Dallas Genealogical Society

Coming Soon!

Our Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar: Tony Burroughs

September 19, 2020 | 9:50 - 4:45 Central Standard Time | More Info

TONY BURROUGHS: Paths to Freedom: Essential Steps for African American Genealogy

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Society Purpose

The Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) is a Texas non-profit organization whose purpose is threefold:

1. to educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy;
2. to support the Genealogy Section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Public Library in Dallas, Texas; and
3. to preserve information relating to Dallas County and its early history.

Society Happenings

Meetings

Monthly meetings provide quality genealogical speakers on a range of genealogical topics. These meetings are open to the general public. Meeting information, recordings, and minutes are on our website.

Seminars

All-day educational seminars are offered three times each year (Spring, Summer, and Fall). These typically feature nationally recognized genealogical speakers. Upcoming and past seminars are listed on our website.

Interest Groups

DGS sponsors several Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to provide members with an opportunity to meet and work with other genealogists in specific areas. A list of upcoming group meetings is on our calendar.

• African American Group
• Best Practices SIG
• Coppell Special Interest Group
• DNA Interest Group
• German Genealogy Group
• Jewish Group
• MacGen Reunion Group
• Family Tree Maker
• Roots Magic Group
  

Online Archive

Society Publications

• Journals
  • 2013-2016: Online
  • 1995-2012: Online
• Quarterlies (1964-1994): Online
• Newsletters
  • 1955-2015: Online
  • 2015-2020: Online

Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck Papers

• Topical bibliographies from a noted genealogist and genealogical librarian
• Access: Online

Dallas County Cemeteries

• Searchable database for many Dallas county cemeteries
• Access: Database Online

• Early Dallas County Court records

• Jewish research resources

Dallas County Probate Records (1846-1900)

• Database Online

Dallas County Marriage Records (August 1895-November 1896)

• Database Online

Help Desk

• Society members staff a help desk in the Genealogy Section of the library.

Indexes for (County/town/state name)

• (Name of index (if online add link to name of index)) - How to access: (if not online, order info. If it is online, remove "How to access")
  

Local Repositories Society Members Visit

• (list of repositories your members visit to do genealogy)
  

Benefits to Those Who Join the Society

Cost of membership and how to join:

Unlimited Online Access to:

• (List of online databases)

Newsletter/Periodical:

Web Site

The DGS manages a web site that contains the following information:

www.dallasgenealogy.org

Social Media

Facebook - Dallas Genealogical Society, Dallas, Texas, non-profit organization

Twitter - @DGStx

DGS Blog 

Other Dallas Resources

City of Dallas, Texas

Dallas County, Texas, Societies

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