Events

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.

HistoryGeo is an online, interactive database with land-ownership maps and historical atlases which are key for tracking historical migrations of families across the early United States. Learn how to navigate this database, effectively use search tools and find important information about your ancestors.

Join the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society in person as John Wiley and Patricia Givens present "Orientation to the Grand Prairie Memorial Library Roots Room"

Marynell Bryant – first person historic program in period costume.

Join Stephanie Bennett (Unit Manager, Dallas Public Library) discussing FamilySearch advanced research and learn just what to do when you can't find your ancestor despite running every name search possible (All levels of experience okay)

One of the best and most overlooked resources for genealogical research
is hidden in plain sight: the Public Library. Denton Public Library’s
Laura Douglas will share how and where to find unexpected treasures
hidden in local history and genealogy collections, both in your own
community and those where your ancestors lived.

Do you want to know your family’s history? Don’t know how to start your family history? Do you have an ancestor who doesn’t want to be found? Do you have confusing information about an ancestor.

Listen to Cheri Hudson Passey as she helps you add new tools to your research toolbox.

Sessions:
* What Does That Say? Strategies for Reading Old Handwriting
* 5 Elements for Sound Research: A Guide for Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard
* They Lived Where? How to Tackle a New to You Research Location
* Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse

Hear Patti Huff Smith (Dallas Genealogical Society Vice President) discuss Finding Your Ancestors in Scholastic Records.

School records are a rich way to discover your ancestors whereabouts and who registered them for school.

Years of history and tradition are contained in the food we eat every day. Celebrate the City of Dallas' Welcome Week, Mexican Independence Day, and the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month with food, community, and conversation. Enjoy a selection of small plates created by Chef Luis Olvera, of Trompo in Bishop Arts.

Dallas Public Library Genealogy & History Division, in partnership with Vivid-Pix, is proud to launch a new mobile memory station - a place to scan, restore and record your family memories.

Learn about this new technology, how to utilize it for photo recognition therapy, and to share your family history & traditions.

Join the Van Zandt Genealogical Society and Emily Richardson for a day of learning an fun! Topics: A Foundational Step in Research Strategy-What is the Research Question * Same Name Same Location – Which One is Mine? * 20 Websites Every Genealogist Should Be Using * Military Records: Revolutionary War through the Civil War