Speaker: Cari A. Taplin, CG Topic: Analysis techniques including examples of timelines and tables Creating a timeline Creating tables Case study examples demonstrating timelines and tables In person and via Zoom! Cari holds the…
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Speaker: Stephanie Bennett, Unit Manager, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Genealogy & History Topic: Celebrate our Veterans – Research Military Records with Fold.3 Program Description: Successful research tips to understand the…
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Join Tony Hanson discussing "Why Finding Atlantic Shipping Records is Challenging" at the Lakewood Branch of the Dallas Public Library!
Join Patti Gillespie discussing "Forgotten Treasures in the Texas Courthouse: Discovering the Miscellaneous Records."
Join Ari Wilkins discussing "Black and White Southern Families in Southern Plantation Records."
Join Jacob Mangum on a guided tour of the Portal Texas History Collection.
Join Christopher D. Bryant discussing "How Traditional Genealogy Meets DNA to Solve Stubborn Brick Walls."
This meeting will highlight those who have contributed to the genealogical community. The awards include Award of Merit, Heritage Preservation Award, Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award and Volunteer of the Year.
Join us over Zoom or in person for our first meeting of the year featuring Sue Kaufman.
Join us as Gustavo “Gus” Hinojosa, President of HOGAR and Director-At-Large of DGS discusses Hispanic Heritage.
Join Retired Captain Catherine “Kay” Bauer US Navy discuss "Skies over Vietnam - Oral History Project."
Special Meeting Location! Our December meeting will be held at the Dallas Public Library White Rock Hills Branch! Join us over Zoom or in person for our monthly meeting as Kevin Klaus discusses Genealogy Research at the Texas General Land Office.
We are meeting on the 7th floor to hear Jen Baldwin discuss "Pledging Brotherhood: An Introduction to Fraternal, Benevolent, and Secret Societies."
We are meeting on the 7th floor!
Join us for LaDonna Garner presenting "Surfing for African American Records."
Join us over Zoom or in person on the 7th floor! Ari Wilkins will present "Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: Exploring City Directories, Telephone Books and Criss-Cross Directories."
Join DGS Seminar Administrator Barbara Coakley Presenting Searching vs. Research. Searching is just one step in the research process. A case study based on a family story from Chicago in the 1920s demonstrates the research process from beginning to end - how to develop a research goal, plan the research, document results, and preserve your findings.
We are meeting on the 7th floor!
Join Beri Kaplan Schwitzer discussing the History of the Jewish Community in Dallas.
Join us for our first meeting of the new year as Chris Bryant takes us "Back to Basics: A Deeper Look Into Genealogical Resources."
Join us as Kim Richardson helps you "Turn Your Brick Wall into a Yellow Brick Road."
Join us as Janice Lovelace presents "Lunacy and Asylums: Mental Health in the 19th Century."
Was an ancestor committed to an asylum? Was someone enumerated as ‘lunatic, imbecile or incompetent” on a census? Who was committed and why? Are there records you can access? Learn about mental health treatment in the 1800s.
