Category: Dallas Public Library

Upcoming programs at the Dallas Public Library

While Dallas Public Library staff is eager to get back to “normal times,” we are excited to continue our bi-weekly online genealogy programs into Fall 2021.

New Books Gifted to the Dallas Public Library

Start your new to-do list! Generous DGS members funded an end-of-year holiday gift of three books to the Genealogy division in the Dallas Central Library.

Celebrate the holidays with a gift to the Dallas Public Library

DGS usually holds its annual awards meeting and holiday lunch on the second weekend of December in competition with the Dallas Marathon. The DGS Board had already decided to reschedule…
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Dedication of the Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Genealogy Collection

Celebrate the legacy of Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck at the Dallas Public Library in a ceremony dedicating the Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Genealogy Collection

Celebrate Family History Month with the us

Join us at the Dallas Public Library for a celebration of Family History Month on Friday, October 18, 2019.

FHL Microfilms Housed at DPL

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City no longer loans its microfilm collection to Family History Centers.

The Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Scholarship Awardee for 2019

On December 8, 2018, the Dallas Genealogical Society announced several donations to the Genealogy Section of the J Erik Jonsson Central Library at their annual Awards Luncheon.

DGS gift inspires additional donation to Dallas Public Library

Upon learning of the Dallas Genealogical Society’s donation of 157 Hispanic genealogy books for the Dallas Public Library’s Genealogy collection, the Rios Family has been inspired to match this gift.

Honor Your Ancestors

As part of that celebration, we sponsored a program to honor our ancestors by donating books to the Dallas Public Library, Genealogy Section. Here are the results.