Events

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Thatcher Freund, a journalist and memoir writer, will talk about the importance of stories in our lives both to ourselves and to the work we do in researching our family histories, and why it matters so much that we preserve them.

Annual Awards Luncheon

7th Floor - O'Hara Hall - J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Read about past award recipients and nominate somebody you think is deserving on our Awards page. Registration for this event is required.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

Our educational presentation, "1890 Census Substitutes: Bridging the Gap", will be made by Bill Buckner from the Waco-McLennan County Library.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

The presentation, Black Courage, will be made by Bill Covington, and covers African-Americans serving on both sides of the Revolutionary War.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Our own Jim Thornhill will be discussing what motivated our ancestors to come to America, how travel developed in the United States, focusing on the south, and how we can use that information to identify our ancestors’ migration patterns.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Please note: We're meeting the second Saturday in April. Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Our speaker will be Lynell Moss speaking on FamilySearch Family Tree:  Your Tree, My Tree, OUR Tree.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Our speaker is Patti Gillespie who will be speaking on Proving Long-Lost Family the Indirect Way. Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Our speaker will be Betsy Mills on the subject of Dating, Preserving, and Sharing Old Photos.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us for Greg Boyd's presentation on the mapping tools available at HistoryGeo.com. Hospitality and mingling starts at 10:30am. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Stephanie Bennett will be covering the genealogical resources at the Dallas Public Library.

Annual Awards Luncheon

7th Floor - O'Hara Hall - J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us for the 2018 DGS Annual Awards Luncheon to honor those who have contributed to the genealogical community in the past year. Admission is Free to any DGS member and $15.00 for non-members and guests.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Bernard N. Meisner, Ph.D. will be speaking on the subject of "State and Territorial Censuses – Underused Genealogical Tools." Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. We will be hearing from our own Ari Wilkins on the subject of "Incorporating Oral History into Your Research."

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Tony Hanson will be speaking on the timely topic, “How to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.”

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. Because of other events at the library, parking may be at a premium.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling.  The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.  Our annual officer election is held at this meeting and we need a quorum, so your attendance is very important.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling.  Our own David Passman will be speaking. His topic is "From Minsk to Manhattan: Using Maps to Retrace an Ancestor’s Journey."

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Tui Snider will be covering spooky symbols in the cemetery. Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Kelvin Meyers will be discussing the early suffrage movement in Dallas. Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling.  The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.