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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-apr2019/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.”
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-mar2019/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.”
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-feb2019/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190105T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-jan2019/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T013537Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Awards Luncheon
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/awards-luncheon/
LOCATION:7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards Lunch,General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181103T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T011844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T184832Z
UID:8934-1541241000-1541248200@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-nov2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T011745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T184953Z
UID:8932-1538821800-1538829000@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-oct2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180908T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T011638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T185011Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-sep2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180505T103000
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-may2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180414T103000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T185318Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-apr2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180303T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180303T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T010512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T173932Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nMigration through the South\nOur own Jim Thornhill will look at 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 the means our ancestors might have used to get to where we live today.\nJim Thornhill\nJim Thornhill has been researching his family’s history for 15 years\, three of those as a professional genealogist. Jim is chief researcher for Heroes of the Past\, a company that seeks to delight clients\, provide context in our ancestor’s lives\, and show how we all have Heroes in our Pasts. \nJim is a graduate of the ProGen professional genealogy course\, the Genealogy Proof course\, and has been awarded the Birdie Monk Holsclaw Scholarship to IGHR in Athens\, Georgia. Jim is an active member in the Association for Professional Genealogists\, the Texas State Genealogical Society\, the Dallas Genealogical Society\, where he serves as IT Administrator\, and the Rockwall County Genealogical Society\, where he serves a Vice President in Charge of Programming.  \nJim is a native Texan who has been living in the Dallas area his entire life\, and has roots in pre-Civil War Texas. Both his and his wife’s family came to Texas in the same ways he will discuss in his presentation.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-mar2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T010359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T185238Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur educational presentation\, Black Courage\, will be made by Bill Covington. \nAfrican-Americans served as soldiers and in other capacities during the course of the American Revolution. Their contributions were vital to the winning of the war for the patriot forces. But\, an equal number of them served in the British forces and fought hard in their service. Both sides had various reasons for recruiting African-American troops and individuals had widely differing reasons for taking up arms in the conflict. \nBill Covington \nBill Covington is a public school teacher by profession having spent 28 years in the classroom where he has taught Social Studies and English as a Second Language (ESL). He has taught in Dallas ISD as well as Waxahachie ISD. Currently\, he is an instructor of Dual Credit US History\, World History and Government/Economics at Waxahachie Global High School in Waxahachie\, Texas. He is also an adjunct instructor of Western Civilization\, US History\, Texas History and World History at Navarro College\, also located in Waxahachie\, Texas. He is married to June Renee Jacobsen Covington and they both reside in Cedar Hill\, Texas. They have three grown children and two grandchildren. \nBill was the TXDAR State Winner of the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of US History Award. \nUniformed as a Continental soldier of the Congressional cause of the late war period\, Bill will display\, explain and demonstrate the clothing\, weapons and accoutrements with which the common soldier fought against the troops of the British Empire. Through his presentations to groups all across Texas and outside the state\, Bill hopes to bring honor to the memories of the men\, women\, and children who stood\, endured and suffered through the dark days that preceded the birth of our great nation. \n  \nJanuary Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-feb2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180106T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180106T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20170922T010150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T185211Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur educational presentation\, 1890 Census Substitutes: Bridging the Gap\, will be made by  Bill Buckner from the Waco-McLennan County Library. \nThe story behind the 1890 Census starts out like so many of those burned courthouse tales of gloom and doom. Yes\, there was a fire and yes it is true that the 1890 Census was destroyed. Its destruction left a 20-year gap in the decennial chain of census records for researchers. How are we to cross this abyss back through time from 1900 to 1880 and connect to our ancestors with any degree of certainty? One strategy is to look for census substitutes or alternative sources. Remember the goal should be to identify an ancestor in a geographic place and time and define family relationships. A variety of substitutes from reconstructed 1890 Census to other types of enumerations will be presented. Additionally\, clues that can be found in a score of familiar records that can help researchers gain knowledge about their ancestors and bridge the gap will be highlighted. \nWilliam D. “Bill” Buckner \nBill Buckner is the Genealogy Supervisor of the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library for the past nineteen years. In addition to teaching a quarterly Genealogy Beginners Class\, Bill has had numerous speaking engagements with various organizations. Some of his recent presentations include: Retro Genealogy Resources Still Viable in Today’s Online World; The Digital Public Library of America: Another Tool for Family Historians; and Extra! Extra! Extra! From the Headlines to the Classifieds\, Newspapers Deliver Genealogical Gems. \nBill heads up the McLennan County Cemetery Interest Group (MCCIG). Formed in 2002\, this volunteer organization of the Center seeks to identify and inventory McLennan County cemeteries. In 2012\, the results of 35 cemetery inventories were published by the Central Texas Genealogical Society (CTGS) as McLennan County\, Texas Cemetery Records\, v. 9. \nBill initiated and co-hosts with the Central Texas Genealogical Society the very popular annual Genealogy Lock-in. This event has helped bring together the organizations and individuals that use\, support\, and have an interest in the Genealogy Center collection. In 2011\, Bill started a movement to connect libraries that had similar events through the use of technology to share programming and resources. Twenty-eight Texas libraries participated in the 17th annual Lock-in October 2017. \nBill is District 12 Representative for the Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS)\, and serves as the TxSGS Chair of the Book Awards and serves as the overall TxSGS Awards Chair. In 2011\, Bill received the President’s Award from TSGS for his contributions. He also has served on various genealogy/history committees with the Texas Library Association and American Library Association. \nBill received his BS from Southwestern University\, and his MS in Library Science from UNT. Bill is a fourth-generation Texan and lives in Temple\, Texas with his family. \n Prior Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-jan2018/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171209T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160605T173401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T014553Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Awards Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Read about past award recipients and nominate somebody you think is deserving on our Awards page. \nRegistration for this event is required.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/awards-luncheon-2017/
LOCATION:7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards Lunch,General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171104T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171104T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160605T173051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T190235Z
UID:5865-1509791400-1509798600@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Title:  Why Our Stories Matter\nThatcher 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. \n \nThatcher is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in History\, and the Columbia School of Journalism\, and was born and raised in Austin.  His published work includes The Python Trail\, the story of an immigrant’s journey from Cameroon to America\, and Objects of Desire: The Lives of Antiques and Those Who Pursue Them\, which follows the lives of three pieces of American furniture from their creations in the 18th century to their sales at Sotheby’s 250 years later. \nBesides his speaking engagements\, Thatcher helps people to write their own memoirs and teaches workshops on memoir writing. \n  \n  \n  \n Prior Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-nov2017/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171014T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171014T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160605T172942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T190315Z
UID:5864-1507977000-1507984200@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis months Educational Presentation will be made by Doctor Steven Butler. He is the author of ‘John Neely Bryan: The Father of Dallas’\, a biography about John Neely Bryan which will be the topic of his presentation. \nDoctor Butler is a Dallas native whose family first came to Texas in 1846 and then arrived in Dallas in 1891\, unless you count his third cousin six times removed\, John Neely Bryan\, who got here some fifty years earlier. \nHe is an Associate Professor of History at Richland College in Dallas and Collin College in Plano. He earned his Ph.D. in Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington. In his capacity as historian and writer he has contributed ten articles since 1989 to Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas and presented two papers at the annual Dallas History Conference. Sixteen of his articles have been published in the U.S. History textbook currently being used by Richland College students. In 2004 his book From Water Supply to Urban Oasis was used as the basis for the permanent displays at the White Rock Lake Museum. In 1998 Doctor Butler was an unpaid but credited advisor to the PBS documentary The U.S.-Mexican War and in 2006 he appeared in a documentary about the State of Fair of Texas called “A Fair to Remember.” From time-to-time he shows up on KERA-TV (Channel 13) whenever the station needs to fill ten-minutes and uses his “Art and Seek” program appearance about the art of Fair Park\, which originally aired in October 2009. \nDoctor Butler is an experienced family historian (a term he prefers to “genealogist”) who has spent as much of his spare time as he could over the past forty years tracking down his ancestors. \n Prior Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-oct2016/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170909T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170909T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160605T172816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T031418Z
UID:5863-1504953000-1504960200@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nRead the minutes from the May 6\, 2017 meeting here…\nSee the proposed 2017 – 2018 Budget here…\n\nImportant Note: The 2017 Dallas Heart Walk is also being held on this Saturday. Reaching the library may be difficult. Please see this Walk Route Map and plan a little extra time for you trip to the library. \nThis month we will be hearing from DGS member David Passman who will be sharing the results of his research and discussing the use of collateral lines as a research methodology.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-sep2017/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170506T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170506T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T190410Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur speaker will be Ari Wilkins: her topic is ‘Learn how to save money and time by using libraries services and collections to the fullest extent’ \nTime and money are a researcher’s most precious commodities. Don’t waste valuable library time on ordinary collections and databases when you are sitting on a gold mine of unique resources! Maximize your experience at your local and destination libraries. \nAbout our speaker:  Ari Wilkins\, a graduate of Louisiana State University\, has been actively researching family history since 1998. Ari worked with the esteemed genealogist\, Dr. James Rose\, for many years on his final project Generations: The WPA Ex-Slave Narrative Database. She is the owner of the genealogical consulting company\, Black Genesis. Ms. Wilkins also works as a contributor for Proquest’s African American Heritage database and Afrigeneas.com. \nMs. Wilkins has spoken nationally at Federation of Genealogical Societies\, Texas State Genealogical Society\, Ohio Genealogical Society\, Samford Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research\, American Library Association\, and a multitude of local societies. \nAri has been a Library Associate at Dallas Public Library since 2007.   She teaches a series of basic research classes using popular genealogical websites. She specializes in African American research. \n Ari’s Handout \n April Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-may2017/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170401T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170401T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur presentation this month is ‘The Texas State Library/Archives and General Land Office at Home and On Site‘ by DGS member Kelvin Meyers. He will discusses what records are available on your home computer or tablet and what resources are available to the genealogist when visiting these great sources of Texas research. Even if you are across the world you don’t have to leave home to locate records about your Texas ancestors. \nSee Kelvin’s Handout here…. \nKelvin is a fifth generation Texan and professional genealogist since 1990 and an avid researcher-historian since 1979\, he is a frequent speaker to many genealogical societies and family associations throughout the US. He was employed for ten years in the Genealogy Department of the Dallas Public Library. Now\, he contracts with attorneys\, banks\, the US Immigration Service and energy companies\, as a forensic genealogist\, searching for missing or unknown heirs to estates and oil and gas leases. Kelvin is a 1989 and 1990 alumni of the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University and has returned to IGHR as lecturer. In 2016 Kelvin completed the Research in States Guide for Texas\, published by the National Genealogical Society. He is a founding member and has served on the board of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy. Kelvin also serves as the chairman of the history and archives committee for First United Methodist Church in Dallas. \nMarch Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-apr2017/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170304T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170304T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160501T155143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T191711Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur presentation this month will be made by Brandon Murray who has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June\, 2015. He has been integrally involved in the renovation of the Dallas History & Archives Division located on the 7th floor\, which will be the focus of his presentation. \nThis collection is  one of the largest of its kind in the nation: its holdings span many aspects of the diverse history of not only Dallas and the surrounding area\, but the entire state of Texas.  Highlights of the collection and floor include the photo lab\, the digitized collections and Dallas County records\, oral histories\, photographs\, manuscript collection and finding guide and fine books division. After Brandon’s talk\, he will take our group on a tour of the newly remodeled floor. \nBrandon Murray has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June\, 2015.  Before that\, from 2012 to 2015\,  he was at Southern Methodist University\, where he created metadata for digitized photographic collections intended for the Central University.  He also posted images and metadata to social media sites including Tumblr\, Flickr and Reddit\, and collaborated with colleagues on creating or modifying cataloging and metadata guidelines.  He was also responsible for proofreading and generating content to promote the Central University Library Digital Collections.  Brandon Murray holds a Master of Library & Information Science degree from Southern Methodist University.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-mar2017/
LOCATION:7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170204T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170204T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160501T155034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T191756Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur speaker will be Pat Gordon who will discuss Researching Female Ancestors. \nPat Gordon’s interest in genealogy began innocently enough when she decided in the late 1980s to find where her maternal great grandmother was buried in Colorado after dying from tuberculosis. She soon found the answer to that question\, but by then she had other questions that needed answering. And the questions keep coming faster and faster\, much faster than the answers. Since she likes to place her ancestors in social context to their time\, she does more than collect names. She spends a lot of time learning about the history and places in which they lived. In addition to online research\, she spends much time hanging out in courthouses and libraries and considerable time in university archives. \nAs a former newspaper reporter with The Dallas Morning News and recently retired journalism lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington\, she especially finds researching old newspapers a favorite pastime. She served two terms as president and one as vice president of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society. \nShe holds a B.A. in Journalism and M.S. in Media Studies. She was an original faculty member of Angelina College Genealogy Conference in Lufkin and continues to be a frequent speaker. She has also presented all-day seminars at various Texas genealogical societies. \n Syllabus \n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-feb2017/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170107T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170107T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20160501T154637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T191817Z
UID:5644-1483785000-1483792200@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Note that this month’s meeting will be held in the O’Hara room on the 7th floor. \nJoin us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00\, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30. \nBrandon Murray\, a librarian from the Dallas Public Librarian\, will be speaking to us about the collection of materials at the Dallas History & Archives Division. This collection is one of the largest of its kind in the nation:  The holdings span many aspects of the diverse history of not only Dallas and the surrounding area\, but the entire state of Texas. \nAfter Brandon’s talk\, he will take our group on a tour of the newly remodeled floor.  Highlights of the collection and floor include the photo lab\, the digitized collections and Dallas County records\, oral histories\, photographs\, manuscript collection and finding guide and fine books division. \nBrandon Murray has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June\, 2015.  Before that\, from 2012 to 2015\,  he was at Southern Methodist University\, where he created metadata for digitized photographic collections intended for the Central University.  He also posted images and metadata to social media sites including Tumblr\, Flickr and Reddit\, and collaborated with colleagues on creating or modifying cataloging and metadata guidelines.  He was also responsible for proofreading and generating content to promote the Central University Library Digital Collections.  Brandon Murray holds a Master of Library & Information Science degree from Southern Methodist University. \n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-jan2017/
LOCATION:7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161210T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161210T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T192829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T014612Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Awards Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in the recently renovated O’Hara Hall on the 7th floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Library for our annual Holiday Awards Luncheon on Saturday\, December 10. \nThis event is free for current DGS members and $15 for guests. \nAdvance registration is required: Register Online Now or Print and Mail the Registration Form \nWe could use some help… Volunteer Now! \n \nPROGRAM \n11:30  Registration & Hospitality \n12:00  Catered Luncheon \n1:00  Presentation of Awards \nNOMINATIONS \nVisit our Awards page. There you can nominate people for any of the awards – as well as see who has received awards in the past! \n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/annual-awards-luncheon-2016/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Awards Lunch,General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161105T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161105T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T192610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T182521Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur presentation is “Finding German Ancestors: Their Information is Not All on the Internet” by Bernard N. Meisner\, Ph.D. \nDownload The Handout\nTo locate records about your family in Germany it is essential to determine their home town through an exhaustive search of U.S. records\, since most German records are maintained at the local level (town or parish). Also\, due to wars and boundary changes your family’s records may now be located in another state or country. In this presentation I will review how to identify the home town\, demonstrate the use of finding aids to identify where civil and church records might be located\, and provide links to online resources for correspondence and reading/interpreting German printing and handwriting. \nBernard Meisner\, Ph.D. is a genealogist and lecturer based in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. He began researching his family over 25 years ago and enjoys sharing lessons learned from those experiences\, including his mistakes. Although he knew only one grandparent (his maternal grandfather) he has successfully identified all of his great-great grandparents and several triple- and quadruple-great grandparents. He is the president and social media chair of the Mid-Cities Genealogical Society\, and is a member of the National Genealogical Society and the Texas State Genealogical Society. \nBernard recently retired from the National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters where he was the Acting Chief of the Science & Technology Services Division. He is certified as a consulting meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society and holds a teaching certificate from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the Universities of Texas\, Oklahoma and St. Thomas (Houston). Bernard earned a B.S. in physics/German from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh\, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Hawaii.
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-nov2016/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161001T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161001T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T192445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T211606Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur speaker will be Glenn Kinkade\, who will be discussing the Perils\, Paradoxes and Pitfalls in Probate Records. \nWhether you ancestor died with a will of without\, finding the probate records for the decedent may prove to be the most valuable records you can find; however\, these records can be misunderstood\, scattered in many books and boxes in a courthouse\, and can be confusing to a beginning genealogist.  This presentation will help guide you through the challenges of probate records to reap the rewards. \nGlenn Kinkade is an experienced genealogical researcher\, lecturer\, author\, and instructor. \nHe graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University.  After serving as an officer in the United States Air Force\, he joined IBM in 1960 in Kansas City\, Missouri.  In 1990 he retired from IBM in Dallas\, Texas\, and began pursuing researching his family.  Glenn has taught computer genealogy classes at Southern Methodist University\, SeniorNet of Dallas\, and Brookhaven College\, where he currently teaches several different genealogy courses…  His hobbies include travel\, sailing on tall ships\, attending reenactments of Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 battles\, photography\, and genealogy.  Glenn and his wife Ann live in Dallas and have two married sons and six grandchildren. \nGlenn’s genealogy presentations focus on “how to” successfully use record collections to solve genealogy problems. \n Handout
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-12/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160910T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160910T123000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150715T192532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160911T000505Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOur speaker will be Shirley Sloat. Her presentation is titled “It takes a village…… to produce a book preserving the memories of the only living grandchild of two Georgia slaves who came in a wagon with nine children to Wheelock\, Texas\, in 1894”. \nShirley met Estelle Mitchell Adams at an aqua exercise class in 2013 and the two formed a friendship. Estelle shared many written documents about the Negro churches\, schools\, and cemetery in Wheelock. When Estelle showed Shirley that she remembered the names of all but about 12 of the 40 students attending the Wheelock Colored School in 1934\, Shirley knew that she had to help to capture Estelle’s voice and memories for the public. \nTheir collaboration has led to the publication of “Remembering Negro Life in Wheelock\, Texas – Churches\, Schools\, Cemetery\, Families in the 1900s” (copies of the new book will be available for sale at the meeting). \nThe intention of the presentation is to provide a suggested path through some of the intricacies of creating a book in general\, to shed some light on the challenges of creating one with a story teller\, and to give courage to those who might have been afraid to try publishing their work. It will include a brief talk from Estelle\, now 89\, followed by Shirley’s account of the various events and help provided along the way by people and organizations like the Texas Portal\, University of North Texas\, Dallas Public Library\, and DGS members\, with particular thanks to Ed Millis who just likes to make books and who tells all about things like achieving an ISBN number. \n\nShirley Remnant Sloat was a computer professional at Texas Instruments and Sun Oil until she retired in 1992. She immediately joined the Dallas Genealogical Society as a Life Member and began working at the Dallas Public Library’s 8th floor volunteer desk. \nShe joined a small genealogy study group who encouraged her to expand her volunteer work into other areas of DGS. Over the years she chaired the publicity committee\, and served on the DGS Board as VP Membership\, Executive VP Fundraising\, and President in 2005-6. \nShe received DGS awards for the Writing Contest\, Volunteer of the Year\, Historical Preservation\, and the Award of Merit. She has received the Dallas Public Library Award of Excellence twice\, and the A.C. Green Award from the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. \nShe still volunteers on the 8th floor on Wednesdays\, and is a proofreader for DGS publications. \nShe has spent the past two years organizing\, editing and indexing\, and posting online and in book format the remembrances of a close friend who is the last living granddaughter of Georgia slaves who came to Wheelock\, Texas in 1894. \n\nEstelle is the author of three other publications that are available on the Portal to Texas History: \n\nThe History Of Wheelock Afro-American Cemetery\, Wheelock\, Robertson County\, Texas (View on the Portal)\nPreserving the History of Wheelock Colored School\, Wheelock\, Robertson County\, Texas (View on the Portal)\nThe Black Churches in Wheelock\, Robertson County\, Texas (View on the Portal)\n\n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-2/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160507T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160507T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T192158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T182624Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00\, followed by our program around 11:30. \nThe major item on this months agenda is the election of officers to the Executive Board for 2016 – 2017. Nominations will be closed at the meeting and the vote will be held immediately afterwards. \nThis months education program will be a look back at the history of the Dallas Genealogical Society: \n– Tony Hanson – Introduction and Overview\n– Carolyn Davis – How we have educated by creating\, fostering\, and maintaining interest in genealogy\n– Barbara Ware – How we have collected\, preserved\, copied\, and indexed information relating to Dallas County and its early history\n– Kathleen Murray – How we have assisted and supported the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas\, Texas\n– Lloyd Bockstruck – His perspective on the relationship between the Dallas Public Library and the society\n– Tony Hanson – Wrap up \nThe presentation will incorporate several drawings and there will (of course!) be a birthday cake. \n April Meeting Minutes \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-10/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160402T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160402T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T191921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T183037Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRead about the proposed Bylaw Changes \nAri Wilkins is a genealogist who works in the Genealogy section of the Dallas Public Library. She will be discussing Ante-Bellum Southern Plantation Records\, which are an invaluable collection of records of plantation owners and\, often\, their descendants that may connect an individual to his or her family. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n March Meeting Minutes \n 
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-9/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160305T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160305T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T191838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T182940Z
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SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBarbara Rust is an archivist in the National Archives-Southwest Region since 1976. She is adjunct instructor of government at Tarrant Community College District\, South Campus\, since 1983 and the distance learning adjunct instructor of government at Dallas Community College District\, Richland College\, 2005-2014. \nBarbara will be talking about North Texas Naturalization Records at NARA Fort Worth. North Texas naturalization records created after 1906 have been accessioned to NARA Fort Worth. The collection included in the records of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Barbara will be discussing this genealogically rich collection\, what we can discover in these original files\, and how to access them. \n February Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-8/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160206T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T074224
CREATED:20150807T191739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T185254Z
UID:3568-1454754600-1454763600@dallasgenealogy.org
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSteven Butler is a Dallas native whose family first came to Texas in 1846 and then arrived in Dallas in 1891\, unless you count his third cousin six times removed\, John Neely Bryan\, who got here some fifty years earlier. \nDoctor Butler is an Associate Professor of History at Richland College in Dallas and Collin College in Plano. He earned his Ph.D. in Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington. In his capacity as historian and writer he has contributed ten articles since 1989 to Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas and presented two papers at the annual Dallas History Conference. Sixteen of his articles have been published in the U.S. History textbook currently being used by Richland College students. In 2004 his book From Water Supply to Urban Oasis was used as the basis for the permanent displays at the White Rock Lake Museum. In 1998 Doctor Butler was an unpaid but credited advisor to the PBS documentary The U.S.-Mexican War and in 2006 he appeared in a documentary about the State of Fair of Texas called “A Fair to Remember.” From time-to-time he shows up on KERA-TV (Channel 13) whenever the station needs to fill ten-minutes and uses his “Art and Seek” program appearance about the art of Fair Park\, which originally aired in October 2009. \nIn addition and more importantly in regard to this presentation\, Doctor Butler is an experienced family historian (a term he prefers to “genealogist”) who has spent as much of his spare time as he could over the past forty years tracking down his ancestors. \n HOW TO FIND YOUR ENGLISH CONVICT ANCESTOR \nDuring the Colonial period\, largely after 1718\, some 50\,000 convicts were “transported” in chains to America to relieve the pressure on England’s overcrowded prisons. Most of these unwilling immigrants ended up as indentured servants in the tobacco colonies. In this presentation\, Professor Steven Butler will relate how he unexpectedly found his own convict ancestor and will show you how you can use the Internet to see if you have a “black sheep” in your family tree too! \n January Meeting Minutes
URL:https://dallasgenealogy.org/event/general-meeting-7/
LOCATION:1st Floor – Auditorium\, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library\, 1515 Young Street\, Dallas\, TX\, 75201\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Meeting
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