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Getting Started With Your Family History
DGS will be offering a free ‘Getting Started With Your Family History’ seminar in 3 sessions: Saturday, April 14: Learn the Basics Saturday, April 21: Ancestors in the Census Saturday, April 28: Find New Resources All sessions will be held … Continue reading
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Tagged beginning genealogy, family history research, Research
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Beard Family Records
DGS recently received the following request for assistance. Can any of our readers contribute information to the puzzle? I will forward your responses to her. Many years ago I found an old home about to be demolished. I retrieved many … Continue reading
Record Their Stories
You may want to check into this new iPhone/iPad/iPod app before you travel for the holidays. It allows you to plan, script, and record an interview with family members. It is so new that there are no reviews yet on … Continue reading
My Society
I would like to recommend “My Society” – a weekly internet radio show sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. It is broadcast each Saturday afternoon live on the Internet at 1:00 pm Central time and focuses on the issues that … Continue reading
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Social Media and Genealogy
I posed this question at our November Tech SIG meeting and would like to pursue it further. So far I have been doing my family history research pretty much as a loner; my immediate family is small and I have … Continue reading
A Dallas-New Zealand WWII Connection
The secretary of the Hutt Valley Branch of the New Zealand Genealogy Society has asked for our help. He writes: “During World War 2, the US Marines were based near Wellington, New Zealand, in preparation for the battles, and in … Continue reading
Birth mother and her family
The Society recently received a request from a woman in East Texas whose husband (adopted soon after birth) had finally been able to find his original birth certificate in Dallas County. It provided the name and age of his biological … Continue reading
Pat Hatcher Articles
Kudos to the DGS members responsible for posting these articles to our web site. I have just begun to read them and already have picked up some great tips and methodologies. Making this collection available to our members is a … Continue reading
Call for Nominations for DGS Officers
A Nominating Committee has been formed to create a slate of officers to serve for the coming year – September, 2011 through August, 2012. Serving on the Board is very rewarding, allowing you to work with a great group of … Continue reading
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Need a Windows 7 – FTM 11 Expert
I recently upgraded my 32 bit PC with Windows XP program. I also ran my FTM 2010 Genealogy Progam on this computer. My new computer is 64 AND ….. and I have intalled FTM 11 on the computer. All of … Continue reading
Posted in Ask the DGS, Technology SIG
Tagged Family Tree Maker 11, genealogy software, Windows 7
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