DPL: What You Can Learn from Lineage Societies (..without being a member!)
2026-07-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Virtual and In-person

Join genealogist Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal of The Family Heart for an exploration of the free genealogy resources available through lineage societies that have spent more than 125 years preserving family histories, records, and research. From the online databases and digitized applications of the Daughters of the American Revolution to pioneer rolls, military ancestor lists, and other valuable records, this presentation will highlight the surprising tools available to every researcher — no membership required. Learn where to find these resources, how to use them effectively and how they can help you uncover new clues about your own family history.

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Summer Seminar featuring Craig R Scott
2026-07-25 09:30 - 15:30 | Dallas Public Library – J Eric Jonsson, 1515 Young Street, DALLAS, TX, 75218, United States
Our Speaker: Craig R Scott, MA, CG, FUGA

In recognition of our country’s 250th anniversary, we have invited Revolutionary War expert genealogist Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA to come to Dallas and walk us down the paths we need to follow to find the details of our patriot ancestors’ service. Discover the impact the fight for American independence had on our forebears’ lives.

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Sessions

A Revolutionary War Case Study – The case study will follow the course of one revolutionary soldier, that captures the experiences of most of our ancestors who served in the various American Revolution military units. The subsequent lectures in the seminar will each focus in depth on one aspect of the American Fight for Independence.

Records created by the War – This lecture will examine types of service, compiled military service records, and where other documents can be found using a step-by-step methodology in a case study.

Records created after the War: Pensions – This lecture will explain the types of pensions, pension law, pension application files, pension ledgers, pension payment vouchers, last and final payments.

Records created after the War: Bounty Land – This lecture will cover the history of state and federal bounty land, French and Indian War bounty land during the Revolutionary War, bounty land acts, and the bounty land process. It will reveal the information to be found in Bureau of Land Management website relating to military bounty land.

Craig is an expert in Military Research and other National Archive records. He has been a professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-nine years. He is an entertaining and dynamic speaker and has often coordinated Military track programs for the premiere U.S. conferences, including IGHR, SLIG, and GRIP.

He has written seventeen books, and several articles in the NGSQ and other genealogical publications. He is the owner of Heritage Books Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with a catalog of more than 10,000 titles.

DPL: 250 Years of Us Book Club: Revolutionary Summer
2026-07-30 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
Virtual Only

In the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary, this book club explores history through both fiction and non-fiction that challenge familiar narratives and invite fresh perspectives on the American past. Each selection encourages readers to look beyond the textbook version of history and consider the people, choices, and hidden stories that shaped the nation.

July Selection: Revolutionary Summer: the Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis

In July’s selection, we turn to a vivid work of narrative history that brings the turbulent summer of 1776 into sharp focus. Moving between Philadelphia, New York City, and London, the book traces the precarious path toward independence through the perspectives of political leaders, soldiers, and ordinary citizens. By weaving together battlefield realities with the high-stakes debates of the Continental Congress, this selection highlights the uncertainty, risk, and contingency at the nation’s founding—inviting readers to reconsider the Revolution not as an inevitable triumph, but as a fragile and deeply human moment in history.

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German Genealogy Group
2026-09-12 10:30 - 12:00 | 6th Floor – TaiPei (Classroom D), J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
In-person and Virtual Event

Speaker: Bob Greiner

Topic: Germans Found in U.S. Federal Records on the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society Website

Bob Greiner will discuss the many resources available on the website of the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society (MAGS). He will describe various genealogical collections that MAGS has indexed and that are searchable by name on the website. These collections include unique records from churches and institutions, U.S. Department of State consulates in Germany, U.S. government Pension Bureau, and emigration notices from German legal newspapers. He will highlight specific examples of records that reference people from Texas.

The leaders of this group are Ann Broihier and Bernard Meisner. Contact: ggg@dallasgenealogy.org. Learn more about the German Genealogy Group

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Meeting ID: 867 5887 1312, Passcode: [REDACTED]

Bob Greiner is an expert genealogist who focuses on German family research, for his own family as well as to help others find their German ancestors. He has attained an exceptional proficiency in the interpretation of the old German Gothic or Kurrent script.

Bob has published books about several family lines, in print and online. He transcribed and published extractions of German church books from several locations. He also created and maintains a project that links hundreds of immigrant German families from the Pfalz region of Bavaria.

Bob is a regular contributor to the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society (MAGS) publication Der Kurier, describing research methods for German immigrants in a column titled “Immigrant Connections.” He has also published research articles in the Maryland Genealogical Society Journal, the National Archives magazine Prologue, and the German Genealogical Group newsletter Der Ahnenforscher.

In addition to serving as the MAGS treasurer, Bob is a member of the Howard County (MD) Genealogical Society, the German Genealogy Group (NY), and volunteers at the Columbia (MD) FamilySearch Center. He also volunteers as a transcriber with the FamilySearch Germany Research Community.
