DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

MacGen Reunion Group (Virtual Meeting)
2021-02-13 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
The MacGen Reunion Group covers genealogy from a Mac-centric view, with an emphasis on Reunion genealogy software. See the MacGen Reunion Group SIG page for more information.
Please join our meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
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Needles and Threads: Piecing Together African American Families (Online Meeting)
2021-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Presenter: Deborah Abbot
Through examples and case studies, we’ll explore the many areas of African American research you may be overlooking and provide some answers to puzzles you may have in your own family history. You’ll learn unique methods to locating your slave ancestors, as well as freemen of color.
We will be opening the meeting room fifteen minutes before starting time. Sign in early to work out possible connection problems and chat with your fellow attendees and get some of your genealogy questions answered
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John A. Sellers: "Let the Land Establish Relationships" (Virtual Event)
2021-02-11 06:00 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Please join us virtually as John A. Sellers presents: Let the Land Establish Relationships.

John is a fifth generation native of Hopkins County and a favorite of location and regional societies. He has been doing genealogical and historical research since 1985. His favorite area of research is in the courthouse. He has visited courthouses in several southern states and conducted extensive research in Texas and Louisiana. He has been a featured speaker for more than 65 all day seminars located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Register in advance for this meeting:

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

General Meeting - Online Meeting
2021-02-06 11:00 - 12:30 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Join our online meeting at 10:30. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.
https://zoom.us/j/95972567915?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 959 7256 7915
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Note: To join the meeting use the UserID and Password from your personal Zoom account.
Our presentation this month will be “Finding a Great-Grandfather with DNA” by Paul Beaty
Mr. Beaty has reconnected over 100+ families through genealogy and other various DNA projects over the last 10 years. In 2006, he was introduced to Gina Paige and Dr. Rick Kittles, PH.D founders of African Ancestry, Inc.. Through this connection, Mr. Beaty was able to re-connect his personal tribal African Ancestry to his American Ancestry.
Other companies Mr. Beaty has and continue to work with are: Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, 23 & Me, Ancestry DNA, GEDmatch, and others. Paul Beaty is currently employed at JP Morgan Chase as a Business Development Account Executive in Middle Market Sales and strives to reconnect all families who have been disconnected through slavery.
Paul Beaty received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice in 1997 from Paul Quinn College. He is a member of African American Genealogical Society and the Dallas Genealogical Society.

Mid Cities Genealogical Society - Virtual Meeting
2021-02-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
“Colonial America Genealogy” by Beth Foulk. The Webinar Bridge will open at 6:30.
Registration is required: For more information see the MCGC website.

Reconstructing Communities Using Census Records, Sanborn Maps and City Directories by Ari Wilkins (Virtual Meeting)
2021-02-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Recreating communities can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. This lecture will demonstrate ways to combine data from census records, Sanborn maps and city directories.
Ari Wilkins, a graduate of Louisiana State University, has been actively researching family history since 1998. Ms. Wilkins has spoken nationally at the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Texas State Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society, Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, American Library Association, RootsTech, and a multitude of local societies.
Ari has been a Library Associate at Dallas Public Library since 2007.
She teaches a series of basic research classes using popular genealogical websites. She specializes in African American research.

Best Practices Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-30 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
The Best Practices SIG (formerly Brown Bag Group) is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.
At this meeting we will be making a transition to a new subject.

We will finish our law discussion briefly on the second article in September 2007 NGS Quarterly on Civil Law.
We will be starting our next long term subject. The book is “Where the Law is: An Introduction to Advances legal Research (Third Edition) Usually Amazon has used books that start around 7 dollars. Don’t buy new, as it is very expensive. We will be learning how to use a law library, and apply the law to our genealogy.

The book on the History of the American Law is excellent and deep. It has been on our list for a long time.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Legacies Dallas History Conference (Virtual)
2021-01-30 09:00 - 17:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
The 22nd Annual Legacies History Conference will be held virtually on January 30, 2021.
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In order of presentation, beginning at 9am. Exact times to be announced.
Historic Courthouses and Jails in Dallas
By Marcel Quimby
A Fun Look at Crime
By Rose-Mary Rumbley
Murder It Was: The Deaths of Two Women That Shocked Dallas in the 1910s
By Rene Schmidt
Horror in Hollywood Heights
By Teresa Musgrove
Ejected from Old Red: Black Jury Service in the Time of Jim Crow
By Ralph Cousins
The Man with Nine Lives: Herbert “The Cat” Noble
By Peter Kurilecz
Video tours of various parts of the Old Red Courthouse will be shown between presentations.

Virtual Help Desk - Online Event
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Join us for an informal exchange of genealogical information! Bring your questions, share your knowledge, or just listen and learn!
Use this link to register in advance or to join us during the event:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-2tqjsqEtDrtRK94o_pg0eAMt7o38zm

DNA Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-17 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
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.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Jewish Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-20 10:30 - 13:00, 2020-12-16 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Coppell Genealogy Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-19 18:30 - 21:30 | Cozby Library and Commuity Commons, 117 North Heartz Road, Coppell, TX, 75019, United States
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

African American Genealogical Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-16 14:00 - 16:45, 2020-12-19 14:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – Community Showcase Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from September through May in the West room, from 2:00 to 4:45 pm unless otherwise noted. See the African American GIG page for more information.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Finding Your Roots - Mining Obituaries (Online Meeting)
2021-01-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Presented by George G. Morgan
How to get everything you can out of obituaries. Learn how to dissect an obituary; determine what information is provided or implied; identify record types that may be available, where the records are located, and how to get them. You will work with actual obituaries to identify different evidence types that can advance your research.
We will be opening the meeting room fifteen minutes before starting time. Sign in early to work out possible connection problems and chat with your fellow attendees and get some of your genealogy questions answered
You Must Register to join

State and Territorial Censuses – Underused Genealogical Tools (Online Meeting)
2021-01-12 18:15 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Presenter: Bernard Meisner
To register for this event please send an email to: contactus@arlingtongenealogytx.org

Family Tree Maker SIG - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2020-12-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Family Tree Maker Software SIG is a facilitated group for those utilizing Family Tree Maker Software in their genealogical research.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Roots Magic Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-10 13:30 - 14:30, 2020-12-13 13:30 - 14:30 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
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.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North
2021-01-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Trammel’s Trace, the first road to Texas from the north, was used by Anglo immigrants since the early 1800’s and by Native Americans for hundreds of years before. Gary L. Pinkerton has been researching Trammel’s Trace since 2005 when he learned that some old road ruts across his family land near Mt. Enterprise were remains of this early road.
This webinar is being presented by the TCU Center for Texas Studies in conjunction with the Fort Worth Library. Registration is required.
Visit the Trammel’s Trace website to learn more, order books, or download a map. You can also join the Trammel’s Trace Facebook group and keep up with all that is happening.

German Genealogy Group - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, 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 group is not limited to Germans who came to Texas.
The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg.dallasgenealogy.org
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

Mid Cities Genealogical Society - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
“Southern Migration Patterns” by Mary E.V. Hill. The Webinar Bridge will open at 6:30.
Registration is required: For more information see the MCGC website.

Grand Prairie Genealogical Society - Virtual Meeting
2021-01-07 06:30 - 20:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Thomas MacEntee presents “Don’t Chop Off That Branch!” A Genealogy Arborist’s Handbook
You’re at a crossroads when it comes to years of genealogy research: should you delete an entire branch of your family tree due to faulty research? Or is there a better way to correct family history research errors and salvage information that took years to find?
Speaker Bio: Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.
Contact: info@gpgstx.org for link to virtual Zoom meeting

General Meeting - Online Meeting
2021-01-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
Join our online meeting at 10:30. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.
https://zoom.us/j/95972567915?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 959 7256 7915
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Our presentation this month will be “Researching on Fold3” by Stephanie Bennett.

Best Practices Special Interest Group - Virtual Meeting
2020-12-26 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
The Best Practices SIG (formerly Brown Bag Group) is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.
You must have a personal Zoom account to participate on this call.
Click on this link to join the call: you will need to enter your personal Zoom UserID and Password: [REDACTED]

HOGAR Membership Meeting - Virtual Meeting
2020-12-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Meeting, Dallas, TX, United States
It’s time for the last Quarterly HOGAR Zoom Meeting in 2020. Since we can’t meet in person this year, we invite you to share in the Christmas spirit and wear your special Christmas attire for this meeting.
The short business meeting begins at 2:00 and will be followed by our featured speaker, Alex Mendoza, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History Department, University of North Texas. His areas of expertise are the 19th century American Military and the Tejano (Mexican Texans) Military experience. His presentation is entitled: “For Patriotism, For Gratitude, For Our Own Best Interests”: Tejanos and the Turning Point of World War I. Read more about Dr. Mendoza and his upcoming book on the attached flyer.
Let’s have some fun with Christmas colors, ugly sweaters, Santa hats, or Rudolph neckties, etc. After the end of the meeting, we will raffle several gift cards to those attending this virtual meeting. It’s not necessary to be a member to win a gift card.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc-GrqTsuHdAU4IhBulESdFtZa3uHb9rY
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
