DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2019-02-19 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
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
2019-02-16 14:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.”

MacGen Reunion Group
2019-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.

Technology Special Interest Group
2019-02-07 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, 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.

General Meeting
2019-02-02 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. We will be hearing from our own Ari Wilkins on the subject of “Incorporating Oral History into Your Research.”

20th Annual Legacies Dallas History Conference
2019-01-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Fair Park Hall of State, 3939 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX, 75210, United States
This is a half day conference with lectures about Dallas city and county history. Conference brochure (PDF)

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2019-01-19 14:00 - 16:45, 2018-12-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2018-11-17 14:00 - 16:45, 2018-10-20 14:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2019-01-19 10:30 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.

DNA Special Interest Group
2019-01-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-11-15 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, 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.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2019-01-16 10:30 - 13:00 | Tycher Library, Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, 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.

Family Tree Maker SIG
2019-01-13 15:00 - 16:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Family Tree Maker Software SIG is a facilitated group for those utilizing Family Tree Maker Software in their genealogical research

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2019-01-13 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, 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 Discovery Day in Highland Village
2019-01-12 08:45 - 12:30 | 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. Click here for complete schedule.

General Meeting
2019-01-05 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.

Technology Special Interest Group
2019-01-03 18:00 - 20:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.

DNA Special Interest Group
2018-12-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, 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.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2018-12-19 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.

Family Tree Maker SIG
2018-12-09 15:00 - 16:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Learn more about Family Tree Maker SIG software. See the SIG page for more information.

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2018-12-09 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
See the Roots Magic page for more information…

Annual Awards Luncheon
2018-12-08 11:00 - 14:00 | 7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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.

Technology Special Interest Group
2018-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Tutorial on indexing. We all benefit from the volunteers who index original records through various websites. You may very well be among the thousands who regularly index or joined a specific indexing campaign. This session will provide general instructions for two or three major indexing sites in preparation for a live indexing session at the January 2019 Tech SIG meeting at the Dallas Public Library.

MacGen Reunion Group
2018-12-01 14:00 - 16:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Per our usual December schedule, we are meeting at 2 PM this Saturday because of the Children’s Parade and competing Christmas activities. We will meet in the McDermott Room on the 8th floor of the downtown library.

This is our Christmas meeting so feel free to bring any goodies you want to share.

Our topic this month is: House Histories. Also, we’d love it if you tell us any exciting findings you made this year or brick walls broken, etc. And, there will be time for Q&A about anything you want to ask.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2018-11-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Jewish Community Center of Dallas, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. This months meeting will held at the Jewish Community Center of Dallas.
For more information about the group, see the Jewish SIG page.

General Meeting
2018-11-03 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. Stephanie Bennett will be covering the genealogical resources at the Dallas Public Library.

Texas State Genealogical Society Family History Conference
2018-11-02 - 2018-11-04 | Omni San Antonio, 9281 Colonnade Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78230, United States
The conference program will focus on topics ranging from getting started to finding records and repositories for land, probate, tax and other records with an emphasis on Texas and the southern states. Some presentations will help develop your methodological and analytical skills as a researcher. Other topics will give you a better grasp on your ancestors’ ethnicity, military experience, associations, and occupations. Plus, the program will feature tracks targeted at using technology and understanding DNA results.
Visit 2018 Conference Lodging and Venue for more information and to make your reservations online.
Please check the hotel’s website for cancellation rules and additional amenities. Full details and links for TxSGS discounted online reservations can be found on the TxSGS website. Attendees must request the Texas State Genealogical Society rate if making phone reservations.

Genealogy Network of Texas
2018-10-19 08:30 - 20:30 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us at the Dallas Public Library for this unique genealogical event. There will be local presentations, activities and presentations live-streamed from other libraries abound the state that will also be participating.
See the DPL Calendar for more information.
This is the first year that the Dallas Public Library will be participating in this event… please come and help make it a success!
