Month: October 2021

John Erik Jonsson, namesake of the Dallas Central Public Library

John Erik Jonsson (Erik) was born in Brooklyn, New York on 6 September 1901. He was the only child of Johan Peter Jonsson and Ellen Charlotta Palmqvist.

Genealogical Resources in the Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library

The Genealogy Collection on the 8th floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is world class, but did you know that just one floor below, the Dallas History & Archives Division has many different resources that are also useful in local genealogical research?

New England in the Fall – 2021 Fall Seminar

Our Fall Seminar, Maine to Virginia: Finding Your Colonial Ancestors, featured David Allen Lambert on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

The Bells of Peace

The United States celebrates Veterans Day every year on November 11 to recognize and honor military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces. I

Finding genealogical clues in service pins, medals, and keys

When my grandmother died, Dad gave me her jewelry box and told me to take anything I wanted. What I chose was a jumble of service pins.

Heritage House (formerly the C.P. Schulze Home), Irving, Texas

Towns proliferated wherever railroad tracks were laid in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Irving, Texas was no exception.