Events

DPL: Preserving Family Memories: Scanning

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Learn about the ins and outs of family history scanning and digitization with Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett.

NGS 2023 Family History Conference

Greater Richmond Convention Center 403 N 3rd St, Richmond, Virginia, United States

The National Genealogical Society 2023 Family History Conference, 31 May-3 June in Richmond, Virginia, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

Grand Prairie GS Monthly Meeting

Grand Prarie Memorial Library 901 Conover Drive, Grand Prarie, TX, United States

Join the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society in person or virtually as Peter Sime, Library Director, provides the history of the library and answers questions about the many programs and services offered.

Texas Institute of Genealogical Research

Registration is Open! The Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) is excited to announce that registration will open Thursday, March 2, 9:00 a.m. central time for our upcoming week-long Texas Institute…
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DPL: Writing your Immigrant Ancestor’s Story

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Learn how to incorporate family research, oral histories, photos, and more into your own family's immigration story with Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett.

Arlington Genealogical Society

Arlington Public Library 100 South Center Street, Arlington, TX, United States

O.K. Carter talking about "All Things Arlington"

Collin County Genealogy Meeting

Haggard Library 2501 Coit Road, Plano, TX, United States

Find out what the Haggard Library Genealogy Center Center can provide you through books, maps, microfilm and databases.

FamilySearch Texas Connect

Janine Cloud from FamilyTreeDNA will present and help attendees understand more about using DNA in their family history research.

DPL: Talking about Tenth Street: A Juneteenth Event

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

The Dallas History & Archives Division, in partnership with the Tenth Street Residents' Association, celebrates the rich history of the Tenth Street neighborhood with a morning of activities honoring the historic neighborhood.

African American Genealogical Interest Group

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 that provide information for this special area of genealogy research.

DPL: Get Started with Your Genealogy

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Genealogy & History staff take you back to the beginning with step-by-step instructions on how to get started researching YOUR family's history.

Van Zandt County Monthly Meeting

Van Zandt County Sarah Norman Library 317 First Monday Lane (Hwy 859), Canton, Texas

LaDonna Garner, genealogist, will speak at the next Genealogical Society meeting about “Recording Family Health History.”

DPL: Basic Genealogy Research using HeritageQuest

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Learn how to use HeritageQuest® Online, powered by Ancestry.com, an American genealogy database with primary sources, local and family histories, research guides, interactive census maps, and much more.

DPL: Free People of Color in Texas

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Discover the lost stories of the Free People of Color who made Texas their home prior to the Civil War! Genealogy Specialist Mic Barnette will give an overview of the Free People of Color of Texas Project, which works to identify all or as many free People of Color who resided in Texas prior to the Civil War.

DPL: Find your Family History on FamilySearch.org

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Have you ever wanted to start researching your family, but not known where to start? Learn about FamilySearch.org, a FREE online resource provided by the largest genealogy library in the world! Learn how to find historical records, family trees, famous relatives and much, much more.

African American Genealogical Interest Group

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 that provide information for this special area of genealogy research.

Genealogy and the Internet: Successfully Mining the World Wide Web

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

Join us for "Genealogy and the Internet: Successfully Mining the World Wide Web" featuring Cyndi Ingle. This will be a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event. Recording will be available to registered participants following the event.