Denton County Genealogical Society

Name: Denton County Genealogical Society
Start: 2025-03-13T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Emily Fowler Library

Schedule

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Emily Fowler Library | Denton, TX

Why did my ancestors leave their homes? What did they experience traveling to where they settled?

Jim Thornhill will answer these questions and more in “Migrations Through the South,” to be presented at the Denton County Genealogical Society meeting, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Attendees will gather at the Emily Fowler Central Library meeting room, 502 Oakland St., Denton. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m., with a brief business meeting followed by the presentation at 7:00 p.m. Visitors are welcome.
Thornhill will cover what motivated our ancestors to come to America, what they found when they got here, and how travel developed in the United States, with a focus on the south. He’ll also cover how researchers can use that information to identify the path their ancestors might have taken to get to where we live today.
Jim Thornhill has been researching his family’s history for 20 years —five of those as a professional genealogist. Jim is chief researcher for Heroes of the Past, a company that seeks to delight clients, provide context in our ancestor’s lives, and show how we all have Heroes in our Pasts.
Jim is a graduate of the ProGen professional genealogy course, the Genealogy Proof course, Texas Institute of Genealogical Research, the Trans-Mississippi South course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, and countless webinars and local and virtual genealogy presentations. Jim is an active member in the Association for Professional Genealogists, the Texas State Genealogical Society, and the Rockwall County Genealogical Society.
Jim is a native Texan whose third great-grandfather arrived in Jasper County in 1850. He has lived in the Dallas area his entire life. Both his and his wife’s families came to Texas in the same ways he talks about in his presentation.