What Meetings and Events Does Clayton Library Friends Hold?

Clayton Library Friends (CLF) lists two recurring meeting types on its site—a Board Meeting and a General Meeting—plus partner events when scheduled, and it posts past presentations on its YouTube channel. The specific dates below come from the site's events listing and should be confirmed on the site before you travel or log in, since listings change.

The two CLF meeting types

The key practical difference is format. The Board Meeting is listed with a single location, while the General Meeting is explicitly hybrid, so members who can't attend in person can join online. If you plan to attend the General Meeting remotely, check the site for the Zoom access details, which aren't included in the events summary itself.

Partner events

The site also has a section for partner events, which currently shows no upcoming events. This section is worth checking periodically rather than assuming it stays empty—it's where events run by CLF's partner societies would appear.

Who the partner societies are

CLF lists a long roster of partner genealogical and historical societies, which helps explain the kind of events that may appear under partner listings:

• The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
• The Bay Area Genealogical Society
• The Baytown Historical Preservation Association
• Galveston County Genealogical Society
• German-Texan Heritage Society
• The Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society
• Hispanic Genealogical Society of Houston
• The Houston Genealogical Forum
• Houston History Alliance
• The Humble Area Genealogical Society
• League City Historical Society
• The Matagorda County Genealogical Society
• Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society

Catching up on past presentations

If you miss a meeting, CLF notes that it now has a YouTube channel where past presentations are posted, and it invites viewers to subscribe for notifications of new videos. This is the most direct way to see what a General Meeting presentation is like before deciding to attend one.

Before you go

• Confirm the date and time on the CLF events page, since the listing above reflects what the site showed at the time of writing.
• For the hybrid General Meeting, look for the Zoom link or joining instructions on the site; the events summary names the format but not the access details.
• The in-person venue is the Clayton / Garwood Meeting Room at the Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus, 5300 Caroline Street, Houston, Texas 77004.