DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

DGS General Meeting
2023-10-07 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Location Note - this General Meeting will be held on the 8th floor.

Speaker: Gustavo “Gus” Hinojosa, President of HOGAR & DGS Director-At-Large

Topic: My Journey back to Spain via My Sephardic Roots

“The presentation will talk about the “Alhambra Decree” issued on March 31,1492 by the Spanish Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand & Isabella, which required Jews to convert to Catholicism or be expelled from Spain. In 2015 the Spanish Congress passed a resolution, “Sephardic Ancestry Law”, which allowed descendants of those Jews forced to convert, or those who were expelled, to apply for Spanish citizenship. This is my story of deciding to apply, the process involved, and my ultimate citizenship – I’m almost there.”

View Gus’s Family Tree

Join the meeting via Zoom anytime after 10:30 am (US Central Time).

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DPL: Scanning Saturday with Vivid-Pix
2023-10-07 13:00 - 16:00
In-person Only

After the DGS general meeting on October 7, join library staff and Vivid-Pix CEO Rick Voight for a Scanning Saturday! No registration required.

Do you have photos that you need to scan and memories that you need to record? Reminisce and reconnect with your family treasures by getting hands-on experience with the library’s new Vivid-Pix memory station – a place to scan, restore and record your family’s memories.

This event is part of Family Matters – a national community outreach program brought to you by Vivid-Pix and the National Genealogical Society.

The mobile Memory Station is part of the Creative Spaces : Heritage Lab – a place to digitize irreplaceable family memories and create new ways to celebrate them. This genealogy initiative is generously supported by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library and the General Levi Casey Chapter, NSDAR.
