Events

Brown Bag Special Interest Group

3rd Floor - Laurie Evans Studio, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Please note the alternate meeting location: 3rd Floor, Laurie Evans Studio . See the Brown Bag Special Interest Group page for more information...  

Technology Special Interest Group

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

Facebook Pages for Genealogy. See the Technology Special Interest Group page for more information....

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. 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.

Jewish Special Interest Group

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

The Jewish SIG Group will meet November 15, 2017 at 10:30 am at the Tycher Library at the Jewish Community Center on Northaven Road. Everyone please bring their favorite "Brick Wall". We will talk about them and various archives of other religions.

DNA Special Interest Group

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

Mic and Jean will bring information from the FamilyTreeDNA Project Administrators' Conference. The current DNA research and new tools will be the focus. See the DNA Special Interest Group 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

See the African American Genealogical 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

See the Brown Bag Special Interest Group page for more information...

MacGen Reunion Group

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

It's time for our annual Christmas meeting! It will be in the McDermott Room on the 8th floor of the downtown library at 2 PM on Saturday, the 2nd. If this is your first time, we hold the December meeting on the 1st Saturday (instead of the second) an hour later than usual which will be 2…
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Technology Special Interest Group

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

Scanners.  A review of different types of scanner hardware (flatbed, sheet-feeders, FlipPal, wand, book scanner on 8th floor of Dallas Public Library, etc) just in time for Christmas wish lists.  This presentation will complement the November 2013 presentation on scanning by Tony Hanson, archived on the Dallas Genealogical Society's YouTube channel.  See the Technology Special Interest Group page for…
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Annual Awards Luncheon

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

Read about past award recipients and nominate somebody you think is deserving on our Awards page. Registration for this event is required.

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...

African American Genealogical Interest Group

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

See the African American Genealogical Interest Group page for more information...

Jewish Special Interest Group

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

See the Jewish Special Interest Group web page for more information....

DNA Special Interest Group

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

December’s Topic: Using GedMatch, a review and a look at the new tools. – Mic Barnette

Brown Bag Special Interest Group

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

See the Brown Bag Special Interest Group page for more information...

Technology Special Interest Group

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

Topic: Using Adobe Spark to Create Videos and Share Your Genealogy

Please plan to attend the Dallas Genealogical Society’s Technology SIG meeting. Kathleen Murray will present and demonstrate Adobe Spark. Spark, by Adobe, is an application used to create short video films from either a video file or photographs. This is a great way to share family events and your family genealogy with family members who don’t have that genealogy bug.

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.

Our educational presentation, "1890 Census Substitutes: Bridging the Gap", will be made by Bill Buckner from the Waco-McLennan County Library.

Jewish Special Interest Group

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

Join us for a discussion of Jewish Surname books.

DNA Special Interest Group

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

January’s topic: A look at Swedish records. How I solved a problem proving an ancestor with DNA. – Jean Larson.

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.