Irving Archives – Irving, Dallas County, Texas

The Irving Archives, established in 1981, is a part of the city’s Records Management Division within the City Secretary’s Office.

The Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Scholarship Awardee for 2019

On December 8, 2018, the Dallas Genealogical Society announced several donations to the Genealogy Section of the J Erik Jonsson Central Library at their annual Awards Luncheon.

Women and Property – What is a Private Examination?

A law intended to protect the property rights of married women may preserve fascinating genealogical clues about your female ancestors and relations

Recapping the 2018 Annual Awards

The 2018 Awards Banquet was held on December 8, 2018 in O’Hara Hall at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.
This year’s event, which had 59 attendees, was dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bockstruck.

DGS gift inspires additional donation to Dallas Public Library

Upon learning of the Dallas Genealogical Society’s donation of 157 Hispanic genealogy books for the Dallas Public Library’s Genealogy collection, the Rios Family has been inspired to match this gift.

2017 Heritage Preservation Award

Tony was awarded the 2017 Heritage Preservation Award for his accomplishments in regard to preserving and making accessible publications of the DGS.

Recapping the 2017 Annual Awards

The 2017 Awards Banquet was held on December 9, 2017 in O’Hara Hall at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library.

Recapping the 2016 Annual Awards

The 2016 Awards Lunch was great fun. Watch the presentations in this video (34:34).

Why Are We Here?

Like many genealogists, my research has led me to several brick walls, those points in the process where there just does not seem to be any more information available to take that next step back in time, or to lead me to the next geographic location.

DGS Receives Digitization Grant

We will be working with University of North Texas library staff to make our 2011 and 2012 Journals available on the Portal To Texas History.