2003-01 | Volume 27, Number 1, Issue 233 (January)

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Title: Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter

Created: January - February 2003

Editor: Marti Fox

• Inside This Issue

Articles:

CONTENTS

• News from the cemetery
• General information
• President's column
• Lecture series–have you registered yet?
• New members
• Hats off (volunteers)
• 2002-2003 DGS society programs
  • General meetings
    • February 24: Seventh Floor collections and the DPL Archives by Allison Baker, our DPL archivist
    • March 24: "How to get your document ready to take to a printer" by Cary Newsom of Texas Legal Copies
    • April 28: Lynell Moss will present "Preparing for a Salt Lake City Research Trip."
    • May 19: DGS social event
  • Computer interest groups CIG
    • "Where Now?"
    • "Scanning Tips"
    • "Access verses Excel"
• African American Genealogy Interest Group AAGIG
  • February 18: Mr. & Mrs. Price will talk about their trip to Ethiopia.
  • March 18: Dr. Kenneth Hamilton, Professor of African-American studies at SMU will speak on Booker T. Washington.
• DGS challenge (reminder)
• Love of a flag by Shirley Stertz Hawn
• 2002-2003 Lecture Details
  • Barbara Vines Little
  • Registration form
• Notes from the Desk of Shriley Sloat
• Lloyd's wish list
• DGS society events in review
• December awards & holiday dinner
• Writing awards presentations
  • Division I Family History
    • Hallie Garner: Henry Price, Jr.
    • John J. Roark: Joseph Roark - His Life and Times
  • Division II Articles or books of historical or genealogical interest
    • Ed Millis: One Way to Write Your Personal Story
  • Division III Family stories, memories, character sketches
    • Terri B. O'Neill: The Honorable Richard Stanford, Congressman
    • Selenda Billington: The Frank C. Pearson & Tellie Ward Story
  • Division VI Books of compiled material from church, court, cencus, or cemetery records (abstracted from original records)
    • Weldon Hudson: Pioneers Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
  • DPL Award of Excellence: Tresa Tatyrek, Alvin Harper and Heather Williams
  • Volunteer of the Year Award: Barbara Ware
  • Award of Merit: Carole Ruska
  • Distinguished Service Award: Pat Hatcher
  • Heritage Preservation Award: The City of Dallas, McDermott Foundation and Friends of the Dallas Public Library
  • Special Holiday Gift to DPL: $11,600 for the purchase of 1930 Census Indexes
• CIG Meeting Recap
• DGS New Offerings
• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• County courthouses visited winner
• Greetings from the North Texas PC Users Group
• Did you know? (baseball)
• Not just the 1930 census
• Dallas area historical "personalities" in the census
  • Myra Bell Shirley (Belle Starr)
• 2003 - 2004 DGS Election Review
• New acquisitions in genealogy by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
• Regional and National Events
  • Grapevine Namedroppers
  • Lancaster Genealogical Society
  • Five Hills & West Bell Genealogical Society
  • Lancaster Genealogical Society
  • National Genealogical Society
  • International Association of Obituarists
  • Dallas Genealogical Society
  • Angelina College Services
  • Federation of Genealogical Societies 2003 Conference
• Regional Contacts
• DGS membership application
• DGS Calendar of Events

Publisher: Dallas Genealogical Society

Format: Paper; Number of Pages: 20; Height (Inches): 11; Width (Inches): 8.5; Binding Type: Stapled;

Language: English

Rights Holder: Copyright – Dallas Genealogical Society