Category: eNews Articles

Native American Heritage Month Research Ideas

As this month highlights Native American ancestry, I became interested in many and varied resources I could find.

Google is your friend

According to Wikipedia, Google.com is the most visited website in the world. In this article, Jim provides three tips to enable you to do more effective searches and craft your search to get more specific results.

Private Voices, Civil War Letters Online

I was listening to a rebroadcast of an NPR Way With Words podcast recently. The hosts mentioned the website Private Voices by linguists Michael Ellis and the late Michael Montgomery and historian Stephen Berry.

And the survey said…

One encouraging message is that we are continuing to provide you the content that enables you to learn from and enjoy our seminars.

Teresa Devine

The Importance of Continuing Education for Professional Genealogists

Genealogy is experiencing an evolution. Many of us began our family history journeys before online research and DNA testing existed.

Exploring ConferenceKeeper.org

It’s a no brainer that you will put the DGS annual seminars in your genealogy educational event calendar first; but how do you find out about other worthwhile conferences you would like to attend?

Restoration Effort Underway at Warren Ferris Cemetery

The Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery are restoring the neglected landscape of this historic cemetery.

Forgotten Community of Cemento Grande

Around 1918, the Southwestern States Portland Cement Company donated land to be used for a cemetery by its Hispanic employees.

Dallas County Records Held in the Dallas Public Library – 7th-Floor, Dallas History and Archives Division

The Genealogy Section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is one of the top genealogical libraries in the United States.

German Genealogy Group Forming

We’re starting a new SIG for German Genealogy. The group will be free to the general public and will likely meet 5-6 times a year.