AAGIG member Darlene Warren Rothwell will present 'Tips on Writing and Publishing a Family Genealogy Book'
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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Our speaker this month will be Rusty Brenner from Texas Cemetery Restoration.
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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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.
Today is the last day to submit nominations for their annual Volunteer of the Year, Writing and Website awards.
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.
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.
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'.
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).
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 the conference and all related events opens on 1 December 2015.
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.
