This virtual event includes TxSGS Live! on Friday and Saturday, plus an On-Demand program of pre-recorded sessions available for up to 90 days

Join Thomas MacEntee presenting "Creating an Ancestor Sketch."

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Have you hit a brick wall finding your family tree? Are you just starting the search for ancestors and don’t know how to start? Do you just want a refresher on family history research?

Cedar Hill society volunteers can help!

This program will share successful research tips to help you make the most of Fold3, including how to browse collections, refine and customize search results, and even add your own stories and photos to honor those who served.

Potluck lunch and Show and Tell story time. Please bring your family memorabilia and share their story along with something for the Potluck.

Professional genealogist Katy Bodenhorn, B.A. in Family History & Genealogy and former director at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, will equip researchers without Spanish fluency with practical tools to decode the wealth of information in Spanish-language records.

Join to watch a Mark Lowe recording of his talk "Let There Be Light: Using Church Related Periodicals" available as a TxSGS Partner Society Webinar.

Join Roberto Zuniga, AICP as he presents "¡Viva Monterrey! Your Next Great Escape!"

Patti Gillespie presents "Taking a Genealogy Trip – Ready, Set, Let’s Go!"

Join Emily Villafranco as she covers "Genealogy Resources at the Traphene Hickman Library."

J. Mark Lowe presents "Let There Be Light: Using Church Related Periodicals for family research."

Join Bernard Meisner as he presents "Techniques and Strategies for More Effective Online Searching."

Laurel Neuman presents "Texas General Land Office – Exciting New Records Available!"

Join Nicka Sewell-Smith (remote) as she presents "Beginning African-American Genealogy research."

This will be a virtual ONLY meeting due to early voting at the library. This meeting will feature a Zoom webinar with Genealogist, Thomas MacEntee.

Daniel Horowitz presents "MyHeritage Unique Technologies for Researching Your Family."

In the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary, this book club explores history through both fiction and non-fiction that challenge familiar narratives and invite fresh perspectives on the American past. Each selection encourages readers to look beyond the textbook version of history and consider the people, choices, and hidden stories that shaped the nation. March Selection: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Genealogy wiz Linda Debe, the Sleepless Genealogist, shows how to turn your family history into a rich, interactive visual adventure. Instead of just reading about where your ancestors lived, worked, and wandered, you’ll learn to plot their stories across time and place using Google My Maps—making discoveries easier to spot and family history more exciting than ever. Let the map-making magic begin!

Hannah Kubacak presents "Creating Custom Genealogy Maps with Google."