Summer Seminar

The Legacy of Forced Removal: Finding Formerly Enslaved & Indigenous Kin

July 27 , 2024

INFOREGISTER

Explore Your Family History With Us

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

Help Wanted!

The DGS is looking for few more volunteers in several key areas.

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DNA Workshop was a success!

78 people registered to participate in our “You Have Your Ancestry.com DNA Results: Now What?” workshop held on June 8th.

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Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Inducted into the National Genealogy Hall of Fame

Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck has been selected by the National Genealogical Society to be inducted into the National Genealogy Hall of Fame.

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Discovering my Great-Grandmother, Elvira Davis Turner

Could the woman in an old picture be Elvira Davis?—A Juneteenth Memory

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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.