We are actively seeking copies of older (and some newer) newsletters… if you have copies that you would be willing to make available for scanning please contact Webmaster Tony Hanson ( Send eMail ).

• 1990: November-December
• 1990: September
• 1990: October
• 1990: July-August
• 1990: May
• 1990: April
• 1990: March
• 1990: February
• 1989: October

Last year we made our annual Journals published from 1995 through 2010 available on the University of North Texas Portal of Texas History.

Today we are pleased to announce the availability of 20 editions of the Dallas Quarterly, published by the DGS between 1990 and 1994. Each publication is available in a PDF file that is also fully text searchable.

All of our on-line Journals can be viewed by going to the Resources -> Journals page on our web site.

Fortunately for those who DO care, information about the 123 graves in these cemeteries is now available in our cemetery database. Records have been created from the first book that DGS published on cemeteries (Dallas County Texas: Genealogical Data from Early Cemeteries, Vol. 1, 1982),  supplemented by information from death certificates, the Dallas Morning News and other sources by DGS member Barbara Ware.

Direct links to pages with pictures and additional information are provided below.

• Letot Family Cemetery
• Old Letot Family Cemetery

We have quite a lot of information about cemeteries in the Dallas area, including a Google map that shows the location for each one. One of the things we like to add for each cemetery is a picture of the entrance to help those looking for it know what to look for (it isn’t always obvious!).

For more information about the project and how you can help see the Cemetery Pictures page in the Get Involved section of our web site. We just updated the list of cemeteries we need to have photographed.

• Blewett Family
• Bullock Family
• Marsh Family
• Moore Family
• Parrish Family

Each of the above links will take you to a page with historical and geographic information about each cemetery. In addition, the Marsh Family page has photographs of tombstones available, a feature we do not have on most of the other cemeteries.

With these additions we now have 24,290 records from 24 difference cemeteries in our database. See all of the records on our Dallas Area Cemeteries page.

581 new records from sections 40 and 41 of Oakland Cemetery have been added to our database. Search all 24,059 records from 20 difference cemeteries at at Resources -> Cemeteries -> Search Database

When your society publishes a book, there usually is no doubt about intellectual property ownership.  But who owns the rights to the Surname Registry on your web site? What about the program written to provide access to your cemetery records? If your webmaster resigned from your society today, could s/he demand that you stop using code they developed?

As societies increasingly expand their on-line presence it is vital that these concerns be addressed. Members of the Dallas Genealogical Society can rest easy knowing that a formal agreement exists between their Webmaster and the Board of Directors.

In the interest of helping to raise this as an area of concern that should be considered by other societies, the DGS is making a copy of their generic agreement publicly available (View it by clicking here) and granting permission for others to use it as starting point for their own document.

Not a member? You can view older versions by going to the Resources page and selecting the Newsletters link, and you can read copies of our annual Journal on the Portal to Texas History web site.

Why not consider becoming a DGS member and supporting our publication efforts? See our Membership page for details.

I would also like to extend my congratulations to the other societies who were recognized by the TSGS: The Franklin County Genealogical Society (2nd place) and the Grand Prairie Genealogical Society (3rd place)!