Events

Bringing Your Ancestor to Life (Virtual Meeting)

Online Meeting Dallas, TX, United States

The Williamson County Genealogical Society presents Dr. Deborah Abbott, past president of the African-American Genealogical Society in Cleveland.

DPL at Home: Reconstructing Communities Using Genealogical Resources (Virtual Meeting)

Online Meeting Dallas, TX, United States

Recreating communities can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. Dallas Public Library Genealogy Specialist Ari Wilkins will demonstrate ways to combine data from census records, Sanborn maps and city directories to create a robust social history of your ancestor's past.

DPL at Home: Elusive Genealogical Collections on FamilySearch.org (Virtual Meeting)

Online Meeting Dallas, TX, United States

FamilySearch.org is the largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world. Most people use it to search genealogical records by the name of their deceased ancestors. But did you know that only 20% of FamilySearch's records are indexed? Learn how to locate unindexed records, online books and more to find the missing branches of your family tree

DPL at Home: Plotting (Historic) Death in Dallas

Online Meeting Dallas, TX, United States

The Dallas Death Map Project, a joint project involving UTA Special Collections and Research Data Services, was created out of a need for a comprehensive resource of deaths that occurred in Dallas. UTA Special Collections Archivist Priscilla Escobedo will demonstrate features of the interactive map, explain how the data is compiled, researched and verified, and how the map can be used for YOUR genealogy research.