also receive assistance from the more experienced members of the Society. Currently we are offering assistance by appointment only and on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month between the hours of 10:00am and 2:00pm at the following location:
The San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society

911 Melissa Drive, San Antonio, TX 78213

Contact one of the following individuals by email or phone to schedule an appointment:

Dennis Moreno 210-647-5607

Yolanda Patino 210-434-3530

The Los Bexareños Library at the Casa Navarro Historical Site is now closed due to relocation. The Library will be closed until a new location can be found. We will announce any change in status.

Victoria County Genealogical Seminar

October 4, 2008

The Victoria County Genealogical Society is proud to announce the upcoming seminar on October 4, 2008 in Victoria, Texas. Our featured speaker will be the noted Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG. Ms. Rose has delivered hundreds of lectures in a variety of locations. She was on the faculty of the National Institute of Genealogical Research in Washington, DC and has for many years been an instructor and coordinator for Samford University in their Institute of Historical and Genealogical Research. She has also been interviews on a number of television and radio programs.

An announcement concerning her lecture topics will be released at a later date. Please reserve October 4, 2008 for a most helpful, interesting and informative

seminar.

San Antonio Museum of Art
Chocolate: A Photography Exhibition

September 6, 2008 through January 11, 2009

200 West Jones Ave
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 978-8100
http://www.samuseum.org

Witte Museum

Art for History’s Sake
August 16 through November 30, 2008

Bluebonnets & Beyond:

Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist

19 September through 11 January 2009

La Cultura Trasciende Fronteras:

A Personal Portrait of Tejaons and Mexicanos

20 September through 25 January 1009

Fashions in Art: 1870-1920

11 October through 15 February 2009

3801 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78209

(210) 357-1900

McNay Art Museum

Judith Godwin: Early Abstractions

3 September 2008-4 January 2009

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

3 September 2008-4 January 2009

ArtMatters 13 : Joseph Marioni : Liquid Light

22 October 2008 – 18 January 2009

Prints Gone Wild : John James Audubon

22 October 2008-18 January 2009

6000 North New Braunfels

San Antonio, Texas 78209

(210) 824-5368

http://www.McNayArt.org

Beethoven Männerchor

Where: Beethoven Halle und Garten 422 Pereida Street, San Antonio, Texas

October 3, 4, 10, 11 / Oktoberfest San Antonio 5 p.m. - 12 midnight (Open to the public)

Additional information: 210-222-1521 or http://www.beethovenmaennerchor.com

The Winds and Words of War:

World War I Prints and Posters from the

San Antonio Public Library Collection

September 27 - October 27th 2008

All events are free & open to the public

Exhibition Opening: Thursday, October 2nd,

6-8 p.m., public reception and gallery talk

Downtown Walking Tour: Saturday, October 4th, 10-11a.m. Meet at Central Library Lobby

/ Lecture: “Uncle Sam Wants YOU! James Montgomery Flagg and the Artists of World War I”
Allison Hays Lane, Curator
Monday, October 6th, 7-9 p.m., Central Library auditorium

WWI Film Festival: Central Library auditorium
“All Quiet on the Western Front” - Tuesday, October 7th, 7 p.m.

“Sergeant York” - Tuesday, October 14th, 7 p.m.

Downtown Walking Tour: Saturday, October, 18th, 10-11 a.m., meet at Central Library Gallery

Lecture: “’I had not thought death had undone so many’:

Writers of World War I”

Dr. Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio

Monday, October, 20th, 7-9 p.m., Central Library auditorium

More World War I items on display in

Texana/Genealogy--6th Floor, Central Library

Available upon request for special presentations:

Allison Hays Lane, Curator and Program Coordinator

210.805.9945

Educational Materials for Educators

Teacher Packets & Lesson Plans [High School]

· suggested bibliography

· essay by Prof. Char Miller on San Antonio during World War I era

· map

· timeline of San Antonio in World War I - events & key figures

· lesson plans

· suggested videos

Materials can be sent electronically or picked up from the Central Library

Free of charge

Educational Historical Teaching “Trunks”

[5th grade – Junior High]

Fabricated version of a World War I soldier’s trunk

For more information contact Texana/Genealogy at 210-207-2500 or email

Special thanks to The Tobin Endowment for making this exhibition and educational programming possible

World War I Web Sites

www.firstworldwar.com

Provides overview of the First World War with articles, maps, photographs on the men, battles and weapons.

www.worldwarI.com

History of the war through pictures and words. Also includes a discussion forum and links to over 600 related sites.

www.World War I.lib.edu/index.php/main_page

World War I document Archive

Texts and documents are by year and topic

Also contains photographs, biographical dictionary, and related links

www.teacheroj.com/World War I.htm

Timelines, diaries, documents, World War I images, maps, music, poetry and more