CLF Donated Duplicate Booksale - 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month

Looking for research books to add to your personal collection? Visit the Clayton Library Friends donated duplicate booksale and tour the historic William Clayton home located on the Family History Research Center library property. No appointment needed! Hours are 11:00am - 3:00pm on Scanning Saturdays.

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research Presents -  

Scanning Saturdays and Booksale

Scanning: Bring your old photos, slides or documents to scan to the Family History Research Center to preserve your family memories! Things to bring include your photos, slides or documents and a flash or thumb drive to save your images to. Volunteers will be available to help get you oriented to the scanners.

Appointments are scheduled at 10:30am; 12:00pm; 1:30pm or 3:00pm every third Saturday of the month. Please call 832-393-2600 to reserve your spot!

There is limited restoration software available during your appointment time. A quick tutorial and more information about the software installed Restore by Vivid-Pix can be found HERE

Booksale: Looking for research books to add to your personal collection? Visit the Clayton Library Friends donated duplicate booksale and tour the historic William Clayton home located on the Family History Research Center library property. No appointment needed! Hours are 11:00am - 3:00pm on Scanning Saturdays.

Register here: Please call 832-393-2600 to reserve your spot!

This event is offered by Houston Public Library - Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research. Please direct questions to cla.reference@houstontx.gov or 832-393-2600.

Inside Clayton - Presented by Clayton Library Friends

Inside Clayton is a Clayton Library centric program to introduce both members and non-members to the Family History Research Center (FHRC) at the Clayton Library Campus, its collections, books and resources for genealogical research.

This hybrid meeting is open to the public. It will begin with a presentation for both Zoom and library attendees. Followed by a hands-on practice for in-person attendees.

Topic: Using Family Tree Maker (FTM) Software Inside Clayton

In this session Mark Olsen, FTM Ambassador will provide introductory level information on the software and how to use it in the library with its available database resources.

In-Person attendees should bring their laptops (with FTM software installed) and a USB drive.

Mark Olsen is the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to historical and genealogical societies around the world working to support their members as they use Family Tree Maker. Mark is a graduate of Brigham Young University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Family History with a Spanish records emphasis. He has been working in the genealogy industry since 2007 and has been the Family Tree Maker Ambassador since 2016.

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In-person attendance registration is not required for this meeting. Simply arrive by the scheduled time. 

FTM provided Zoom link for use day of event: click here.

Handout: pending

Quarterly meeting of the Clayton Library Friends Executive Board.

Clayton Library Friends November General Meeting

This general meeting will be a hybrid meeting – held both online via Zoom and in-person at Clayton’s Garwood Meeting Room – and requires registration.

The meeting will consist of a brief business meeting followed by our guest speaker.  *** Registration opens November 1, 2025 ***

Program Title:  How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case

Become a genealogical detective in this vital session. You’ll learn to track ancestors like a criminal cold case detective, sniffing out holes in your research and getting missing information on the record with cutting edge technology.

Lisa Louise Cooke is CEO of Genealogy Gems, a genealogy education company featuring The Genealogy Gems Podcast, available in all popular podcast services, and the Genealogy Gems app. She’s the author of 4 books and she has published hundreds of videos at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel. She also produces The Family Tree Magazine Podcast, regularly writes for the magazine, and teaches for Family Tree University. Learn more about Lisa here.

Registration is required for either Zoom or in-person attendance. You do not need to be a member to attend the meeting.

*** Registration begins November 1, 2025 ***

To Register:
Click to register for Online Attendance, or

Click to register for In-Person Attendance

Handout:  none

Inside Clayton - Presented by Clayton Library Friends

Inside Clayton is a Clayton Library centric program to introduce both members and non-members to the Family History Research Center (FHRC) at the Clayton Library Campus, its collections, books and resources for genealogical research.

This hybrid meeting is open to the public. It will begin with a presentation for both Zoom and library attendees. Followed by a hands-on practice for in-person attendees.

Topic: Handwriting Help: Reading Early Colonial American Handwriting

Do you shake your head in frustration that they aren't teaching cursive in schools anymore? Fear not, for the Clayton Genealogy department is here to help provide handwriting help to all - including you!

Join us for a special presentation with Clayton Library Manager, Carl Smith, that covers the history of Colonial American Handwriting and provides resources to help you unlock the information from handwritten historical documents.

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In-person attendance registration is not required for this meeting. Simply arrive by the scheduled time. 

Online registration is required to receive the Zoom link for the instructional portion of this event (approx. 20-30 minutes).

Online Zoom registration click here.