Events

African American Genealogical Interest Group

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

AAGIG member Darlene Warren Rothwell will present 'Tips on Writing and Publishing a Family Genealogy Book'

General Meeting

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

Agenda 10:30 - Coffee, Snacks and Conversation 11:00 - Business Meeting Review the minutes from the previous meeting Election of Officers 11:30 (Approximately) - Educational Presentation Title: 'Ancestors of Mexican American Leaders Who Helped Shape Dallas' Speaker: Susan P Vega Susan will present a genealogical summary of three prominent Dallas Hispanics whose family trees were…
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General Meeting

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

Our speaker this month will be Rusty Brenner from Texas Cemetery Restoration.

Summer Symposium: Researching In Texas

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

The Dallas Genealogical Society invites you to join us for a two-day seminar focused on Texas Research featuring Teri Flack, a noted research with a deep background on the topic, as well as representatives from the University of North Texas Portal to Texas History, The University of Texas at Arlington Special Collection and the Dallas Public…
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General Meeting

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

We will be electing the 2015 - 2016 Board of Directors at this meeting -Please Attend and Vote. We will be giving away a free seat for our Fall Seminar with Dr. Michael Lacopo to one lucky attendee. Our featured speaker this month is Debra Polsky, Executive Director of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society.

TxSGS 2015 Award Submission Deadline

Texas State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 7308, Tyler, TX, United States

Today is the last day to submit nominations for their annual Volunteer of the Year, Writing and Website awards.

DNA Special Interest Group

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

This organizational meeting of the DNA Interest Group will provide a brief overview of the types of DNA testing, the companies providing the tests, and a recognition of the existence of genetic genealogy standards.  More importantly, we would like to discuss the needs and interests of the attendees for future programming about DNA for genealogy.

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. This month we will be hearing from Rusty Brenner from Texas Cemetery Restorations who will be talking to us about Cleaning, leveling, and repair of tombstones, GPS Mapping and Burial Databases for Cemeteries and Ground Penetrating Radar to locate unmarked graves.

Fall Seminar featuring Dr. Michael Lacopo

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

We are very excited to be welcoming Dr. Michael Lacopo who will be presenting a one-day series of lectures titled 'Thinking, Assessing, & Storytelling: Genealogy Beyond Birth, Marriage & Death'.

2015 TxSGS Family History Conference

Crowne Plaza Austin 6121 North IH-35 @ 290, Austin, TX, United States

This years conference will be held in Austin, Texas. See http://www.txsgs.org/conference/ for conference details and http://www.txsgs.org/conference/conference-lodging/ for Conference Lodging information (When making your reservations, be sure to use the TxSGS 2015 Conference code in order to receive the discounted group rate: TAC).

General Meeting

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

Our presentation this month will be "The Presidential Libraries and the George W. Bush Presidential Center" made by Alan C. Lowe, Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Registration for NGS 2016 Opens

Greater Fort Lauderdale & Brownard County Convention Center 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Registration for the conference and all related events opens on 1 December 2015.

Annual Awards Luncheon

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

Join us as we recognize those who have made significant contributions to genealogy and our society. This is a great way to kick off the holiday season, meet old friends and make new ones.

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. Judy Knight was president of Mid-Cities Genealogical Society and District  #11 Representative of the Texas State Genealogical Society. In 2006 Judy was the Conference Chair for the Texas State Genealogical Society Conference held in…
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Jewish Special Interest Group

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

Learn the terminology of the Jewish faith and race, and the methods for researching these families.

DNA Special Interest Group

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

The program Topic is X Chromosome. The group will look at Fan Charts, Pedigree Charts and Ahnentafel Reports (some times called Ancestor Reports) to assist in finding which of your lines could have X matches.

Brown Bag Special Interest Group

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

The Brown Bag group will be discussing numbering systems for genealogical reports.