Dallas Genealogical Society

Purpose

The purpose of this Society is threefold:

to educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy;
to assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas; and
to collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.

Purpose

The object of this Society shall be to educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy; to assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas; and to collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.

Educate

The society meets monthly providing quality genealogical speakers. These meetings are open to the general public as well as to members.
The society offers 2 full-day workshops (a Spring Lecture and a Fall Lecture) plus a 2-day Summer Symposium each year.

Support

The society raises funds to the acquistion of books and materials for the Genealogy Section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Society members volunteer at the library

Collect and Preserve

Society members have collected records of significance to Dallas County.
The Society publishes these collected records
After publishing quarterly and annual journals since 1957, in 2013 the Society is launching a new scholarly publication, Pegasus: the Journal of the Dallas Genealogical Society" that expands its area of genealogical interest to North Texas.