DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Best Practices SIG
2024-02-24 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-04-27 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-05-25 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-10-26 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

The Best Practices SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.

You can contact Liz Kutz, the SIG leader at bestpractices@dallasgenealogy.org.

Learn more about the Best Practices SIG.

Join the Call Meeting ID: 882 7359 7058

German Genealogy Group
2024-03-09 10:30 - 12:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Topic: Resources for Finding Your German Roots At the Dallas Public Library

Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett and German Genealogy Specialist Ed Boehringer will present on how to find your German heritage at the Dallas Public Library. Learn how to maximize your research time using one of the largest genealogy collections in the United States.

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

Join the Call Dial In / Meeting ID: 947 1403 5493, Passcode: [REDACTED]

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2024-03-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-20 14:00 - 16:00 | 6th Floor – Classroom Brno (formerly Classroom B), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other

Join the Call Meeting ID: 971 1676 5715

DNA Special Interest Group
2024-03-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-05-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
Virtual Event

The DNA Special Interest Group explores the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. The goal is to help individuals understand and incorporate current DNA testing strategies and standards into their personal genealogy. Meeting are open to all.

Subject: TBD

Speaker: TBD

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Zoom Details

Meeting ID: 886 0208 0729 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

Best Practices SIG
2024-03-30 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

New Date!This meeting has been moved to March 30, 2024.

The Best Practices SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.

You can contact Liz Kutz, the SIG leader at bestpractices@dallasgenealogy.org.

Learn more about the Best Practices SIG.

Join the Call Meeting ID: 882 7359 7058

Jewish Special Interest Group
2024-04-04 10:30 - 12:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Speaker: Kitty Cooper

Working with DNA testing presents unique challenges to the Jewish genealogical community due to the close relatedness of their DNA and the lack of deep family trees. Genetic Genealogist Kitty Munson Cooper will help those with suspected Jewish DNA lines find the right DNA test, and talk about what your results might mean.

The Jewish Genealogical Interest Group’s mission is to assist anyone to research their actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. Learn about alternative genealogy research methods and records specifically geared to finding your Jewish ancestors.

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Meeting ID: 947 0024 8507

Kitty Munson Cooper is well-known blogger on genetics and genealogy who has many presentations about genetic genealogy topics. Her slides can always be found at https://slides.com/kittycooper. She has helped many people solve their unknown parentage questions with DNA testing. Thanks to having a Jewish grandfather, she has also become quite expert at dealing with endogamy in DNA results. She started blog.kittycooper.com in 2012 to keep track of her own family’s genetic tests as well as her genealogical research. Then she added some tools she wrote for graphing DNA relationships and converting ahnentafel lists to GEDCOMs. Her compact chromosome browser tool is now part of GEDmatch. Her blog is very popular, getting several thousand unique visitors a day.

Kitty started programming computers in 1966 while still in high school and is retired from her own small web development business. She has a cum laude degree from Harvard University and is also a World Champion Bridge player. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in San Diego in the winter time with her partner Bart and dog Rockie.

German Genealogy Group
2024-05-11 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Bernard N. Meisner

Topic: Understanding and Converting Calendar Dates In Genealogical Records

Which calendar(s) did your ancestors use? You may be familiar with the Julian and Gregorian calendars, with their Old Style and New Style dates, but do you know when your ancestors’ country moved from one to the other? Have you found records for your ancestors that include dates from the Catholic or Lutheran Liturgical Calendars or the French Republican Calendar? Learn about these calendars and how to convert dates from one to another.

Handout: Understanding and Converting Calendar Dates In Genealogical Records

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

Join the Call Dial In / Meeting ID: 947 1403 5493, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Jewish Special Interest Group
2024-05-16 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-17 10:30 - 12:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

The Jewish Genealogical Interest Group’s mission is to assist anyone to research their actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. Learn about alternative genealogy research methods and records specifically geared to finding your Jewish ancestors.

JOIN THE CALL

Meeting ID: 947 0024 8507

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2024-05-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-15 14:00 - 16:00
Virtual Only Event

The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other

Join the Call Meeting ID: 971 1676 5715

DNA Special Interest Group - Special Meeting
2024-08-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
Virtual Event

Special Meeting

You may have heard or seen information about the integration of family trees from Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) to MyHeritage. We recommend that you update your family tree on the FTDNA site before you make the transition. After September 9, 2024, you will not be able to update your FTDNA family tree. Once you connect your FTDNA tree to MyHeritage (even before Sept. 9th) you will not be able to update your tree on FTDNA site.

Information to review and consider:

From Roberta Estes’ dna-eXplained blog – https://dna-explained.com/2024/07/27/update-and-webinar-familytreedna-myheritage-tree-integration/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3KnZ5x02n_97U_FXmfEVu78OBnZSHy1x8vZ3Oeh_7rdrCtyl-gP8Z7IBA_aem_m7KlsCx_L8PDs0Fck_G_dQ

From FTDNA’s blog by Katie Rowe-Schurwanz – https://blog.familytreedna.com/myheritage-brings-family-tree-tools-to-familytreedna/

From MyHeritage’s blog – https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/07/new-collaboration-with-familytreedna/

Limited SeatingThere are limited seats in the Special DNA SIG Zoom on August 15th. If you are unable to connect, please send any questions you might have about the FTDNA to MyHeritage process to dna@dallasgenealogy.org.

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Zoom Details

Meeting ID: 833 4871 3533Passcode: [REDACTED]

German Genealogy Group
2024-09-14 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – Classroom C, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, Texas, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Günter Ofner – President of Familia Austria

Topic: The History of the Habsburg Empire

Many German emigrants came from the Habsburg, rather than the German Empire and its precursor states. Since the Habsburg Empire had political, administrative, linguistic, and religious structures that differed greatly from those in the German Empire, researching the former Habsburg Empire is very different.

Map of the historical territories of the Habsburgian Empire.

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

Join the Call Dial In / Meeting ID: 867 5887 1312, Passcode: [REDACTED]

DNA Special Interest Group
2024-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Arthur Sissman

Topic: Ancestry DNA ThruLines

The DNA Special Interest Group explores the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. The goal is to help individuals understand and incorporate current DNA testing strategies and standards into their personal genealogy. Meeting are open to all.

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Zoom Details: Meeting ID: 833 4871 3533 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2024-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | 6th Floor – Classroom Brno (formerly Classroom B), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other records.

Join the Call Meeting ID: 971 1676 5715

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2024-10-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-21 14:00 - 16:00
Virtual Only Event

The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other records.

Join the Call Meeting ID: 971 1676 5715

German Genealogy Group
2024-11-09 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Ann Broihier

Topic: Researching Baden-Württemberg Ancestors

We will look at resources for information about our Baden-Württemberg ancestors. The discussion will include various types of records and how to access them. The presentation will mention applicable books, free websites, pay websites, and other helpful resources.

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

Join the Call Dial In / Meeting ID: 867 5887 1312, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Download the handout

DNA Special Interest Group
2024-11-21 18:00 - 19:30 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

The DNA Special Interest Group explores the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. The goal is to help individuals understand and incorporate current DNA testing strategies and standards into their personal genealogy. Meeting are open to all.

JOIN THE CALL

Zoom Details: Meeting ID: 828 9186 6806 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

Best Practices SIG
2024-11-23 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person Only

Topic: Mapping – be ready to discuss how you use maps in your research.

Focus: Sanborn Maps

The Best Practices SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.

You can contact Liz Kutz, the SIG leader at bestpractices@dallasgenealogy.org.

Learn more about the Best Practices SIG.

German Genealogy Group
2025-01-11 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual Event Only

Winter StormDue to the weather, this session will be virtual only.

Speaker: Richard Gruetzner from the German-Texas Heritage Society

Topic: The German Free School and the German-Texan Heritage Society (GTHS) 1858 – 2025

Handout: German Free School and the GTHS 1858 to 2025

The presentation will discuss the historical German Free School located in Austin and how the modern operations of the GTHS reflect the cultural heritage that created it.

The focus of this group is Germans who emigrated to various parts of the United States from the 1700’s through the 1900’s.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

Join the Call Dial In / Meeting ID: 867 5887 1312, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Jewish Special Interest Group
2025-01-16 10:30 - 12:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Topic: Elizabeth Shown Mill’s FAN Club

The Jewish Genealogical Interest Group’s mission is to assist anyone to research their actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. Learn about alternative genealogy research methods and records specifically geared to finding your Jewish ancestors.

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Meeting ID: 947 0024 8507

DNA Special Interest Group
2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:30 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

The DNA Special Interest Group explores the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. The goal is to help individuals understand and incorporate current DNA testing strategies and standards into their personal genealogy. Meeting are open to all.

JOIN CALL

Zoom Details: Meeting ID: 828 9186 6806 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2025-01-18 14:00 - 16:00 | 6th Floor – Classroom Brno (formerly Classroom B), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-Person and Virtual Event

The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other records.

JOIN CALL

Meeting ID: 971 1676 5715
