About

About Us

Texas Genealogical College
[TGC] was founded in 2015 by Lynn Forney Young and Judge Edward F Butler, Sr., as a non-commercial organization dedicated to serving the Texas genealogical and heritage society communities. TGC provides a forum for genealogical, lineage, heritage, and heraldic societies to collaborate and conduct society meetings.

Purpose
Texas Genealogical College's purpose is to serve as a conduit for each member hereditary organizitaton to spread the word about the qualifications for membership, in each, and their respective events and activities. Additionally, TGC holds an annual educational seminar and awards banquet honoring prominent members of the Texas genealogical community.

Texas Genealogical College was formed for the following reasons:

To promote and support genealogical education through the development and improvement of genealogical skills and competencies of Texas Genealogical College members through virtual semiars, and
To promote and support the Lynn Forney Youngs Scholarship, and
To promote and support the Texas Genalogical Hall of Fame to recognize men and women for their outstanding leadership and exceptional genealogical work, and
To publish a periodic directory of members, and
To promote and support an informational website; i.e., www.texasgenealogical college.org, and
To promote and support interaction amoung our members through social media

Past Presidents:
2022-2023 - Janisue Rigel (Current)
2021-2022 - Tom Jackson
2020-2021 - Robert M. Clark
2019-2020 - Barbara McCormick Petrov
2018-2019 - Marcy Carter-Lovick
2017-2018 - Pamela Rouse Wright
2016-2017 - Lynn Forney Young