2007-01 | Volume 32, Number 1, Issue 272 (January)

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Title: Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter

Created: January 2007

Editor: Deborah McVean

• Inside This Issue

Articles:

CONTENTS

• DGS installs 2007 Board of Directors
• President's Column: Building our future by discovering our past
• Happenings around DPL's 8th floor volunteer desk
• Welcome to our new members
• 2007 DGS Society Programs
• General meetings
  • January - Tresa Tatyrek - Harvesting the Internet for Research Strategies
  • February - Lloyd Bockstruck - Finding the Law of Your Ancestors' Lives
  • April - Lynne Darrouzet - How to Locate Your Hard-to-Find Ancestors - Using Indirect Evidence in Your Research
• DGS Special Interest Groups
  • Family Tree Maker (FTM) (2)
  • Internet for Genealogists (IGIG) (2)
  • Computer interest group (CIG)
  • Advanced Methodology Research Group (AMRG) (2)
  • North Texas TMG (The Master Genealogist)
  • Digital Preservation SIG
  • Germanic Research Group (GRG)
  • African-American Genealogy Interest Group (AAGIG) (2)
  • MacGen Reunion Group (MGRG)
  • DNA Interest Group (DNA)
  • Writing Interest Group (WIG)
  • North Texas TMG (The Master Genealogist)
  • Digital Preservation SIG
  • Speakers Roundtable (SRT)
• GRG Seminar: A little bit of German
• Beginners Education Sessions
• 2007 Dates and Topics
  • January – Bill Deal – Getting Started
  • February – Sharon Gayle – Learning from Your Family
  • March – Tresa Tatyrek – Technology and the Genealogist
  • April – Sharon Gayle – Check It Out Before Your Boldly Go – Finding Published Works on Your Family
  • May – Elizabeth Kutz – Gathering the Basic Facts
  • June – Happi McQuirk – Using the Census to Find the Trail
  • July – Deborah McVean – Working in Your Locality
  • August – Don Rainey – Finding the Family Farm – Land Records
  • September – Glenn Kinkade – Selling the Estate – Probate
  • October – Joining Up – Military and Veteran’s Records
  • November – Bill Deal – Continuing Your Research
  • December - Awards Banquet
• The Master Genealogist (TMG) Software Workshop, Dallas Public library
• UT Arlington for Spring, 2007
• Brookhaven College for Spring 2007
• DGS Annual Awards
  • Volunteer of the Year: Sharon A. Henry
  • Award of Merit: Elizabeth Deihl
  • Heritage Preservation Award: Marge Stockton and Ann Williams
  • The Library Award of Excellence: Joann & George Smith and Shirley Hawn
• Dallas Genealogical Society 2006 Biennial Writing Awards Presentations
  • Division I: Family history
    • Rosemary M. Schoolfield: Elliott Pioneers: From Whence We Came: Volume 2: The Children and Grandchildren of James Middleton Elliott and Sarah Elizabeth Clardy
    • Honorable Mention
      • Temple Pouncey: Descendants of Anthony Pouncey
      • Melvin E. Brewer: Waggoner and Related Families of Middle Tennessee
      • John M. Price: The Tennants of Monongalia, Vol. II
      • Hallie Price Garner: Arkansas Travelers II
  • Division II: Articles or books of historical or genealogical interest
    • John and Barb Wylie: 125 Years in the Heart of the City: First United Methodist Church, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1880-2005
  • Division III: Family stories, memories, or character sketches
    • Anna Rose Barry: Growing Up in Colorado: The Early Years
    • Honorable Mention
      • Hyatt-Cheek, Jr.: Reminiscences of Hyatt Cheek, Sr.
      • Jacqueline Frank Strickland: Two German Surnames and Fourteen Different Spellings
      • Frances Quigley: Success Researching Newsbank Online
      • Marge Stockton: Sara Jane Kelly: mystery and enigma
      • David B. Dibrell: Henry Eustice McCullouch
      • Richard Titley: The English Connection Janet Khashab: Abuela Josefa Castano and the Family Tree
      • Mary L. Pickens: Prairie Sloopers
  • Division IV: Book of compiled material: church, court, census, cemetery–abstracted from original records
    • Terri B. O'Neill: John Moore. Esq. {1745-1828) of New York City: His Writings and Memoranda
• Annual Reports–January through December 2006
  • President Jerri Steele
  • Executive VP, Fundraising, Elizabeth Kutz
  • VP, Education, Janet Branstetter
  • VP, Membership, Sharon Henry
  • VP/Editor, The Dallas Journal, Marge Stockton
  • VP/Editor, DGS Newsletter, Happi McQuirk
  • Treasurer, Paul Rimmer
  • Recording Secretary, Deborah McVean
  • Director of Sales, Pat and Jim Stone
  • Director of Publications, Robert Tidwell
  • Director of Publicity (vacant)
  • Director, Volunteer Coordinator, Susan Holman
  • Director, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Tresa Tatyrek for John Wylie
• Lloyd's Lineage Lines
• New addition to Tennessee State Archives
• New acquisitions in genealogy by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
• Regional and National Events
  • Mid-Cities Genealogical Society
  • Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
  • Lancaster Genealogical Society
  • Collin County Genealogical Society
  • Denton County Genealogical Society
  • HOGAR de DALLAS
  • Fort Worth Genealogical Society
  • Ellis County Genealogical Society
  • Nordic Clubs of Waco and the Waco-McLennan County Library
  • Texas Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Regional Contacts
  • Arlington Genealogical Society
  • Collin County Genealogical Society
  • Dallas Historical Society
  • Denton County Genealogical Society
  • Duncanville Genealogical Society
  • East Texas Genealogical Society
  • Ellis County Genealogical Society
  • Fort Worth Genealogical Society
  • Genealogy Friends of Plano Library
  • Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
  • Greater Dallas Chapter of the DAR
  • HOGAR de Dallas
  • Irving Genealogical Society
  • Lamar County Genealogical Society
  • Lancaster Genealogical Society
  • Mesquite Historical and Genealogical Society
  • Mid-Cities Genealogical Society
  • North Collin County Genealogical Society
  • North Texas PC Users Group
  • Pecan Plantation Genealogical Group
  • Peters Colony Chapter of the DAR
  • Texins Genealogy Club
  • The Thomas J. Rusk Chapter, Sons of the Republic of Texas
  • Tri-County/Roots Seekers Genealogical Society
• General information
• DGS Calendar of Events

Publisher: Dallas Genealogical Society

Format: Paper; Number of Pages: 20; Height (Inches): 11; Width (Inches): 8.5; Binding Type: Stapled;

Language: English

Rights Holder: Copyright – Dallas Genealogical Society