Category: eNews Articles

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

This summer DGS participated in a North Texas Giving Day campaign to benefit Dallas Public Library patrons.

Dallas Public Library Receives Dallas Genealogical Society’s Fall 2022 Book Donations

The Genealogy & History Division of the Dallas Public Library was pleased to receive over $1,600 worth of new books from DGS for our genealogy collection.

2023 Writing Contest: Families on the Move – how they got from here to there (or there to here)

For the DGS 2023 Writing Contest, we’d like to hear how your family got from here to there, or there to here.

Out of the Attic: Travis Middle School Bands – A Winter Concert, December 15, 1992

School records from the past can be a challenge to find. However, if you have a student currently enrolled, the school’s website can provide a wealth of information about the student’s academic experience.

William Lafayette Cannon: A Man Changed by War

My great-great-great-great grandfather, William Lafayette Cannon, was of Scottish descent.

Battles, Military and Domestic: The Garrison–Husband Family

Among the early settlers of Union County, Iowa was a family of our ancestors who had a difficult life.

Crawford, Frazer & Company of Atlanta and of Auburn

Robert A. Crawford claimed Virginia in 1811 for his birth but even today no documentation clearly identifies him before he married.

Atlanta’s First Woman Detective had a Secret Past

In 1909, the national media reported another first for women. The Atlanta Georgia Police Commission had approved an official detective’s license for Hattie Barnett.

Out of the Attic: Elizabeth Weddle Rainwater’s hand-knitted gloves

“Grandma was a tireless quilter and knitter,” said Betty Jo. “Everyone eventually received a pair of Elizabeth Jane’s knitted fingerless gloves.”

Wreaths Across America: Oakland Cemetery Dallas, Texas

The Oakland Cemetery Lot Association (OCLA) and the Jane Douglas DAR chapter are participating in the Wreaths Across America on December 17, 2022.