DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Jewish Special Interest Group
2019-01-16 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Tycher Library, Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
Please note the change of location: we will be meeting at the Tycher Library at the Jewish Community Center. We are going to study Avotaynu’s book Jewish Genealogy along with Methodology. You do not have to buy this book as it is quite expensive, but they do have a small paperback that is quite helpful.

Family Tree Maker SIG
2019-01-13 15:00 - 16:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Family Tree Maker Software SIG is a facilitated group for those utilizing Family Tree Maker Software in their genealogical research

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2019-01-13 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
The RootsMagic SIG offers group discussion and sharing of information on getting the most out of the RootsMagic genealogy software running on PCs (Windows) and the Mac. The goal is to help each other utilize the software to the fullest extent.

Family Discovery Day in Highland Village
2019-01-12 08:45 - 12:30 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Lewisville Stake), 902 Chinn Chapel Road, Highland Village, TX, United States
Join us for Family Discovery Day at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Highland Village. Sessions include basic and advanced techniques, DNA, one-on-one, kids activities, and more. Click here for complete schedule.

General Meeting
2019-01-05 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Bernard N. Meisner, Ph.D. will be speaking on the subject of “State and Territorial Censuses – Underused Genealogical Tools.” 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.

Technology Special Interest Group
2019-01-03 18:00 - 20:00 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Please note the change of location. Indexing session. Join us for a live indexing session during our regularly scheduled Tech SIG meeting. You can choose any indexing project to work on or join other volunteers who have a favorite site, such as FamilySearch, BillionGraves or Ancestry.com.

DNA Special Interest Group
2018-12-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
We are pleased to be able to announce that the DNA SIG Dec. 20th meeting will be “A Conversation with Kenyatta Berry,” sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA. Dallas will be one of the stops on her 20-city book tour featuring The Family Tree Toolkit, A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2018-12-19 10:30 - 13:00, 2018-09-19 10:00 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. For more information, see the Jewish SIG page.

African American Genealogical Interest Group
2018-12-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2018-11-17 14:00 - 16:45, 2018-10-20 14:00 - 16:45 | 1st Floor – West Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Discusses and explores areas of research unique to the African American community. See the African American GIG page for more information.

Family Tree Maker SIG
2018-12-09 15:00 - 16:00 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
Learn more about Family Tree Maker SIG software. See the SIG page for more information.

Roots Magic Special Interest Group
2018-12-09 13:30 - 14:30 | 5th Floor – Hamon Room, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young, Dallas, TX-Texas, 75201, United States
See the Roots Magic page for more information…

Annual Awards Luncheon
2018-12-08 11:00 - 14:00 | 7th Floor – O’Hara Hall – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us for the 2018 DGS Annual Awards Luncheon to honor those who have contributed to the genealogical community in the past year. Admission is Free to any DGS member and $15.00 for non-members and guests.

Technology Special Interest Group
2018-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Tutorial on indexing. We all benefit from the volunteers who index original records through various websites. You may very well be among the thousands who regularly index or joined a specific indexing campaign. This session will provide general instructions for two or three major indexing sites in preparation for a live indexing session at the January 2019 Tech SIG meeting at the Dallas Public Library.

MacGen Reunion Group
2018-12-01 14:00 - 16:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Per our usual December schedule, we are meeting at 2 PM this Saturday because of the Children’s Parade and competing Christmas activities. We will meet in the McDermott Room on the 8th floor of the downtown library.

This is our Christmas meeting so feel free to bring any goodies you want to share.

Our topic this month is: House Histories. Also, we’d love it if you tell us any exciting findings you made this year or brick walls broken, etc. And, there will be time for Q&A about anything you want to ask.

Jewish Special Interest Group
2018-11-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Jewish Community Center of Dallas, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
For anyone with actual (or suspected) Jewish ancestral lines. This months meeting will held at the Jewish Community Center of Dallas.
For more information about the group, see the Jewish SIG page.

DNA Special Interest Group
2018-11-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2018-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
The purpose of the DNA Interest Group is to explore the use of DNA as a genealogical tool. See the DNA Interest Group page for more information.

General Meeting
2018-11-03 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, 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. Stephanie Bennett will be covering the genealogical resources at the Dallas Public Library.

Texas State Genealogical Society Family History Conference
2018-11-02 - 2018-11-04 | Omni San Antonio, 9281 Colonnade Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78230, United States
The conference program will focus on topics ranging from getting started to finding records and repositories for land, probate, tax and other records with an emphasis on Texas and the southern states. Some presentations will help develop your methodological and analytical skills as a researcher. Other topics will give you a better grasp on your ancestors’ ethnicity, military experience, associations, and occupations. Plus, the program will feature tracks targeted at using technology and understanding DNA results.
Visit 2018 Conference Lodging and Venue for more information and to make your reservations online.
Please check the hotel’s website for cancellation rules and additional amenities. Full details and links for TxSGS discounted online reservations can be found on the TxSGS website. Attendees must request the Texas State Genealogical Society rate if making phone reservations.

Genealogy Network of Texas
2018-10-19 08:30 - 20:30 | 8th Floor – Genealogy Section, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us at the Dallas Public Library for this unique genealogical event. There will be local presentations, activities and presentations live-streamed from other libraries abound the state that will also be participating.
See the DPL Calendar for more information.
This is the first year that the Dallas Public Library will be participating in this event… please come and help make it a success!

Jewish Special Interest Group
2018-10-17 10:30 - 13:30 | Tycher Library, Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
The October meeting has been rescheduled for Tycher Library on Northaven at 10:30 am.
For more information about the group, see the Jewish SIG page.

MacGen Reunion Group
2018-10-13 13:00 - 15:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
The MacGen Reunion Group covers genealogy from a Mac-centric view, with an emphasis on Reunion genealogy software. We’re going to have a really different and hopefully fun meeting this month covering: Pet pedigrees and DNA, using Reunion to identify DNA cousins, and house histories. See the MacGen Reunion Group SIG page for more information.

General Meeting
2018-10-06 10:30 - 12:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Join us for Greg Boyd’s presentation on the mapping tools available at HistoryGeo.com. Hospitality and mingling starts at 10:30am. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

Technology Special Interest Group
2018-10-04 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Deep dive into the Dallas Public Library online resources. The Dallas Public Library has a long list of online resources and databases that can be used for your genealogical research. A few of these resources can be accessed only from the library, but many can be accessed any place you have Internet access. Several of the resources are not specifically related to genealogy, but life is not all about chasing after ancestors and FANs. Are you making the most of these resources?

2018 Fall Seminar: David E. Rencher
2018-09-29 10:00 - 16:30 | 1st Floor – Auditorium, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
We are pleased to welcome David E. Rencher as the featured speaker for our 2018 Fall Seminar.
David received a BA in Family and Local History, Brigham Young University in 1980 and has been a Certified Genealogist since 2006. His credentials are impressive:

Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association;
Fellow, Irish Genealogical Research Society – London;
Lecturer, Course Coordinator (Ireland), Samford University’s IGHR;
Past-President, FGS, 1997-2001.
Past-President of Utah Genealogical Association

In addition, he is the author of a series of articles in The Septs on Irish Genealogical Collections
He is currently Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch at the Family History Department of the LDS Church.
More details will be provided as they become available.

Brown Bag Special Interest Group
2018-09-22 10:30 - 13:00 | 8th Floor – McDermott Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
The Brown Bag SIG is for genealogists who want to learn advanced methodology skills and techniques. See the Brown Bag SIG page for more information.

DNA Special Interest Group
2018-09-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 7th Floor – Stone Room, J. Erik Jonnson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
The Dallas Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group is beginning the 2018-2019 year with a special speaker: Larry Youngblood.
The meeting will be in the 7th floor, Stone Room, of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, 6 pm to 7:30 pm, Thursday, September 20, 2018.
“Colonial Ancestors – Knocking down brick walls with YDNA”
The story of a 40 year journey to confirm his Youngblood family and ancestors began in Houston’s St Luke’s Hospital where his father was recuperating from quadruple bypass surgery. He began a morbid habit to read obituaries and happened upon one that described a Youngblood from Alief TX being returned to Youngblood, Alabama for burial. His father knew virtually nothing of his family other than remembering his grandfather relating that they had some land in Alabama.
Larry and his father learned about all the Youngblood branches…names, dates, migration paths. After his father’s passing in 1987, he worked at a lesser pace until he heard of YDNA and what it could do. He began the YDNA Project in 2004. Brick wall after brick wall began to fall for him and all other Youngblood lines and branches as members joined his project – matching one patriarch or the other – updating the omissions, correcting the records and correcting most all the Youngblood book written prior to YDNA.
Come hear Larry’s journey.
