Did you miss the April General Meeting?

You can rewatch Barbara Coakley present “Search vs. Research” until May 5, 2024.

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Genealogical & Family History Records, Resources & Activities for Dallas, Dallas County and North Texas

Records

Our collection features information about Dallas County Cemeteries, Local Funeral Homes and Early Court, Land, Marriage, Probate, & Tax records.

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Publications

Our members have created many publications throughout our history. We have also indexed and digitized every Newsletter and Journal we have created since 1955.

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Videos

Our meetings feature presentations from knowledgeable speakers. Recordings of many of these outstanding presentations are available to the public.

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Meetings

We offer three seminars each year. Our monthly Special Interest Group and General Meetings are open to the public. Most are hybrid (in-person and virtual).  

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Latest Blog Posts

Cemetery Database Indexing Opportunity

The DGS is seeking volunteers to help us add links to FindAGrave.com, BillionGraves.com and a death certificate to our cemetery database.

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Dallas (Texas) County Clerk Website – Official Public Record Search, 1964-Present

The Dallas County Clerk’s website offers a variety of public records containing useful genealogical data.

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June 8 DNA Workshop

Register for our Saturday, June 8th “You Have Your Ancestry.com DNA Results: Now What?” workshop on now!

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Spring 2024 Seminar: DGSynergy

We all own a huge “Well Done!” to Sharon Bowles (VP) and Barbara Coakley (Seminar Administrator) for the superb job they did planning and organizing our Spring Seminar!

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Interest Groups 

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Our Mission

Education

To educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy.

Dallas Public Library

To assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas or to its legal successor.

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Preservation

To collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.