Research Road Trips: Productive for You, Fun for Family In-Person / Online
Uncover your family’s past while creating memorable experiences for all ages. Learn how to prepare for research trips to libraries, courthouses, archives, and other repositories, and explore ways to turn both completed and ongoing research into family road trips that engage and inspire your loved ones.
Speaker: Jessica Horne Collins, President, Clayton Library Friends
This session is part of the daylong Genealogy Day at Clayton Library. The program is offered in a hybrid format, attend either online or in person at the Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus.
Registration is required.
- Date:
- Friday, October 17, 2025
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 6:20pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room - Susan Clayton Garwood
- Campus:
- Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus
- Age Group:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Genealogy Day History Research Centers Spotlight Events
Please join us for the 2025 Annual Genealogy Day! It's a full day of speakers, research help, information about local resources, and door prizes. Doors open at 8:30 AM. Register online now to attend virtually or in person. This event is free and open to the public!
Genealogy Day Schedule:
9:00 am – 10:20 am - The Stories of Our Lives: Beginning Your Family History
Curt Witcher, Director of Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library
10:30 am – 11:20 am - All in the Family: Using Collateral Research to Build Your Family Tree
Sandra Crowley, Director of Development for the Texas State Genealogical Society
11:30 am – 12:20 am - Following a Civil Case Through Documents Filed in Court
J. Mark Lowe, FUGA, Ky-Tn Research Associates Researcher
12:20 pm - 1:20pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm - Resources for New Orleans Area Genealogical Research
Stephen Stuart, President of the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans
2:30pm - 3:20 pm - From Names to Narratives: A Simple Guide to Writing
Hannah Kubacak, Librarian from the Waco-McLennan County Library’s Genealogy Center
3:30 pm – 4:20 pm - Family Trees Get Smart: AI as Your Genealogy Assistant
Sherri Taggart Ahmadzadeh, Chief Genealogist at Family Tree Tracer, LLC
4:30pm - 5:20 pm - Jakten - Researching Your Scandinavian Ancestors
Carl Smith, Manager of the Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus
5:30 pm - 6:20 pm - Research Road Trips: Productive for You, Fun for Family
Jessica Horne Collins, President of the Clayton Library Friends
This program is provided by the Genealogy Network of Texas (GNT), co-sponsors include the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library, the Central Texas Genealogical Society, and the Texas State Genealogical Society.