DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

General Meeting
2017-11-04 10:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Title: Why Our Stories Matter
Thatcher Freund, a journalist and memoir writer, will talk about the importance of stories in our lives both to ourselves and to the work we do in researching our family histories, and why it matters so much that we preserve them.

Thatcher is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in History, and the Columbia School of Journalism, and was born and raised in Austin. His published work includes The Python Trail, the story of an immigrant’s journey from Cameroon to America, and Objects of Desire: The Lives of Antiques and Those Who Pursue Them, which follows the lives of three pieces of American furniture from their creations in the 18th century to their sales at Sotheby’s 250 years later.
Besides his speaking engagements, Thatcher helps people to write their own memoirs and teaches workshops on memoir writing.

Prior Meeting Minutes

Technology Special Interest Group
2017-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Facebook Pages for Genealogy.
See the Technology Special Interest Group page for more information….

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2017-10-28 10:30 - 13:00 | 3rd Floor – Laurie Evans Studio, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Please note the alternate meeting location: 3rd Floor, Laurie Evans Studio . See the Brown Bag Special Interest Group page for more information…

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2017-10-21 14:00 - 16:45, 2017-09-16 02:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
See the African American Genealogical Interest Group page for more information…

Texas State Genealogical Society Annual Meeting
2017-10-20 08:00 - 2017-10-22 17:00 | TX

DNA Special Interest Group
2017-10-19 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
How and why are the ethnicity reports difference among the various DNA testing companies. Join us for this program looking at FTDNA, AncestryDNA, 23andMe and a couple of others.
See the DNA Special Interest Group page for more information.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2017-10-18 10:00 - 13:00, 2017-09-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2017-08-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2017-06-21 10:00 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
See the Jewish Special Interest Group web page for more information….

MacGen Reunion Group
2017-10-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-12 01:00 - 15:00, 2017-06-10 13:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
See the MacGen Reunion page for more information about this group…

General Meeting
2017-10-14 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.
This months Educational Presentation will be made by Doctor Steven Butler. He is the author of ‘John Neely Bryan: The Father of Dallas’, a biography about John Neely Bryan which will be the topic of his presentation.
Doctor Butler is a Dallas native whose family first came to Texas in 1846 and then arrived in Dallas in 1891, unless you count his third cousin six times removed, John Neely Bryan, who got here some fifty years earlier.
He is an Associate Professor of History at Richland College in Dallas and Collin College in Plano. He earned his Ph.D. in Transatlantic History at the University of Texas at Arlington. In his capacity as historian and writer he has contributed ten articles since 1989 to Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas and presented two papers at the annual Dallas History Conference. Sixteen of his articles have been published in the U.S. History textbook currently being used by Richland College students. In 2004 his book From Water Supply to Urban Oasis was used as the basis for the permanent displays at the White Rock Lake Museum. In 1998 Doctor Butler was an unpaid but credited advisor to the PBS documentary The U.S.-Mexican War and in 2006 he appeared in a documentary about the State of Fair of Texas called “A Fair to Remember.” From time-to-time he shows up on KERA-TV (Channel 13) whenever the station needs to fill ten-minutes and uses his “Art and Seek” program appearance about the art of Fair Park, which originally aired in October 2009.
Doctor Butler is an experienced family historian (a term he prefers to “genealogist”) who has spent as much of his spare time as he could over the past forty years tracking down his ancestors.
Prior Meeting Minutes

Technology Special Interest Group
2017-10-05 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Internet Browser Bookmarks: Tips to organize and share. Bookmarks in an internet browser allow you to easily return to a webpage, but how can you access that bookmark in a different browser or on a different computer? This presentation will offer tips on how to organize your bookmarks in a specific browser and offers solutions for organizing a master list of bookmarks in an online bookmark manager like Delicious or Diigo, a spreadsheet or Evernote, giving you access no matter the browser or computer you use.

Fall Seminar featuring D. Joshua Taylor
2017-09-30 10:00 - 16:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS is a nationally known and recognized genealogical author, lecturer, and researcher and a frequent speaker at family history events across the globe. Passionate about family history, Joshua is the President and Executive Director of the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYG&B).
Details & Registration Links…

North Texas Genealogical Society Summit
2017-09-29 10:00 - 16:00 | 7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
This free event is targeted towards Leaders of Genealogical Societies located in the North Texas area (TSGS Regions 7 through 12 , 14, 16 and 17) and will focus on topics identified as priorities by participants at the 2016 Summit. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Collaboration Among Societies’, and our featured speaker will be D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS (www.djoshuataylor.com). Read More….

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2017-09-23 10:30 - 13:00, 2017-08-26 10:30 - 13:00, 2017-07-22 10:30 - 13:00, 2017-06-24 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
See the Brown Bag Special Interest Group page for more information…

DNA Special Interest Group
2017-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Lots of changes since the spring. This session will provide update and review of DNA testing companies: LivingDNA, Gen2.0, FTDNA, AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and MyHeritageDNA. We will also be looking at a research study on English DNA.
See the DNA Special Interest Group page for more information.

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2017-09-10 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
See the Roots Magic page for more information…

General Meeting
2017-09-09 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

Read the minutes from the May 6, 2017 meeting here…
See the proposed 2017 – 2018 Budget here…

Important Note: The 2017 Dallas Heart Walk is also being held on this Saturday. Reaching the library may be difficult. Please see this Walk Route Map and plan a little extra time for you trip to the library.
This month we will be hearing from DGS member David Passman who will be sharing the results of his research and discussing the use of collateral lines as a research methodology.

Technology Special Interest Group
2017-09-07 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Land Records: Using County Central Appraisal District Websites & County Clerk Websites. County central appraisal district websites offer a wealth of information about real property. Most counties in the United States have a central appraisal district (CAD) for all towns and cities in the county which provides ownership and county tax and property valuation information. County Clerk office websites are not standardized in the same way as the CAD websites and content differs from county to county. The September SIG presentation will provide an overview of how to use central appraisal district websites and a demonstration of the Dallas County Clerk’s Office ROAM website with access to digital copies of real property records through a paid subscription or per document cost.

Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference
2017-08-30 - 2017-09-02 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquense Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Summer Seminar Featuring Lisa Louise Cooke with Diahan Southard and Sunny Morton
2017-08-04 10:00 - 2017-08-05 16:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
This exciting two day event, “Sources, Storytelling & DNA,” will feature Lisa Louise Cooke, Diahan Southard and Sunny Morton. You’ll hear about various tools and sources to make your genealogy easier and more compelling, about how to write your life story, and about various aspects of genetic genealogy. Please join us! Discounted early registration ends Sunday, July 23.
Details and Registration Links…

Jewish Special Interest Group
2017-07-19 10:00 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
See the Jewish Group web page for more information….

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2017-06-11 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
