Join us at Grapevine Public Library on Saturday, July 10 at 10:30 for a fascinating talk by professional genealogist Kelvin Meyers about those “black sheep” ancestors!

Every family has them, skeletons in the closet—those things that are not talked about in front of the children, and when they are talked about then only in whispers and euphemisms. How do you access the records of prisons, asylums and courts to find the truth behind the story? In this lecture these questions and many others may be answered.

Register now at https://grapevine.libcal.com/event/7969380

A fifth generation Texan and professional forensic genealogist since 1996, Kelvin Meyers is a frequent speaker to genealogical societies and family associations throughout the United States. He specializes in southern brick wall problems for clients.

Kelvin is a 1989 and 1990 alumnus of the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University and has returned to IGHR as lecturer in the Southern Course and the Professional Courses.

He is member of the Association of Professional Genealogist forensic special interest group and a past board member of APG, a past President of the Lone Star Chapter of APG, and a former member for the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG). He currently serves as the chairman of the history and archives committee of First United Methodist Church in Dallas.

The Dallas Genealogical Society awarded Kelvin the Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award in December of 2018. In 2016 Kelvin published Research in Texas for NGS (National Genealogical Society) Research in the States series. Kelvin is also the director of the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) sponsored by the Texas State Genealogical Society.