1992-09 | Volume 16, Number 7, Issue 143 (September)

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Title: Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter

Created: September 1992

Editor: Linda Shaddock Rogers

Articles:

CONTENTS

• 1992 Summer Lecture Series Exceeds Expectations - Sammie Townsend Lee
• DGS September Regular Meeting
• About the DGS
• DGS Fall Symposium - All You Could Ask For - and More!
  • Beginners Workshop - Renee Jackson Smith
  • Symposium Sessions
    • Sharron Standler Ashton
      • Intruders in the Indian Territory
      • Identifying American Indian Ancestors: Census Records and Alternate Sources Prior to 1879
    • Barbara Roberts Bayless
      • A Little Bit Detective - A Little Bit Psychologist
    • Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
      • What Every Intermediate Genealogist Should Know!
      • Onomatology: The Study of Names and How They Affect Your Research
      • All the News That's Fit to Print - and Some That's Not: Newspaper Research
      • The Federal Land Records: Methods to Find Your Ancestors
    • Joy Dickson
      • Adoption Search: Using Genealogy to Find Birth Relatives
    • Roy Gooldy
      • Cemetery Research Need Not Lead to a Dead End
      • Getting Places on Your Genealogical Trips
    • Patricia Law Hatcher
      • Look Again - What Did You Miss?
      • Evaluating Evidence: A Methodology for Every Day
    • Dorislee Riley Hoffpauer
      • Homestead Claims and How to Use Them
    • Sammie Townsend Lee
      • Planning for Effective Courthouse Research
      • The Dallas Public Library Part I: How to Use the Genealogy Section
    • Helen Mason Lu
      • Maps Essential for Research
      • Beginning at a Dogwood Sapling... Locating Land by Metes and Bounds
    • Patrick McKenna
      • The Dallas Public Library Part II: The Collection of the Genealogy Section
    • Ronald E. Marcello
      • Oral History and Family History: How To Do It
    • Kelvin L. Meyers
      • Did Your Ancestor Make A Claim through Congress? The Digested Summary of Private Claims
    • Margaret Hancock Pearce
      • Shakerism: Tis a Gift to Be Simple
    • Gordon L. Remington
      • Locating Church Records in America
      • Printed Passenger Lists: Trouble Below Deck
      • Quaker Records for Genealogists
    • John A. Sellers
      • Dusty Books and Must Rooms: Courthouse Research is Fun!
      • Unusual Records Uncovered in the Public's Musty, Dusty Attics
    • Jeanne J. Tabb
      • Heraldry for Americans
    • Mary-Reid Warner
      • Developing Your Research Skills
    • Computer Sessions:
      • Why Get a Computer for Genealogy - Art Rubeck
      • Overview of On-Line (Dialup) Services - James M. Rash
      • A Systematic Approach to Selecting Computer Hardware and Software - Jeri J. Steele
      • The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Indexing with WordPerfect - Patricial Law Hatcher & John Wylie
      • Upgrading Your Computer - Art Rubeck, Jeri J. Steele & John Wylie
      • Printed Reports of the Major Lineage Linked Database Programs - William B. Dow, Jr.
      • Answers to Your Computer Questions - William B. Dow, Jr., Art Rubeck & John Wylie
      • CD-ROM Resources at Family History Centers - Dennis W. Falk
• New Family Group Sheets
• Dallas Genealogy Society Questionnaire
• Membership Report (915 Members)
• Guide to Resources in the Genealogy Section of the Dallas Public Library - Linda Shaddock Rogers
• Dallas County, Texas: Genealogical Data from Early Cemeteries, Vol. III
• DGS Members Instruct Beginners Classes
• Revolutionary War Period Bible, Family & Marriage Records, Volume 13
• Queries: Murry, Murray, Robinson, Granberry, Webb, Goodrich, Mayes, Mays, Warden, Bullock, Morton, Sewell, Louis, Schaefer, Schafer, Thrasher, Cox, White, Curtis, Hughes, Parker, Johnson, Snider, Snyder, Schneider, Tanner, Ormand, Izell, Carpenter, Yeary, Gleason, Orr
• 1992 - 1993 Genealogy Calendar
• Bylaws Revision Notice

Publisher: Dallas Genealogical Society

Format: Paper; Number of Pages: 14; Height (Inches): 11; Width (Inches): 8.5; Binding Type: Stapled;

Language: English

Rights Holder: Copyright – Dallas Genealogical Society