June 13-18, 2021
We will focus on the growing continent after the establishment of the United States and how families were affected throughout the South and beyond. Records will include transportation, industrial and business, family Bibles, deeds, land surveys, land plats, manuscripts, church records, government documents, and more.
Faculty
- J. Mark Lowe, Coordinator
- Deborah A. Abbott, PhD
- Terri E. Flack
- Sharon Batiste Gillins
- John Sellers
Course Schedule (all times are Central Daylight Time) **
** Detailed Course Instructions and Schedule will be provided in the TIGR Student Materials sent to all registrants.
| Time (CDT) Sunday, June 13, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Welcome to TIGR 2021 | TIGR 2021 Coordinators, Faculty and Staff |
| Time (CDT) Monday, June 14, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Introductions | J. Mark Lowe |
| See COURSE INSTRUCTIONS for Schedule Details ** | Early Tracks and Trails | J. Mark Lowe |
| Early Southern Manuscripts | J. Mark Lowe | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| Flatboats, Ferries, Steamboats & Canals | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Panic of 1819 | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Southern Church Records I | J. Mark Lowe | |
| 7:00 pm – Joint Session | GLO Overview | Kevin Klaus |
| Time (CDT) Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Homework Review | J. Mark Lowe |
| See COURSE INSTRUCTIONS for Schedule Details ** | Locating Family Bibles | J. Mark Lowe |
| Tracking Migration and Movement Using Military Records | Terri E. Flack | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| Railroads and Stage Routes | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Southern Church Records 2 | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Reconstruction Era Records | Sharon Batiste Gillins | |
| 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm | “Happy Hour” with discussion and Q&A with instructors |
| Time (CDT) Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Homework Review | |
| See COURSE INSTRUCTIONS for Schedule Details ** | Criminal Courts | John Sellers |
| Civil Courts | John Sellers | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| Appellate Cases | John Sellers | |
| 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Locating General Business Records | J. Mark Lowe |
| Locating Industrial Schedules and Records | J. Mark Lowe | |
| 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm | “Happy Hour” with discussion and Q&A with instructors |
| Time (CDT) Thursday, June 17, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Homework Review | |
| See COURSE INSTRUCTIONS for Schedule Details ** | Mapping, Atlases, and Finding Paths | J. Mark Lowe |
| Fractured Relationships: Divorce and Missing People | J. Mark Lowe | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| Lumber and Banking Business with Jesse H. Jones | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Papers of the Robertson Colony – Texas Association – Nashville Association – Peters Colony | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Finding Manuscripts and Special Collections | Deborah A. Abbott | |
| 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm | “Happy Hour” with discussion and Q&A with instructors |
| Time (CDT) Friday, June 18, 2021 | Topic | Instructor |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Homework Review | |
| See COURSE INSTRUCTIONS for Schedule Details ** | Basic Metes and Bounds | J. Mark Lowe |
| Land Surveys and Boundaries | J. Mark Lowe | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| Basic Land Platting | J. Mark Lowe | |
| Tying It All Together | J. Mark Lowe | |
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