Lone Star Family Trails Podcast Library Produced by the Texas State Genealogical Society

by Suzan Younger

The Texas State Genealogical Society launched the Lone Star Family Trails podcast library in April 2022. These podcasts summarize resources, records, and historical context for collections at fourteen archives, libraries, and museums here in Texas. A TxSGS host interviews an expert from each of the institutions, emphasizing how genealogists can use their collections.

The interview lasts between 35 and 45 minutes, just the right amount of time to take a relaxed coffee or tea break during your day. Be sure to listen to episode #112 when Tony Hanson interviews Ari Wilkins about the Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck Genealogy Collection at the Dallas Public Library.

Here is a list of the guests and their institutions. You can find a brief description of the podcast and links to each of the podcasts here.

Episode #114–September 2023
West Waco-McLennan Genealogy Center
Host: Sue Kaufman
Guest: Bill Buckner, genealogy supervisor of the West Waco-McLennan County Library Genealogy Center

Episode #113–August 2023
Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College, Hillsboro, Texas
Host: Ron Barnett
Guest: John R. Verslius, dean of the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College, Hillsboro, Texas

Episode #112–July 2023
Dallas Public Library-Genealogy & History Division
Host: Tony Hanson
Guest: Ari Wilkins, public service specialist

Episode #111–June 2023
Franklin County Genealogical Society (FCGS)
Host: Ginny Fields
Guests: Jana Capps, then president of FCGS, and Don Easterling, volunteer. Mt. Vernon, Texas

Episode #110–April 2023
Houston Public Library, African American History Center at the Gregory School
Host: Sue Kaufman
Guest: Miguell Ceasar, manager

Episode #109–March 2023
Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) 2023
Host: Emily Richardson
Guest: Kelvin L. Meyers, TIGR director

Episode #108–January 2023
Texas General Land Office*
Host: Sue Kauffman
Guest: James Harkins, director of Public Services for the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Program

Episode #107–October 2022
Houston Public Library-Family History Research Center at The Clayton Library Campus
Host: Randy Whited
Guest: Sue Kaufman, senior manager, Clayton Library Campus

Episode #106–October 2022
Texas Archives of the Moving Image (TAMI)
Host: Sue Kaufman
Guest: Elizabeth Hansen, managing director of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

Episode #105–September 2022
Texas Baptist Collection
Host: Ron Barnett
Guest: Alan LeFever, director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection in Waco, Texas

Episode #104–August 2022
The Portal to Texas History
Host: Randy Whited
Guest: Jake Magnum, UNT Program Development Librarian at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Episode #103–July 2022
The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University
Host: Ron Barnett
Guest: Dr. Monte L. Monroe, archivist for the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and State Historian for Texas

Episode #102- May 2022
The San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society Library
Host: Sue Kaufman
Guest: Barbara Froebel, president and historian of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society

Episode #101–April 2022
The Texas Collection and Archives at Baylor University
Host: Ron Barnett
Guest: Amie Oliver, interim director of the Texas Collection and an assistant librarian

* See the presentation by Kevin Klaus, information specialist in Archives and Records at the Texas General Land Office. Kevin gave an overview of the Texas General Land Office at the December 2023 DGS general meeting.