In honor of Veterans Day, RL Canady explores the World War II service and post-war lives of four African-Americans Dallasites.
In the ongoing era of COVID-19, Barbara Ware looks back to an earlier pandemic, the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, and its first victim in Dallas.
How 50+ years of African American funeral home records were turned into a remarkable genealogical family history collection by the work of the African American Genealogy Interest Group (AAGIG)
An overview of the McGowan Funeral Home Collection, and the kinds of information you may find in its records
A law intended to protect the property rights of married women may preserve fascinating genealogical clues about your female ancestors and relations
The 2018 Awards Banquet was held on December 8, 2018 in O’Hara Hall at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
This year’s event, which had 59 attendees, was dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bockstruck.
Tony was awarded the 2017 Heritage Preservation Award for his accomplishments in regard to preserving and making accessible publications of the DGS.
The 2017 Awards Banquet was held on December 9, 2017 in O’Hara Hall at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
The 2016 Awards Lunch was great fun. Watch the presentations in this video (34:34).
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has made several collections of historical photographs available to the public:
