June 13-18, 2010

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Lecturer: Courses 3, 8


A popular speaker to many genealogical societies and family associations throughout Texas and Oklahoma, Kelvin brings a great knowledge of social sciences, history, genealogy and some "P I" techniques to his work. His experience includes eighteen years as a professional genealogist and twenty-eight years as an avid researcher-historian.

A graduate of Texas Tech University, Kelvin was a staff member of the Dallas Public Library Genealogy section for ten years. He attended the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research of Samford University, studying Advanced Methodology and Library Research. Currently, he contracts with attorneys, the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Services, and heir-searching companies as a forensic genealogist, locating missing or unknown heirs to estates or oil and gas royalties In January 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the History and Archives Committee for First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas.

He has published three books on his native Crosby County, including "Early Records of Crosby County Land District, West Texas 1880-1915," a compilation of early census, marriage and church records. He was the co-compiler of Crosby County Cemetery Records, published through the Crosby County Historical Commission.