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.
This will be a Hybrid meeting: You can join us in-person at the Library or you can participate remotely using Zoom.
Join Patti Smith, Dallas Genealogical Society VP as she present "Thrulines: Maximize Your Ancestry DNA Results." Register to attend via Zoom.
The program for the meeting will be "Becoming a Genealogy Detective,” by Tamara Hallo, MLS. This presentation will show genealogists how to freshen up their approach to researching their family, by applying the methods Sherlock Holmes would use to solve a crime.
Learn about the ins and outs of family history scanning and digitization with Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett.
The National Genealogical Society 2023 Family History Conference, 31 May-3 June in Richmond, Virginia, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Join Patti Smith, VP DGS who presents "Mothers: Generation-to-Generation"
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.
Join us June 9-11, 2023 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA for the next International German Genealogy Partnership Conference! Our co-host is the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Volunteers are needed to help plan this in-person conference as well as its virtual components. Volunteer today! info@iggp.org. Read the news release and share the save the date flyer. (English)
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 for Genealogical Research (TIGR)! Held virtually, TIGR 2023 takes place June 12-16, 2023. What is TIGR?TIGR promotes learning in an instructional classroom atmosphere, taking each…
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Learn how to incorporate family research, oral histories, photos, and more into your own family's immigration story with Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett.
O.K. Carter talking about "All Things Arlington"
Find out what the Haggard Library Genealogy Center Center can provide you through books, maps, microfilm and databases.
Janine Cloud from FamilyTreeDNA will present and help attendees understand more about using DNA in their family history research.
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.
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.
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines.
Genealogy & History staff take you back to the beginning with step-by-step instructions on how to get started researching YOUR family's history.
LaDonna Garner, genealogist, will speak at the next Genealogical Society meeting about “Recording Family Health History.”
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.
