Learn more about recent Dallas Genealogy seminars.
2024 – Fall: Blaine Bettinger – Autosomal Analysis: Tools for Finding Your Ancestors
September 28, 2024
- Shared Matches and Genetic Networks
- Genetic Genealogy Year in Review
- Using DNA Painter to Map Your DNA
- The Helen Marley Story
2024 – Summer: Nicka Sewell-Smith – The Legacy of Forced Removal: Finding Formerly Enslaved & Indigenous Kin
July 27, 2024
- From Tulsa to Beyond: African American Genealogy in Oklahoma
- Finding Isaac Rogers
- Giving Them Their Glory: First Kansas/US Colored Troops 79th Regiment
- Lost to Time, Unearthed by Access
2024 – Spring: Tom Jones – Genealogy Jackhammers: Methods for Breaking Brick Walls
April 13, 2024
- Going Beyond the Bare Bones: Reconstructing Your Ancestors’ Lives
- Building a Case with Scant Evidence
- Building a Credible Lineage, Despite Missing Information, Conflicting and Incorrect Records, and Undocumented Publications
- Solutions for Missing and Scarce Sources
2023 – Fall: Michael L. Strauss – The Twentieth Century Wars: Military Records and Research
September 23, 2023
- The Great War: Researching Your WWI Ancestors
- World War II
- Researching the Korea and Vietnam Wars
- Tracing the Movements of a Military Unit
2023 – Summer: Cyndi Ingle – Genealogy and the Internet: Successfully Mining the World Wide Web
July 22, 2023
- Genealogy and the Internet – A Match Made in Heaven
- Cyndi’s List in Practice
- The Path to Digital Libraries and Archives
- Smarter Searching: Refining Search Parameters for Genealogists
2023 – Spring: Judy Russell – Research and the Law: Legal Knowledge Needed to Find Your Ancestors
April 22, 2023
- Finding the Law
- Making a Federal Case Out of It
- From 1619 to Juneteenth -- Slavery and the Law Before the Civil War
- Dower and Dowry: Women, Property, & Legal Records Bringing
2022 – Fall: Paul Milner – Leaping the Pond: Online Research in Great Britain
October 22, 2022
- Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Research
- Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website
- Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website
- Using FindMyPast for British Isles Research
2022 – Summer: Kelvin Meyers – Gone to Texas – Finding Your Ancestors in Land and Probate
July 16, 2022
- Plowing Through the Land Records to Find Your Ancestor
- Tracking the Land Tax Records
- Probate: More Than a Will
- Texas Records & Repositories
2022 – Spring: Diahan Southard – Using DNA Strategically: Tools to Identify Ancestors
April 23, 2022
- Power of YDNA and Autosomal DNA: A Case Study
- Your DNA Match List: Overcome the Overwhelm by Organizing Them
- No Tree? No Problem!
- 3 Key Intermediate DNA Strategies
2021 – Fall: David A. Lambert – Maine to Virginia: Finding Your Colonial Ancestors
October 23, 2021
- Seventeenth Century Colonization
- New England Probate
- New England Land Records
- New England Court Records
2021 – Summer: Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS – Write It Up! Essential Tools for Genealogical Writing
Friday, July 9 Sessions
- Gearing Up and Getting Started
- Shaping Your Writing
- Infusing Structure and Flow
- Homework
Saturday, July 10 Sessions
- Live Editing
- Documenting with Answers to Five Questions
- Organizing Your Ancestors in a Genealogical Format
- Writing for Publication
2021 – Spring: Michael D. Lacopo, DVM – Mastering Genealogical Research
Friday, April 9 Sessions
- Becoming a Genealogical Thinker instead of a Genealogical Collector
- What Am I Looking For?
- The Genealogical Proof Standard in Motion: A Case Study:
- Homework
Saturday, April 10 Sessions
- Homework Review
- Deconstructing Your Family Tree
- Incorporating Social History Into Your Genealogical Research
- “She Came From Nowhere…”
2020 – Fall: Tony Burroughs – Paths to Freedom: Essential Steps for African American Genealogy
September 19, 2020
- The Seven Phases of African American Genealogy
- From Census to Slavery
- Freedmen’s Bureau Research
- Why You Don’t Find Your Ancestors
2020 – Summer: DNA from A to Z: Unlocking Your Genetic Code
July 25, 2020
Beginning Track
- Session 1B – Mary Eberle: Introduction to Using DNA for Genealogy Research
- Session 2B – Mary Eberle: Using Autosomal DNA for Genealogy Research
- Session 3B – Mary Eberle: DNA Results Case Study
- Session 4B – Diahan Southard: How DNA Made a Family Out of Strangers
Intermediate Track
- Session 1I – Patricia Hobbs: Using GEDmatch for DNA Analysis
- Session 2I – Diahan Southard: Making YDNA, mtDNA and X-DNA Part of Your Family History
- Session 3I – Diahan Southard: Organizing Your DNA Results
- Session 4I – Patricia Hobbs: Using DNA gedcom and its successor’s multiple tools to analyze DNA results
Advanced Track
- Session 1A – Blaine Bettinger: Evaluating a Genealogical Conclusion Including DNA
- Session 2A – Blaine Bettinger: Using Autosomal DNA for 18th and 19th Century Mysteries
- Session 3A – Blaine Bettinger: The Latest Advances in Third-Party Tools for Autosomal DNA
- Session 4A – Blaine Bettinger: Ethical and Legal Considerations for DNA Evidence
2019 – Fall: Jen Baldwin – Digging for Details: Getting the Full Story
October 12, 2019
- Session 1: They Became American: Our Ancestor’s Naturalization
- Session 2: One Place Studies: Examining the Details of your Ancestor’s Community
- Session 3: Go Back to School: Utilizing University Resources
- Session 4: Digging for Details: Getting the Full Story
2019 – Summer: Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL – Tracing Your Ancestors Through Courthouse Records
August 3, 2019
- Session 1: That First Trip to the Courthouse
- Session 2: Property Rights and Wrongs – African-Americans at the Courthouse
- Session 3: Polls, Personalty and Property – Making Sense of Tax Lists
- Session 4: Making a Federal Case Out of It
2019 – Spring: Michael D. Lacopo, D.V.M. – A Method to our Madness: Sound Methodology for Successful Research
April 13, 2019
- Session 1: Deconstructing Your Family Tree: Re-evaluating the Evidence
- Session 2: “She came from nowhere…” – A case study approach to a difficult genealogical problem
- Session 3: Methods for identifying the German origins of American immigrants
- Session 4: Incorporating social history into your research
2018 – Fall: David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS – Irish Genealogical Research: Finding your ancestors on the Emerald Isle
September 29, 2018
- Session 1: Introduction to Irish Internet Sites
- Session 2: Irish Church Records – Church of Ireland; Presbyterian, Catholic
- Session 3: Chasing the Poor and the Landless
- Session 4: Irish Estate, Land & Property Records
2018 – Summer: J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA – Way Down Home: Tracing Your Southern Roots
August 4, 2018
- Session 1: Finding Uncle John by Talking to the Neighbors
- Session 2: Finding Black Roots in a White World
- Session 3: The Migration Triangle: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
- Session 4: Circuit Riders and the Early Methodist Church
2018 – Spring: Michael L Strauss, AG – Revolution to Reconstruction: Seeking Those Who Shaped America
Saturday, March 31, 2018
- Session 1: Revolutionary War Genealogical Research
- Session 2: Manifest Destiny: Researching Your Mexican War Ancestors
- Session 3: Refugees, Claims, and Conscription: Researching Your Ancestors during the Reconstruction Era
- Session 4: More than Just Politics: Genealogical Research in Washington, DC
2017 – Fall: D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS – Resource Goldmines: Societies, Religion, & Politics
September 30, 2017
- Session 1: Beyond Belief: The Wealth of Genealogical and Historical Societies
- Session 2: Online Resources: Religious Archives and Organizations
- Session 3: Printed Legends and Missing Footnotes: Dissecting 19th and 20th Century Compiled Genealogies
- Session 4: Untapped Resources: Your Ancestors’ Political Affiliations
2017 – Summer: Lisa Louise Cooke | Sunny Morton | Diahan Southard – Sources, Storytelling & DNA
Friday, August 4, 2017
- Session 1: Google Tools & Procedures for Solving Family History Mysteries
- Session 2: Write Your Life Story
- Session 3: Genetic Genealogy: Here’s What you Need To Know
- Session 4: Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers
Saturday, August 5, 2017
- Session 1: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church: An In-Depth Look at U.S. Religious Records
- Session 2: 10 Ways to Enhance Your Genealogy with Video
- Session 3: The Combined Power of YDNA and Autosomal DNA: A Case Study
- Session 4: How to Create Exciting Interactive Family History Tours with Google Earth
2017 – Spring: Tom Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS – Research Methods for Family Historians
March 18, 2017
- Session 1: Five Ways to Prove Who Your Ancestor Was (Some Reliable and Others Not Reliable)
- Session 2: Can a Complex Research Problem be Solved Solely Online?
- Session 3: Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor
- Session 4: Creating a Family History of Lasting Value
2016 – Fall: Curt Witcher – Sources & Methods for Family History Research
September 17, 2016
- Historical Research Methodology: Engaging the Process to Find all the Answers
- German Migration into the Midwest
- Fingerprinting Our Families: Using Ancestral Origins as a Genealogical Research Key
- Native American/First Nations Research
2016 – Summer: Denise Levenick – Preserving & Sharing Our Family Treasures
July 29-30, 2016
- Be Your Own Family Archivist
- How to Scan an Elephant
- Caring for Keepsakes: The Top 10 Family Treasures
- Dirty Pictures: Save Your Family Photos from Ruin
- Secrets in the Attic: Break Down Brick Walls with Home Sources
- You Can’t Take It With You: Estate Planning for Genealogists
- Heirloom Roadshow
2016 – Spring: Paul Milner: From Whence They Came
March 12, 2016
- Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website
- Irish Emigrants to North America: Before, During and After the Famine
- Scottish Emigration to North America: Before, During and After the Rebellions
- Overlooked Sources for 17th and 18th century English Research
2015 – Fall: Dr. Michael Lacopo, DVM: Thinking, Assessing, & Storytelling: Genealogy Beyond Birth, Marriage, & Death
October 24, 2015
- She Came From Nowhere – A Case Study Approach To Difficult Genealogical Problems
- Deconstructing Your Family Tree – Re-Evaluating The 'Evidence'
- Incorporating Social History Into Your Research
- Medical Genealogy: A Primer of Diseases That Killed Our Ancestors and the Epidemics They Lived Through
2015 – Summer: Teri E. Flack, MA, MBA, Laurel Neuman, Jacob Mangum, Brenda McClurkin, C.A., Brian Collins: Researching Texas
Friday, August 7, 2015
- Fundamentals of Researching Texas
- Finding Your Ancestors in the Republic of Texas
- Researching in the Texas General Land Office
- Researching Texas Ancestors during the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Bonus Session: Late Night At The Library: The Genealogy Division of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Saturday, August 8, 2015
- Researching on the Portal of Texas History
- Manuscript Collections: A Source of Hidden Gems
- Researching in Special Collections of the University of Texas at Arlington Library: UTA Special Collections
- Researching in the Dallas Public Library Texas/Dallas Collection
2015 – Spring: Debbie Wayne Parker, CG, CGL: Genetic Genealogy Analysis and Tools; A Step Beyond The Beginner Level
- Genetic Genealogy Today: Review and Updates
- Genetic Genealogy Company Comparisons / Tools and Applications for mtDNA
- Tools and Applications for Y-DNA
- Tools and Applications for atDNA
2014 – Fall Lecture: Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL, The Legal Genealogist: Genealogy and the Law: From the Past to the Future
September 27, 2014
- From Blackstone to the Statutes at Large–How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists
- “Don’t Forget the Ladies”–A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law
- Through the Golden Door: Immigration After the Civil War
- The Ethical Genealogist
2014 – Summer Symposium: John Philip Colletta, PhD: For Today’s Generation and Tomorrow’s: The Many Ways to Preserve Family History
July 11-12, 2014
- Organizing Your Materials for a Genealogy or Family History: Fundamental Choices and Essential Considerations
- How Do You Know?: Documenting Your Multi-Generational Record
- Turning Biographical Facts into Real-Life Events: How to Build Historical Context
- Evidence from Material Culture: Using Artifacts in Researching and Writing about Ancestors
- Principles of Good Writing and Good Storytelling
- Using Original and Derivative Sources: Evaluating Evidence
- Publishing Your Genealogy or Family History: Choices and Essential Considerations
- Writing a Narrative Family History: The Pitfalls and Snares!
2014 – Spring Lecture: Laura G. Prescott, Keynote Speaker
March 22, 2014
- Playing Hide-and-Seek with Ancestors in City Directories
- Timelines: Placing Your Heritage in Historical Perspective
- Treasures within the Ivory Tower: Finding Family in Academic Archives
- The Rest of the Story: Using Manuscripts to Create a Family History
2013 – Fall Lecture: D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLA, Keynote Speaker
October 12, 2013
- Finding the roots of your family legends
- Treasures in the archive: using archive grid
- The modern genealogist: timesaving tips for every researcher
- Sharing in the 21st Century
2013 – Summer Institute: Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL and Richard Sayre, CG, CGL – Bits of Yesterday: Using Maps, Land and Other Records to Complete Your Family Story
August 2-3, 2013
- Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress
- Remote Research in the Databases of the Daughters of the
- American Revolution Genealogical Research System
- Land Entry Papers and Records of the General Land Office
- Sharing Your Family History
- Maps: Where to Find Them and How to Use Them
- Using Topographic and Other Maps
- Google Earth for Genealogists
2013 – Spring Lecture: Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA: Records, Research, & Stories
March 16, 2013
- Tho' they were poor, they may have been rich in records
- Research reports for ourselves: more than a research log
- Stuck? Have you tried…? Have you overlooked…?
- A baker's dozen: easy ways to begin writing your family history
2012 – Fall Lecture: Craig Scott, CG: Military Records
September 29, 2012
- Basic military research
- Researching your War of 1812 ancestor
- Pension research: You stopped too soon
- Researching your Civil War ancestor
2012 – Summer Institute: J. Mark Lowe, CG, and Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck, FNGS: Finding My Way Home: Methodology, Records and the Old South
July 13-14, 2012
- Balancing on North Carolina
- Cheap Land on the Prairie (or That's What the Railroad Man Said …)
- Dower, Dowry, and Detinue: Women and their Men's Property
- Here Comes the Bride: Extracting More Information from a Marriage Record
- Peeking Behind the Scenes of the Tennessee State Library & Archives
- Using that Brick Wall as a Foundation
2012 – Spring Lecture: D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS: Exploring Connections
March 24, 2021
- Bridging the Gap: Finding Ancestors in the United States between 1780 and 1830
- New Tools and Ideas in Research
- Mapping your Success: Employing Maps for Genealogical Research
- Putting it Together: A Case Study
2011 – Fall Workshop: Do You Know Who You Are?
Oct 22, 2011
- Getting Started Track
- Getting Started
- Using Vital Records
- To Surf or Not To Surf – Using the Internet
- Hardware & Software for Beginning Genealogists
- Technology Track
- Digital Photography for Genealogists
- Photo Repair, Retouching & More
- Using Family Tree Maker
- Using Find-A-Grave
2011 – Summer Institute: George G. Morgan & Drew Smith: Genealogy & Technology
July 22-23, 2011
- Genealogical Research on the Internet (Morgan)
- Digital Photography for the Genealogist (Friday Session)
- Family Search
- Beyond Database Programs: Technology Tools to Help Manage Your Research (Smith)
- Advanced Genealogical Research on the Internet (Morgan)
- Digital Photography for the Genealogist (Saturday Session)
- Using a Blog as Your Online Research Log (Smith)
- NARA
- Live PODCAST with “The Genealogy Guys” (Morgan & Smith)
2011 – Spring Lecture: Janet Khashab, James Harkins, Jeri Steele, Diana Houston: Researching Texas
May 14, 2011
- Hispanic Texas: Genealogical Stewpot (Khashab)
- Genealogical Resources at the Texas General Land Office (Harkins)
- Records & Researching in the Texas Republic (1836-1845) (Steele)
- Genealogical Resources at the Texas Library and Archives Commission (Houston)
2010 Spring Lecture: Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS – Strategies for Identifying Ancestors Accurately, March 20, 2010
2009 Summer Institute: Lloyd Bockstruck, FNGS, and Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG – Land and Court Records and Other Special Topics
2007 Summer Institute: Lloyd Bockstruck, FNGS, Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG, and Mary McCampbell Bell, CG, CGL, FAGS – Call of the Land Institute
2007 Spring Symposium: 27-28 Apr 2007
2006 Summer Institute: Lloyd Bockstruck, FNGS, and Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG – Mining for Genealogical Treasures, Jul 27-30, 2006
2005 – Summer Institute: George Schweitzer, PhD & Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, FNGS: Genealogy for God’s Sake: Church Records – The Preeminent Source
August 5-7, 2005
- The Origin of Denominations
- The Origin of Church Records
- Congregational Church Records
- German Church Records
- Reformed / Presbyterian Church Records
- Reading Old German Script I
- Reading Old German Script II
- Jewish Congregation Records
- Roman Catholic Records
- Baptist Church Records
- Anglican Church Records
- Huguenot / Mennonite / Amish / Moravian Spiritualists
- Methodist Church Records
- Quaker Meeting Records
2004 – Summer Institute: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, FNGS, George K. Schweitzer, PhD: Colonial Research in the Original Colonies
August 12-15, 2004
- The Swarming of the English (Bockstruck)
- The Huguenots and The Palatines
- The Scots and Scots-Irish (Schweitzer)
- New Sweden and New Netherlands (Bockstruck)
- New France and New Spain (Bockstruck)
- Colonial Vital Statistics – North-South Colonial Migration Routes 1607-1775 (Schweitzer)
- Colonial Probate Practices (Bockstruck)
- Colonial Military Service Pension & Bounty Lands (Bockstruck)
- Colonial Naturalization Laws and Records (Schweitzer)
- Tools for Bridging the Atlantic – Overseas Origins of Colonial Ancestors (Schweitzer)
- Colonial Religion and Its Genealogical Import (Schweitzer)
- Court Records, Statutes and Legislative Journals (Bockstruck)
2003 – Summer Institute: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, FNGS, George K. Schweitzer, PhD, Charles A. Sherrill, MA, MLS, & Robert de Berardinis, A Southern Perspective on the American Experience
June 19-22, 2003
- Arkansas (Bockstruck)
- Louisiana I (de Barardinis)
- Louisiana II (de Barardinis)
- Louisiana III (de Barardinis)
- Mississippi I (Bockstruck)
- Mississippi II (Bockstruck)
- Tennessee I (Sherrill)
- Tennessee II (Sherrill)
- Kentucky I (Schweitzer)
- Kentucky II (Schweitzer)
- Missouri I (Schweitzer)
- Missouri II (Schweitzer)
1991-2004 – Lecture Series, Institutes and Symposiums
1970-1994
