Join the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society in person or virtually as Peter Sime, Library Director, provides the history of the library and answers questions about the many programs and services offered.
Join us June 9-11, 2023 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA for the next International German Genealogy Partnership Conference! Our co-host is the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Volunteers are needed to help plan this in-person conference as well as its virtual components. Volunteer today! info@iggp.org. Read the news release and share the save the date flyer. (English)
Registration is Open! The Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) is excited to announce that registration will open Thursday, March 2, 9:00 a.m. central time for our upcoming week-long Texas Institute for Genealogical Research (TIGR)! Held virtually, TIGR 2023 takes place June 12-16, 2023. What is TIGR?TIGR promotes learning in an instructional classroom atmosphere, taking each…
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Learn how to incorporate family research, oral histories, photos, and more into your own family's immigration story with Genealogy & History Manager Stephanie Bennett.
O.K. Carter talking about "All Things Arlington"
Find out what the Haggard Library Genealogy Center Center can provide you through books, maps, microfilm and databases.
Janine Cloud from FamilyTreeDNA will present and help attendees understand more about using DNA in their family history research.
The Dallas History & Archives Division, in partnership with the Tenth Street Residents' Association, celebrates the rich history of the Tenth Street neighborhood with a morning of activities honoring the historic neighborhood.
The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other records that provide information for this special area of genealogy research.
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines.
Genealogy & History staff take you back to the beginning with step-by-step instructions on how to get started researching YOUR family's history.
LaDonna Garner, genealogist, will speak at the next Genealogical Society meeting about “Recording Family Health History.”
Learn how to use HeritageQuest® Online, powered by Ancestry.com, an American genealogy database with primary sources, local and family histories, research guides, interactive census maps, and much more.
Discover the lost stories of the Free People of Color who made Texas their home prior to the Civil War! Genealogy Specialist Mic Barnette will give an overview of the Free People of Color of Texas Project, which works to identify all or as many free People of Color who resided in Texas prior to the Civil War.
Have you ever wanted to start researching your family, but not known where to start? Learn about FamilySearch.org, a FREE online resource provided by the largest genealogy library in the world! Learn how to find historical records, family trees, famous relatives and much, much more.
The group discusses use of variety of sources, including census research, reconstruction and Freedman Bureau records, NARA combined military records of the U.S. Colored Troops, Plantation Slave records, Slave schedules and other records that provide information for this special area of genealogy research.
Join us for "Genealogy and the Internet: Successfully Mining the World Wide Web" featuring Cyndi Ingle. This will be a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event. Recording will be available to registered participants following the event.
Historic newspapers hold a wealth of information about your family's history. From weddings, to town gossip, to land sales - newspapers will give an in-depth snapshot into your ancestors' daily lives. Learn how to find the historic newspaper that you are seeking, and how to access that elusive newspaper that might NOT be online.
Discovering your family history goes beyond names and dates on a family tree. The clues we can gather from foodways, healing traditions, and beliefs tell us more about the daily lived realities of our ancestors. Learn how to use cultural heritage to build a fuller portrait of those who came before us, and about online resources to help you in your genealogy search.
Hear Patti Huff Smith (Dallas Genealogical Society Vice President) discuss GEDmatch.com: Getting the Most from your DNA Results.
Learn how to take your DNA results to the next level using integrated DNA tools.
School records are a rich way to discover your ancestors whereabouts and who registered them for school.
