Annual Family Month Celebration 2022
by Stephanie Bennett, Dallas Public Library
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 21, 2022! The Dallas Public Library and Dallas Genealogical Society are pleased to bring back our annual in-person Family History Month Celebration on the 8th floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Join us for all day live streamed programs brought to you by the Genealogy Network of Texas – a state-wide initiative to connect libraries/genealogical societies and provide educational and research opportunities. Volunteers and library staff will provide free research and DNA help as well as tours of our top ten genealogy collection and our state-of-art Heritage Lab, available for family history digitization. Parking is free in our underground parking garage on Wood Street, and event attendees will be able to enter the building prior to 10 a.m. to get seated.
Here is the Dallas schedule of live streamed programs:
- 10 – 11 a.m. – Deciphering Handwriting in Genealogical Records – Joseph B. Everett, MLS, AG, Family & Local History Librarian (BYU Library)
- 11:10 – 12 p.m. – Improve, Expand, and Enrich your Family Tree – With Tax Records – Doug Waggoner, Family Historian
- 12:10 – 1:20 p.m. – Building and Researching Your Family Tree – Bill Buckner and Hannah Kubacak, Genealogy Center (Waco-McLennan County Library)
- 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Choosing Genealogy Services & Software – Tony Hanson, Family Historian
- 2:40 – 3:30 p.m. – Citing Sources Without Stressing Out – Amy Johnson Crow, MLS, founder and lead educator at Generations Connection, host of Generations Café podcast
- 3:40 – 4:55 p.m. – How to Approach and Solve Brick Wall Problems with DNA – Sara Allen, Senior Librarian, Allen County Public Library, Genealogy Center
- 5 – 5:50 p.m. – United States Migration Patterns: Why They Left, Where They Went, and the Stories They Left Behind – LeAnne McCamey, professional genealogist, publisher, author, and owner of American Genealogical Research Services
Can’t join the big event in-person? Make sure to register for our online session and watch with us from home.
The Genealogy Network of Texas is spearheaded by the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library. Co-sponsors include the Central Texas Genealogical Society, Denton Public Library, The Genealogy Center and the Texas State Genealogical Society.
