DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Jewish Special Interest Group
2017-05-17 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 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….

National Genealogical Conference
2017-05-10 - 2017-05-13 | TX

General Meeting
2017-05-06 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.
Our speaker will be Ari Wilkins: her topic is ‘Learn how to save money and time by using libraries services and collections to the fullest extent’
Time and money are a researcher’s most precious commodities. Don’t waste valuable library time on ordinary collections and databases when you are sitting on a gold mine of unique resources! Maximize your experience at your local and destination libraries.
About our speaker: Ari Wilkins, a graduate of Louisiana State University, has been actively researching family history since 1998. Ari worked with the esteemed genealogist, Dr. James Rose, for many years on his final project Generations: The WPA Ex-Slave Narrative Database. She is the owner of the genealogical consulting company, Black Genesis. Ms. Wilkins also works as a contributor for Proquest’s African American Heritage database and Afrigeneas.com.
Ms. Wilkins has spoken nationally at Federation of Genealogical Societies, Texas State Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society, Samford Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, American Library Association, 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.
Ari’s Handout
April Minutes

Technology Special Interest Group
2017-05-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-03-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2017-04-30 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Note: This meeting was rescheduled from March 12.

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2017-04-22 10:30 - 13:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Come join us on Saturday, April 22 at 10:30 A.M. as we continue to explore the uses and impact of the Law in family history to solve research problems relating to Women and the Family Unit.
Our text is: Women and the Law of Property in Early America by Marylynn Salmon.
The assignment is to read the Introduction & Chapter One. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced genealogist, all are welcome to participate in our discussion. It is our goal to provide new insights and pathways to assist in your research. Please contact: kutzresearch@gmail.com for additional information.

DNA Special Interest Group
2017-04-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-03-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States

Jewish Group
2017-04-19 10:00 - 13:00, 2017-02-15 10:00 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2017-04-15 02:00 - 17:00, 2017-02-18 14:00 - 17:00, 2017-01-21 14:00 - 17:00 | 1st Floor – West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

MacGen Reunion Group
2017-04-08 13:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

Technology Special Interest Group
2017-04-06 18:00 - 20:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

General Meeting
2017-04-01 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.
Our presentation this month is ‘The Texas State Library/Archives and General Land Office at Home and On Site‘ by DGS member Kelvin Meyers. He will discusses what records are available on your home computer or tablet and what resources are available to the genealogist when visiting these great sources of Texas research. Even if you are across the world you don’t have to leave home to locate records about your Texas ancestors.
See Kelvin’s Handout here….
Kelvin is a fifth generation Texan and professional genealogist since 1990 and an avid researcher-historian since 1979, he is a frequent speaker to many genealogical societies and family associations throughout the US. He was employed for ten years in the Genealogy Department of the Dallas Public Library. Now, he contracts with attorneys, banks, the US Immigration Service and energy companies, as a forensic genealogist, searching for missing or unknown heirs to estates and oil and gas leases. Kelvin is a 1989 and 1990 alumni of the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University and has returned to IGHR as lecturer. In 2016 Kelvin completed the Research in States Guide for Texas, published by the National Genealogical Society. He is a founding member and has served on the board of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy. Kelvin also serves as the chairman of the history and archives committee for First United Methodist Church in Dallas.
March Meeting Minutes

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2017-03-25 10:30 - 13:00, 2017-02-25 10:30 - 13:00, 2017-01-28 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2017-03-18 14:00 - 17:00 | 3rd Floor – Studio Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States

2017 Spring Seminar: Tom Jones
2017-03-18 09:00 - 17:00 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Tom Jones is known for meaty lectures benefiting genealogists of all experience levels. Audiences typically leave his lectures understanding that genealogical research can be more challenging than they had thought, but also that it can be much more fun.
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Fall Seminar 2017: Advanced Classroom Topics With Tom Jones
2017-03-17 08:00 - 17:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
This will be two targeted 75 minute classroom mode presentations enhanced by PowerPoint slides by Tom Jones. They will be targeted toward intermediate level researchers desiring advanced skills. Designed to be highly interactive, each includes classroom activities. Pre-event readings or homework may be required. The interactive nature of this format requires that we limit participation to 30 people.
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Jewish Special Interest Group
2017-03-15 10:00 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

General Meeting
2017-03-04 10:30 - 12:30 | 7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – 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.
Our presentation this month will be made by Brandon Murray who has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June, 2015. He has been integrally involved in the renovation of the Dallas History & Archives Division located on the 7th floor, which will be the focus of his presentation.
This collection is one of the largest of its kind in the nation: its holdings span many aspects of the diverse history of not only Dallas and the surrounding area, but the entire state of Texas. Highlights of the collection and floor include the photo lab, the digitized collections and Dallas County records, oral histories, photographs, manuscript collection and finding guide and fine books division. After Brandon’s talk, he will take our group on a tour of the newly remodeled floor.
Brandon Murray has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June, 2015. Before that, from 2012 to 2015, he was at Southern Methodist University, where he created metadata for digitized photographic collections intended for the Central University. He also posted images and metadata to social media sites including Tumblr, Flickr and Reddit, and collaborated with colleagues on creating or modifying cataloging and metadata guidelines. He was also responsible for proofreading and generating content to promote the Central University Library Digital Collections. Brandon Murray holds a Master of Library & Information Science degree from Southern Methodist University.

MacGen Reunion
2017-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States

RootsTech
2017-02-08 - 2017-02-11 | TX

General Meeting
2017-02-04 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.
Our speaker will be Pat Gordon who will discuss Researching Female Ancestors.
Pat Gordon’s interest in genealogy began innocently enough when she decided in the late 1980s to find where her maternal great grandmother was buried in Colorado after dying from tuberculosis. She soon found the answer to that question, but by then she had other questions that needed answering. And the questions keep coming faster and faster, much faster than the answers. Since she likes to place her ancestors in social context to their time, she does more than collect names. She spends a lot of time learning about the history and places in which they lived. In addition to online research, she spends much time hanging out in courthouses and libraries and considerable time in university archives.
As a former newspaper reporter with The Dallas Morning News and recently retired journalism lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington, she especially finds researching old newspapers a favorite pastime. She served two terms as president and one as vice president of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society.
She holds a B.A. in Journalism and M.S. in Media Studies. She was an original faculty member of Angelina College Genealogy Conference in Lufkin and continues to be a frequent speaker. She has also presented all-day seminars at various Texas genealogical societies.
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