DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Denton County Genealogical Society Meeting
2023-04-13 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
Presenter: Bill Buckner

Topic: The 1890 Census Substitutes: Bridging the Gap (created by Buckner & Hannah Kubacak)

Learn gap-busting strategies such as using census substitutes, reconstructions and other enumerations. Learn which clues from familiar records can help you gain knowledge about your ancestors and bridge the gap.

Social time begins at 6:30pm with the program beginning at 7:00pm.

http://genealogydentontexas.org

About Bill

Genealogy supervisor of the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library for the past 24 years, Bill is committed to furthering information access, and the pursuit and sharing of knowledge. He initiated and co-hosts with the Central Texas Genealogical Society (CTGS) the popular annual Statewide Genealogy Lock-in. He also leads the McLennan County Cemetery Interest Group (MCCIG) to identify and inventory McLennan County cemeteries.

Bill has been a valued Texas State Genealogical Society volunteer for over a decade, serving as the TxSGS District 12/District H representative since 2009; TxSGS book awards committee member since 2009, and its chair since 2010; and the TxSGS awards chair since 2014. He was named a 2021 Texas State Genealogical Society Fellow. He holds a BS from Southwestern University, and a MS in library science from UNT. Bill is a fourth-generation Texan and lives in Temple with his family.

MacGen Reunion Group
2023-04-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
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 our gatherings as we discuss all things Mac, getting the most out of your genealogical research! The meetings are free and open to the public and are held in a round-table, open discussion format with a facilitator.
Leader: macs@dallasgenealogy.org

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Meeting ID: 912 5416 3215 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

Grand Prairie Gen Soc Monthly Meeting
2023-04-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Grand Prarie Memorial Library, 901 Conover Drive, Grand Prarie, TX, 75051, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Speaker: Patti Huff Smith

Topic: Introduction to DNA

There will be a Meet and Greet at 6:30 pm with the program beginning at 7:00 pm. Masks are optional.

If you are planning to request a link to the Virtual or Zoom Meeting, please do so as soon as possible so that the link can be given to each person in a timely manner.

To register, please send an email to info@gpgstx.org

About the Speaker: Patti is the Director of Education for the Dallas Genealogical Society and holds her membership there. She is also a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogy Society, Texas State Genealogical Society and several counties in Texas where her roots run deep.

Patti has pursued her passion for genealogy and family research since 2013.

DPL: Finding Our Scottish Immigrant’s Home with American Documents
2023-04-04 14:00 - 16:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Genealogy Expert Patti Gillespie, owner of Family Lines and Stories, will help genealogy researchers better understand how to locate their ancestor’s Scottish origins. She will present on one of her family’s ancestors – Robert Gillespie, husband, father, and miner who emigrated to the United States in 1869; he never became a United States citizen. Without naturalization information, it becomes more difficult to find the birthplace of the émigré before 1900. This presentation concentrates on looking for other sources and sites to find Robert’s hometown.

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DGS General Meeting
2023-04-01 10:30 - 13:00 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person & Virtual Event

Speaker: Christopher D. Bryant

Topic: How Traditional Genealogy Meets DNA to Solve Stubborn Brick Walls

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About Chris

Chris is an author, editor, family heirloom preservationist, graphic designer, oral historian and interviewer, reunion planner, transcriber and cemetery researcher. His research areas of focus include African American, American Indian & Native American, Hispanic heritage and DNA. Research locations include: United States, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain.

Chris is a member of Association of Professional Genealogists, Dallas Genealogical Society, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, and Tennessee Genealogical Society.

Chris can be reached through his website: https://cdbryantgenealogy.com/

Van Zandt County - 175th Birthday
2023-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 | TX
Van Zandt County will soon be 175 years old. The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society, in partnership with other local history groups, will hold a birthday party for the county on Saturday, March 25, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Blackwell House Museum and the main County Library (next door) 317 First Monday Lane, in Canton. The celebration is open to the public and free. Tours of the museum will be provided, and there will be opportunities to learn about some of the early settlers of the county. Refreshments will be served.

The Texas State Legislature passed a law creating Van Zandt County on March 20, 1848. The new county was named after Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847), a country store owner who became a legislator and diplomat for the Texas Republic; his greatest achievement was to help ensure that Texas joined the United States. Van Zandt died of yellow fever in 1847 while campaigning to be Governor. Although Van Zandt never lived in his namesake place, the creation of the county was a testament to the gratitude of legislators for his service to Texas during his short life.

The March 25 birthday celebration will honor the county and the pioneers who made East Texas succeed. A highlight will be the celebration of the life of Elvira Engledow, an early settler of Van Zandt County and a Citizen of the Republic of Texas. Many organizations, such as the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Van Zandt County Historical Commission, will join with the Genealogical Society in this event. The hosts will be wearing their 1800s pioneer clothes, and the public is encouraged to do so. Come join the fun, learn some history, have some birthday cake! Remember, the party will be happening at both the Blackwell House and next door at the main county library in Canton, Texas.

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Arlington Family History Seminar
2023-03-25 08:00 - 15:00 | Arlington Texas Stake Center, 3809 Curt Drive, Arlington, Texas
The Arlington Family History Center is resuming the Annual Seminar! This seminar provides several lessons and help for beginners to advanced researchers.
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Coppell Genealogy Special Interest Group
2023-03-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-02-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Cozby Library and Community Commons, 177 N. Heartz Drive, Coppell, TX, 75019, United States
Formed to assist Coppell residents who have an interest in researching their family history.

This is an in person meeting.

DPL: Settlement of the Gulf Coast
2023-03-21 14:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual and in-person!

While most history classes cover the original settlement of the United States Northeast coast, not many cover the settlement of the gulf coast in the south. In this presentation, Genealogy Specialist Mic Barnette will provide a historical timeline for the settlement of the gulf coast in the United States. Understanding settlement trends and migration patterns will help you better understand the lives of your ancestors who originally settled along the gulf coast area.

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Jewish Special Interest Group
2023-03-20 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines.

Topic: TBD

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Meeting ID: 947 0024 8507, Passcode: [REDACTED]

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2023-03-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – Community Showcase Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
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.
This will be a Hybrid meeting: You can join us in-person at the Library or you can participate remotely using Zoom:
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DNA Special Interest Group
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
Virtual Event

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.

Discussion: What did you learn about DNA at RootsTech?

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Meeting ID: 886 0208 0729 / Passcode: [REDACTED]

HOGAR de Dallas Quarterly Meeting
2023-03-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak, Dallas, TX, 75204, United States
Speakers: Sylvia Valle, Retired Educator & Counselor and Kay Moore, Friends of Garland’s Historic Magic 11th Street

Topic: Manuel and Maria Valle – First Hispanic Family of Garland

Manuel and Maria Valle are Garland’s first Hispanic family. The Valle’s had eight children, all graduates of Garland High School, including Manuel, Juaquin, Guadalupe, Jesus, Jose, Eugenia, Pascual, and Luis. Pascual at age 91 years is the sole survivor of the eight children. Pascual’s wife, Sylvia Valle, a retired educator and counselor, will share the Valle family story and legacy.

Kay Moore with Friends of Garland’s Historic Magic 11th Street will also speak on her organization’s role in securing approval from the Texas Historical Commission for a Texas Historical Marker that honors Garland’s Manuel and Maria Valle Family as the city’s original Hispanic family that arrived in 1928 and blazed trails for today’s growing Hispanic population in Garland.

DPL: Genealogy for Children & Families
2023-03-11 10:30 - 12:30 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person Only

Children, ages 8-12, will learn the basic tools to begin their own genealogy research in this exciting interactive workshop. This hands-on program provides an opportunity to start a family tree, understand basic genealogy terms and leave with a plan to continue learning about their family history. Participants will discover the type of records and documents they can locate. Siblings are welcome with adult supervision.

Requirements: Each child must be accompanied by one parent or guardian. Each participant should bring one or more photographs of a grandparent or relative from an older generation.No Registration Required.

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Sponsored by the Dallas Genealogical Society.

German Genealogy Group
2023-03-11 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual and in-person!
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 leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. You can send them email at ggg@dallasgenealogy.org Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

An introduction to Compgen.de, Germany’s Genealogy free mega website, managed by the Association for Computer Genealogy. Although the primary language of the site is German, much of its content is also available in English and the translation tools available in your Web browser and online can help with the rest. The site includes links to millions of names in public family trees, a village gazetteer of most of central Europe that includes the political entities to which your ancestors’ home villages belonged, thousands of city directories and searchable village genealogies, and much more. Bernard and Ann will review the various features of the site and demonstrate how it can help you with your research.
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Cedar Hill Genealogy Society Monthly Program
2023-03-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Zula B. Wylie Public Library, 225 Cedar Street, Cedar Hill, TX, 75104, United States
Topic: Family History Workshop Do you want to know your family’s history? Don’t know how to start your family history? Do you have an ancestor who doesn’t want to be found? Do you have confusing information about an ancestor.

Denton County Genealogical Society Meeting
2023-03-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street, Denton, TX, 76201, United States
Presenter: Brian Rhinehart

Topic: I Have a Civil War Ancestor… Now What?

Civil War soldiers often left a rich genealogical paper trail. Many of these records are tucked away at the National Archives in Washington DC. Brian Rhinehart will give a virtual presentation about what records are available for your ancestors at the National Archives, what records are online already, and how to access all of them, at the Denton County Genealogical Society’s meeting on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Records from the Civil War may unlock some of the family stories that have been forgotten over time, as well as break down a brick wall or two!

Brian Rhinehart is a professional genealogist and speaker and is the owner of CivilWarRecords.com. He is a graduate of Boston University’s Certificate of Genealogy Research, and his work has been featured in the PBS television show “Finding Your Roots.” A direct descendant of six Civil War soldiers, Brian specializes in research and record retrieval for Civil War and War of 1812 soldiers at the National Archives in Washington DC and has retrieved military files for hundreds of clients there.

Social time begins at 6:30pm with the program beginning at 7:00pm.

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Collin County Genealogy Meeting
2023-03-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Speaker: Tim Gieringer

Topic: Researching with Newspapers on the Portal to Texas History and Related Resources

Zoom Only

This will be an overview of the newspapers available for genealogical research on the Portal to Texas History along with a demonstration of how to use them. As well as a look at newspapers on the Gateway to Oklahoma History and Chronicling America. Tim will also cover other valuable resources for researchers at the Portal.

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Speaker: Tim Gieringer has worked as the Metadata Coordinator for the Portal to Texas History’s Texas Digital Newspaper Program since 2014 and also contributes metadata work to the Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program. Beginning in November 2022 he became UNT Library’s project coordinator for their National Digital Newspaper Program grant in collaboration with the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Marquette University and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to working for the Portal, he also enjoys utilizing it in his spare time for family and local history research.

DPL: Introducing Heritage Hub
2023-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual and in-person!

New to Dallas Public Library, Heritage Hub allows you to explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research. Delve into this new genealogy database and other updated newspaper and online news resources available from Newsbank.

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DGS General Meeting
2023-03-04 10:30 - 13:00 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Speaker: Jacob Mangum, Project Development Librarian at the University of North Texas
Topic: Exploring the Portal Texas History Collection
In Person and on Zoom!

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Grand Prairie Gen Soc Monthly Meeting
2023-03-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Grand Prarie Memorial Library, 901 Conover Drive, Grand Prarie, TX, 75051, United States
Online

In Person

Speaker: Jim Thornhill
Topic Description: Digging Deeper into the U.S. Census
Jim Thornhill has been researching his family’s history for 20 years, five of those as a professional genealogist. Jim is chief researcher for Heroes of the Past, a company that seeks to delight clients, provide context in our ancestor’s lives, and show how we all have Heroes in our Pasts.
Jim is a graduate of the ProGen professional genealogy course, the Genealogy Proof course, Texas Institute for Genealogical Research and was awarded the Birdie Monk Holsclaw Scholarship to the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research in Athens Georgia. Jim has written articles for the Dallas Genealogical Society’s e-news and Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society. Jim is an active member in the Texas State Genealogical Society and the Dallas Genealogical Society, where he serves as President. Jim is a native Texan who has been living in the Dallas area his entire life and has roots in pre-civil war Texas and Mississippi.
There will be a Meet and Greet at 6:30 pm with the program beginning at 7:00 pm. There will be no refreshments and masks are optional.

To register, please send an email to info@gpgstx.org

RootsTech 2023
2023-03-01 00:00 - 2023-03-04 23:59 | Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101, United States
“RootsTech is a family history and technology conference and trade show held annually in the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2017 it claimed to be the world’s largest family-history technology conference. It is the successor to three former conferences: the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, the Family History Technology Workshop and the FamilySearch Developers Conference. Over the years, RootsTech has welcomed a number of celebrities, television personalities, and actors as keynote speakers.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RootsTech

DPL: Beginning African American Genealogy
2023-02-21 14:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual and in-person!

Are you unsure how to start researching your African American ancestry? Genealogy Specialist Ari Wilkins will help you get started! Learn about the basic steps in starting African American research, genealogical resources and strategies.

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Jewish Special Interest Group
2023-02-20 16:00 - 17:00 | TX
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines.

We will be discussing immigration into New York Harbor on various dates. To go to Wikipedia and look at two subjects: Clinton Gardens and Ellis Island. This will give you the background needed for this subject.

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Meeting ID: 947 0024 8507, Passcode: [REDACTED]

MacGen Reunion Group
2023-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Event
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 our gatherings as we discuss all things Mac, getting the most out of your genealogical research! The meetings are free and open to the public and are held in a round-table, open discussion format with a facilitator.
Leader: macs@dallasgenealogy.org

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DPL: Intro to DNA
2023-02-11 13:00 - 14:30 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-Person Only

Discover the Power of DNA! This introduction to DNA with Genealogy Expert Patti Huff Smith includes learning about what type of DNA tests are available and why DNA testing can accelerate traditional genealogy research. Once DNA results arrive an ethnicity breakout, a DNA match list and more are provided. This information can send you on a fantastic new journey of discovery into your own family’s history.

If you’ve already tested your DNA and need help, bring access to your DNA results so that volunteers can help you understand your results on library computers! This event is in-person only.

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Cedar Hill Genealogy Society Monthly Program
2023-02-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Zula B. Wylie Public Library, 225 Cedar Street, Cedar Hill, TX, 75104, United States
Topic: African American Research

Presenter: Lela Evans Lela will show us how to get started researching your African American ancestors; including: the differences in African American records — enslaved vs free; how laws affected records and more. She will show us how to find slave records and slave owners names and will present a case study

Mesquite Historical & Genealogical Society Meeting
2023-02-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
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Speaker: Kelvin Meyers

Topic: How Great Thou Art! How Great They Are! Church Records
Underused and underutilized, this vast group of records can be a challenge to the “un-churched”. Determining the denomination, in which your ancestor was a part, can be the biggest challenge. The second challenge is to find those records. With these two things accomplished, many genealogical questions can be answered.
The meeting begins at 7:00: The bridge will available at 6:30.
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