Our November Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, November 17 at 2pm to hear our speaker Barbara Coakley, whose topic will be Getting Around the Fire at the Military Records Center: WWI – Corporal John L. Coakley.


About Barbara Coakley

Barbara Coakley’s interest in family history began over thirty years ago when she was given an envelope of family papers. Her journey to discover the stories of her ancestors has taken her to homelands across the US and Europe. Barbara is President of Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries and volunteers for TxSGS and the Dallas Genealogical Society. She is an alumnus of ProGen, IGHR, TIGR, GRIP, SLIG and GenFed. Barbara taught genealogy continuing education classes at Collin College from 2008 to 2021. She does presentations for libraries and genealogical societies throughout the U.S. and U.K.


About the presentation

It is possible to reconstruct service for a WWI soldier whose file was destroyed in the fire at the Military Records Center. Learn about alternative sources available through a case study.