Free newspaper sites: Google Newspapers and Chronicling America « Library of Congress. Google and the Library of Congress have a major collection of digitized and free access to older newspapers from across the United States. Learn the unique aspects to searching these collections and more about the content.
The MacGen Reunion Group covers genealogy from a Mac-centric view, with an emphasis on Reunion genealogy software. Our topic on Saturday will be "Using Reunion to Search Online Websites." Reunion has very useful tools for investigating many websites, such as, Ancestry, FamilySearch.com, Find A Grave, USGenWeb and many more.
Join us for a partner event sponsored by AAGIG and the Dallas Public Library, presenting author Pamela Bailey who is launching a documentary of the search for her family entitled "The Big Family Search, Reuniting an American Family Separated by Forced Migration in the Antebellum South."
The Brown Bag SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques. See the Brown Bag SIG page for more information.
The purpose of the DNA Interest Group is to explore the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. See the DNA Interest Group page for more information.
Report from RootsTech 2019. RootsTech 2019 will be held February 27-March 2, 2019. The Expo Hall will have over 200 companies offering products and services to help with genealogical research. Come hear about the new technology-based offerings, as well as updates on the familiar.
Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.
The DNA Special Interest Group’s featured speaker is Kelvin L Meyers, professional forensic genealogist. As a founding member for the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG), he is uniquely qualified to present a lecture on forensic genealogy. See the DNA Interest Group page for more information.
The Brown Bag SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques. See the Brown Bag SIG page for more information.
The RootsMagic SIG offers group discussion and sharing of information on getting the most out of the RootsMagic genealogy software running on PCs (Windows) and the Mac. The goal is to help each other utilize the software to the fullest extent.
Family Tree Maker Software SIG is a facilitated group for those utilizing Family Tree Maker Software in their genealogical research
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.
The purpose of the DNA Interest Group is to explore the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. See the DNA Interest Group page for more information. SIG members who attended the 2019 Genetic Genealogy Conference for FamilyTree DNA Project Administrators' Conference last month in Houston will discuss what they learned including...
Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.
The Best Practices SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques. For 2019 the group is working from the book, Dividing the Land: Early American Beginnings of our Private Property Mosaic.
Please note: This event was moved from its originally scheduled date to avoid conflicting with the Spring Seminar. Double check with the SIG leader about the location. Our topic this month is tricks and techniques for using spreadsheets to aid your genealogy research.
Using Google Docs and Slides to create family history presentations. We started the year learning about online resources to plan a family gathering or start a research project. So you have a family gathering scheduled (or not), what better way to organize and present pictures and new information you’ve gathered than with a slide show…
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For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.
The DNA Special Interest Group will meet Thursday, May 16, 2019 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Stone Room, on the 7th floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Jan Breshears Thomas will be presenting the DNA SIG program. She has worked with Ancestry’s ThruLines in depth over the past couple of months following…
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