Unlock Your Past with TxSGS

Registration is open! Join us, and Unlock Your Past at the virtual 2022 TxSGS Family History Conference! On Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, TxSGS Live! features ten presentations by some of the top speakers in genealogy on research techniques, records, DNA, and more.

That’s not all! These lectures will be recorded and combined with 32 additional prerecorded lectures from some of your favorite speakers plus well-known presenters from across Texas and the U.S. Even though you won’t be able to see them in person, you will be able to access their lectures online through February 6, 2023.

What will take your genealogy research to the next level? The 2022 TxSGS Family History Conference, Unlock Your Past, seeks to help you discover the tools needed to answer your genealogy questions. Featuring 24 speakers presenting 42 topics, the TxSGS Family History Conference promises opportunities for learning in a variety of areas, or tracks: DNA; ethnic research including African American, Hispanic, and German; methodology and problem solving; records and repositories; and skill building.

TxSGS Live! – 10 top speakers with live Q&A

• Deborah A. Abbott, PhD – Strategies and Techniques: Reconstructing an African American Family from Freedom to Slavery
• Debra Dudek – Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Bartending, Saloon Keeping, and Tavern Keeping Ancestors
• Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS – Taking a Deeper Dive into Mexican Civil Registration Records
• Jean Wilcox Hibben – Genealogy Door Locked? The Key May Be in Searching/Browsing Techniques
• Kevin Klaus – Pre-emption Grants: A Bonanza for Early Texas Settlers and Genealogists
• J. Mark Lowe, FUGA – Missing People: Fractured Relationships, Divorce & Murder
• Bernard Meisner – Beyond the Big Four – (Mostly) Free Resources for Genealogical Research
• Diane L. Richard – Death Records by a Different Name
• Renate Yarborough Sanders – We Were Supposed to be NEALS: Reuniting Family with DNA
• Lori Thornton – Righting Your Wrongs through Writing