Come broaden your research horizons! Our yearly Fall Seminar aims to educate genealogists of all levels. This year our speaker is John A. Sellers, a genealogist with decades of experience, who has taught thousands of researchers. John always impresses his students with his deep grasp of history and research and his ability to make it…
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Speaker: Patti Huff Smith Topic: Using Social Media to Find and Attract Descendants of our Ancestors
Speaker: Cari A. Taplin, CG Topic: Analysis techniques including examples of timelines and tables Creating a timeline Creating tables Case study examples demonstrating timelines and tables In person and via Zoom! Cari holds the Certified Genealogist® credential and has served in a wide variety of volunteer and leadership positions for state, local, and national societies. As the owner of GenealogyPANTS,…
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Your Dallas Public Library card can take your family history search to new places! Learn how to get started online with your family history search and receive a brief overview of how each genealogy database will help you in your search. For those with more research experience, learn about non-traditional databases that might benefit your family history search. Registration Required.
Online In Person Speaker: Patti Huff Smith Topic Description:A Sentimental Journey - A Trip Down Memory Lane Music heals the heart of two young girls after their father leaves for WWII. Keeping his memory alive during the war was crucial as the two sisters faced a battleground of their own. As we search for answers to…
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Do you want to know the best software and equipment to make optimum use of your Mac for genealogical research and distribution? Would you like to learn how to use the full power of the Reunion genealogy software for the Mac? Come join us and bring your questions, dilemmas, and suggestions to…
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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.
Genealogical DNA tests are bringing thousands of new cousins to our attention, but many of them don't have trees yet, or the trees aren't attached to their test. Learn some new techniques for figuring out where how these individuals connect with you with Sara Cochran.
Hear Barbara Coakley present: Death Records: When Death Certificates are not Available
This will be a Hybrid meeting: You can join us in-person at the Library or you can participate remotely using Zoom.
Your Dallas Public Library card can take your family history search to new places! Learn how to get started online with your family history search and receive a brief overview of how each genealogy database will help you in your search. For those with more research experience, learn about non-traditional databases that might benefit your family history search. Registration Required.
Formed to assist Coppell residents who have an interest in researching their family history. Speaker: Bob Wood Topic: “Preserving Your Precious Memories,” with Storyboards This is an in person meeting.
Your Dallas Public Library card can take your family history search to new places! Learn how to get started online with your family history search and receive a brief overview of how each genealogy database will help you in your search. For those with more research experience, learn about non-traditional databases that might benefit your family history search. Registration Required.
Join us as Paul Milner presents "Leaping the Pond – Online Research in Great Britain." Note that this will be in-person and virtual! Learn More
Topic: The History of Witches! Speaker: Dr. Julie Schellen Very timely for the Halloween season! Come learn about a cultural phenomenon with a longstanding, cross-cultural history. Dr. Julie Schellen, who holds the Certified Genealogist® credential and is a current college faculty member, writer, and researcher. She recently published a case study in The Maine Genealogist.…
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Join the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society in person or virtually as Ruth Lloyd discusses Jewish Ancestry and the Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors.
Unlock Your Past with TxSGS Registration is open! Join us, and Unlock Your Past at the virtual 2022 TxSGS Family History Conference! On Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, TxSGS Live! features ten presentations by some of the top speakers in genealogy on research techniques, records, DNA, and more. That’s not all! These lectures will be recorded and combined with 32 additional prerecorded…
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Speaker: Stephanie Bennett, Unit Manager, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Genealogy & History Topic: Celebrate our Veterans – Research Military Records with Fold.3 Program Description: Successful research tips to understand the Fold3 database, how to browse the site, search and customize results, and how to add stories, photos, and much more! Join the meeting via Zoom…
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Join Bernard Meisner as he discusses “Surname Distribution Maps: A Valuable Tool for Genealogical Research”
Patti Huff Smith will be walking through Three Case Studies on Solving Difficult Problems. The meeting is free to the public, be sure to register in advance.
