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, 'Discover New Ancestral Information by Connecting Through Social Media', will be made by our Director of Volunteer Coordination Patti Huff Smith. Social networking tools are a great means for…
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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. It's that time again! Our next MacGen Reunion Group will be this coming Saturday at 1PM in the McDermott Room on the 8th floor of the downtown Central…
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A Webinar presented by Donna Moughty You’ve started your family history but the pieces don’t seem to fit and the jigsaw puzzle isn’t revealing a picture as you’d hoped. Sometimes it’s just a matter of turning a piece in another direction or fitting it into a different place in the picture. This program will look…
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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.
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page. Contact jewishgen@dallasgenealogy.org for meeting location information.
Join HOGAR de Dallas for a special Hispanic genealogy study group focused on stimulating interest in Hispanic genealogy, assisting in the research of Hispanic lineages and promoting an understanding of Hispanic heritage within the community. This study group is free and open to all.
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.
Speaker: Ari Wilkins Whether you have Quaker heritage or African American heritage, come hear Ari tell of the relationships these two groups held and how they often migrated together. Ari has many sources to share on finding those important records.
A Panel Discussion featuring Elizabeth Weinstein, David Golman, May Sebel, and Joe Schackman
Learn basic genealogy research strategies and library databases, plus get help with your personal research from a librarian or expert volunteer. No registration is required. Will be in Arlington Public Library Downtown, 3rd floor Genealogy and Local History room.
The Best Practices SIG (formerly Brown Bag Group) is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques.
Presenter: Jan Edwards
A presentation by Bernard N. Meisner Learn how to import search results from Web sites into spreadsheets, use the spreadsheet’s built-in tools to format and manipulate the data, and process them to investigate possible group migrations and determine family relationships. Also learn how to sort dates of the form 10 May 1869, and overcome Excel’s…
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Presenter: Ari Wilkins, Dallas Public Library Recreating communities can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. This presentation will demonstrate ways to combine data from census records, Sanborn maps, and city directories.
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. Note that this meeting will be held in the Genealogy section on the 8th floor: refreshments will be served in the McDermott room. Stephanie Bennett, Manager of the Genealogy & History Division of…
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Presenter: Nancy Maxwell
Recreating neighborhoods can provide rich and insightful details about an ancestor’s life and surroundings. Join us as Ari Wilkins – genealogist, teacher, researcher and specialist in African American research – explains how to use these often overlooked collections of historical information to build a more complete picture of your ancestor’s life. Join the Mesquite Historical…
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Presented by Larry McCarty The process and techniques used for researching any ethnic group’s family history are much the same. You will, however, find challenges and roadblocks that are more common when researching African American Ancestry. Mr McCarty will present tips, tools, guidelines to overcome these challenges. He will use them to demonstrate the success…
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Join us in making history as we embark on the first-ever 24-hour genealogy webinar marathon, where you will learn how to trace your ancestors from the world's top genealogists and educators. From advanced Googling to DNA, from The Great Lakes to Australia and Germany, there's something for everyone... in every time zone. And thanks to…
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