2004-07 | Volume 28, Number 6, Issue 247 (July)

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Title: Dallas Genealogical Society Newsletter

Created: July 2004

Editor: Marti Fox

• Inside This Issue

Articles:

CONTENTS

• 2004 DGS Summer Institute – Colonial Research in the Original Colonies
• President's column
• Welcome to our new members
• Hats off (volunteers)
• Happenings around DPL's 8th Floor volunteer desk
• 2003-2004 DGS Society Programs
  • Regular meetings
    • July: Helen Garrison - A first person narrative on Cynthis Ann Parker
    • August: Frances James - Dallas County From the Ground Up
  • African American Genealogy Interest Group AAGIG
  • Computer Interest Group CIG
• Did you know? (Bowie knife)
• The 2004 Dallas Journal has arrived
• Keeping current on DGS events by John Wylie
• DGS's 2004 Summer Institute – Colonial Research in the Original Colonies
• Dallas Genealogical Society writing awards competition 2004
  • Division I: Family history
  • Division II: Articles or books of historical or genealogical interest
  • Division III: Family stories, memories, or character sketches
  • Division IV: Book of compiled material: church, court, census, cemetery–abstracted from original records
  • Writing awards entry form
• DGS internet workshops announced & registration form
• 2003-2004 DGS Finances
• Members only research opportunity
• Post Google giggle by Ed Millis
• From our readers – cemetery website of interest?
  • National Cemetery Burial Locations Online
• The various facets of computer security by Tresa Tatyrek
• So much to learn… Such a great resource! by Terry B. O'Neill
• Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1580-1830
• Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875
• The seven stages of genealogy by Alvin Harper
• Ask the Retoucher, excerpts from Eric Curtis M. Basir's column
• Juneteenth
• Free Blacks and Mulattos in the South Carolina 1850 census
• FGS Conference 2004 (ad)
• Family history professionals meet to develop successful business skills
• New acquisitions in genealogy by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
• Regional and National Events
  • Grapevine Name Droppers
  • Lancaster Genealogical Society
  • Brookhaven College
  • Angelina College
  • Family Tree Maker Interest Group
  • Mesquite Historical and Genealogical Society
  • Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference 2004
  • Texas State Hispanic Genealogical and Historical Society
  • Hill County History Center
• Regional Contacts
• Members only research opportunity registration form
• Salt Lake City trip registration form
• General information
• 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