Events

Annual Awards Luncheon

7th Floor - O'Hara Hall - J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us for the 2018 DGS Annual Awards Luncheon to honor those who have contributed to the genealogical community in the past year. Admission is Free to any DGS member and $15.00 for non-members and guests.

Roots Magic Special Interest Group

5th Floor - Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, United States

See the Roots Magic page for more information...

Family Tree Maker SIG

5th Floor - Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, United States

Learn more about Family Tree Maker SIG software. See the SIG page for more information.

African American Genealogical Interest Group

1st Floor - West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.

Jewish Special Interest Group

8th Floor - McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.

DNA Special Interest Group

7th Floor - Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

We are pleased to be able to announce that the DNA SIG Dec. 20th meeting will be "A Conversation with Kenyatta Berry," sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA. Dallas will be one of the stops on her 20-city book tour featuring The Family Tree Toolkit, A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy.

Technology Special Interest Group

8th Floor - Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Please note the change of location. Indexing session. Join us for a live indexing session during our regularly scheduled Tech SIG meeting. You can choose any indexing project to work on or join other volunteers who have a favorite site, such as FamilySearch, BillionGraves or Ancestry.com.

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Bernard N. Meisner, Ph.D. will be speaking on the subject of "State and Territorial Censuses – Underused Genealogical Tools." 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.

Family Discovery Day in Highland Village

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Lewisville Stake) 902 Chinn Chapel Road, Highland Village, TX, United States

Join us for Family Discovery Day at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Highland Village. Sessions include basic and advanced techniques, DNA, one-on-one, kids activities, and more.

Roots Magic Special Interest Group

5th Floor - Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 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.

Family Tree Maker SIG

5th Floor - Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, United States

Family Tree Maker Software SIG is a facilitated group for those utilizing Family Tree Maker Software in their genealogical research

Jewish Special Interest Group

Tycher Library, Jewish Community Center 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, United States

Please note the change of location: we will be meeting at the Tycher Library at the Jewish Community Center. We are going to study Avotaynu's book Jewish Genealogy along with Methodology. You do not have to buy this book as it is quite expensive, but they do have a small paperback that is quite helpful.

DNA Special Interest Group

7th Floor - Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 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.

Brown Bag Special Interest Group

8th Floor - McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Please note the date change. The Brown Bag SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques. See the Brown Bag SIG page for more information.

African American Genealogical Interest Group

1st Floor - West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.

20th Annual Legacies Dallas History Conference

Fair Park Hall of State 3939 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX, United States

This is a half day conference with lectures about Dallas city and county history. Conference brochure (PDF)

General Meeting

1st Floor - Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 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. We will be hearing from our own Ari Wilkins on the subject of "Incorporating Oral History into Your Research."

Technology Special Interest Group

7th Floor - Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Free newspaper sites: Google Newspapers and Chronicling America « Library of Congress. Google and the Library of Congress have a major collection of digitized and free access to older newspapers from across the United States. Learn the unique aspects to searching these collections and more about the content.

MacGen Reunion Group

8th Floor - McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

The MacGen Reunion Group covers genealogy from a Mac-centric view, with an emphasis on Reunion genealogy software. Our topic on Saturday will be "Using Reunion to Search Online Websites." Reunion has very useful tools for investigating many websites, such as, Ancestry, FamilySearch.com, Find A Grave, USGenWeb and many more.

African American Genealogical Interest Group

1st Floor - West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Join us for a partner event sponsored by AAGIG and the Dallas Public Library, presenting author Pamela Bailey who is launching a documentary of the search for her family entitled "The Big Family Search, Reuniting an American Family Separated by Forced Migration in the Antebellum South."