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Genealogical & Family History Records, Resources & Activities for Dallas, Dallas County and North Texas

Records

Our collection features information about Dallas County Cemeteries, Local Funeral Homes and Early Court, Land, Marriage, Probate, & Tax records.

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Publications

Our members have created many publications throughout our history. We have also indexed and digitized every Newsletter and Journal we have created since 1955.

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Videos

Our meetings feature presentations from knowledgeable speakers. Recordings of many of these outstanding presentations are available to the public.

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Meetings

We offer three seminars each year. Our monthly Special Interest Group and General Meetings are open to the public. Most are hybrid (in-person and virtual).  

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Latest Blog Posts

Somos Tejas – We Are Texas

We Are Texas. This was the theme for the 44th annual Texas Hispanic Genealogy and History Conference hosted by Dallas branch of HOGAR.

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Meet our newest officer: Sue Gover-Lee

Meet our new General Meeting Administrator

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My Surprising Lineage (or How DNA and traditional genealogy combined to solve an NPE mystery)

Initially, the DNA test results were what I expected, but one day I received a phone call that changed everything I thought I knew.

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Additional Bylaw Changes

The Board of Directors is recommending one the elimination of the Director of Publication Content position.

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Interest Groups 

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Our Mission

Education

To educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy.

Dallas Public Library

To assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas or to its legal successor.

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Preservation

To collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.