A presentation by Bernard N. Meisner Learn how to import search results from Web sites into spreadsheets, use the spreadsheet’s built-in tools to format and manipulate the data, and process them to investigate possible group migrations and determine family relationships.  Also learn how to sort dates of the form 10 May 1869, and overcome Excel’s…
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Presenter: Ari Wilkins, Dallas Public Library Recreating communities can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. This presentation will demonstrate ways to combine data from census records, Sanborn maps, and city directories.

Presenter: Nancy Maxwell

Recreating neighborhoods can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. Join us as Ari Wilkins – genealogist, teacher, researcher and specialist in African American research – explains how to use these often overlooked collections of historical information to build a more complete picture of your ancestor’s life. Join the Mesquite Historical…
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Presented by Larry McCarty The process and techniques used for researching any ethnic group’s family history are much the same. You will, however, find challenges and roadblocks that are more common when researching African American Ancestry. Mr McCarty will present tips, tools, guidelines to overcome these challenges. He will use them to demonstrate the success…
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Join us in making history as we embark on the first-ever 24-hour genealogy webinar marathon, where you will learn how to trace your ancestors from the world's top genealogists and educators. From advanced Googling to DNA, from The Great Lakes to Australia and Germany, there's something for everyone... in every time zone. And thanks to…
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Jim Schwartz Annual Lecture Series

Learn about the historic cemeteries in the 600 block of West Arkansas. This area includes storied family cemeteries as well as the only cemetery where African Americans could be buried in Arlington before the 1950s. Don’t miss this chance to learn an important, and sometimes neglected, part of Arlington’s history. Meet us at 600 West…
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Join HOGAR de Dallas for a special Hispanic genealogy study group focused on stimulating interest in Hispanic genealogy, assisting in the research of Hispanic lineages and promoting an understanding of Hispanic heritage within the community. This study group is free and open to all.

Learn basic genealogy research strategies and library databases, plus get help with your personal research from a librarian or expert volunteer. No registration is required. Will be in Arlington Public Library Downtown, 3rd floor Genealogy and Local History room.

You are invited to the first Virtual Zoom HOGAR Quarterly Business Meeting.

DPL at Home: Author Talk with Libby Copeland - Exploring DNA Testing and Family Ancestry