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Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck (pronounced Buckstrup)
was born in Vandalia , Fayette County, Illinois, on 26
May 1945. His own ancestry stems from Illinois,
Missouri, Arkansas , Texas, Tennessee , Kentucky,
the Carolinas, and up the East Coast through
Maryland to New England. His heritage is rooted in
England, Ireland , Scotland, Wales, and Germany.
He has been a scholar and a teacher for most of his
adult life, garnering his baccalaureate degree in biology (Beta Beta Beta
honor society) and history (Phi Alpha Theta honors), cum laude from
Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois, in 1967, followed by an M.A. in
European history in 1969 from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (Phi
Kappa Phi honor society), and an M.S. in library science in 1973 from the
University of Illinois, Urbana (Beta Phi Mu honor society). He earned a
certificate from the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research from
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, in 1973 as well.
As a librarian, Mr. Bockstruck has enjoyed success in his field. He joined
the staff of the Dallas Public Library in 1973, and is presently Supervisor of
the Genealogy Section. He served on the Genealogy Committee of the
American Library Association as early as 1974, and is a life member. He
has been awarded the prestigious Filby Prize for Genealogical
Librarianship.
He is an Honorary Life Member of the Dallas Genealogical Society, having
been on its Board of Directors since 1979. Until recently, he wrote a
weekly genealogy column for the Dallas Morning News called "Family
Tree". Mr. Bockstruck now writes a weekly column for Dick Eastman's
newsletter which may be found at www.eogn.com.
How fortunate we are that commencing with the 2009 issues of the DGS
newsletter, Mr. Bockstruck will put all his knowledge and skills to the test in
answering our questions! Send questions that you would like to "Ask
Lloyd" to: [email protected] . Please begin posting
your questions to him now for inclusion in the January newsletter.
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Date November-December 2008
Volume 33, Number 8
Issue 286
A publication of the
Dallas Genealogical Society
Inside This Issue:
245
Ask Uoyd!
246
President's Column
Volunteer Desk
New Members
Society Programs
247
DGS Special Interest Groups
247
New Amsterdam
249
"Honor Your Ancestor" Serendipity
250
Examining the Evidence - When
Was Uncle Frank Really Born?
252
Newspapers, A Goldmine of
Information!
253
DGS Merchandise Catalog Sale
DGS Lock-In
254
Donations & Acquisitions
257
Regional & National Events
258
Regional Contacts
259
DGS Contacts
260
DGS Calendar
Dallas Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 12446
Dallas, Texas 75225-0446
www.dallasgenealogy.com
GENERAL DGS NEWS
Coordinator at [email protected] or call
Patrick McKinney at 214-522-9356.
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NEW MEMBERS
PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
The leaves are falling ... falling ....
A new Board of Directors, new classes, and a new
newsletter column make the New Year bright. How
about joining in the change and join us at the Dallas
Public Library!
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HAPPENINGS AROUND
DPL's 8 TH fLOOR VOLUNTEER DESK
Becoming a volunteer is a great way to get involved and
meet others. We encourage those of you who may be
just starting out in your family research to volunteer a
few hours a week or a few hours a month. This is a
wonderful opportunity to become familiar with the
genealogy section of the library and spend some time
greeting visitors and meeting fellow researchers. And a
fantastic perk is free parking!
Volunteers are needed to sit at the desk in either a
regular weekly slot or to fill in on the substitute list. We
are looking for individuals to fill in when a regular
volunteer is out. If you're interested , email the Volunteer
Dallas Genealogical Society
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The wind of autumn is very brisk in the air, along
with cooler temperatures with winter not being far
behind. The New Year will bring exciting additions
to both our newsletter and to the Society. One of
the changes is the addition of a new column to the
newsletter next year. We are going to have a
question and answer column by our Lloyd
Bockstruck. If you would like to ask Lloyd a
email
that
question
to
question,
just
[email protected]. This can be a
significant resource for news and methodology.
Are you completing those genealogy Christmas
gifts? Winter is an excellent time of the year to go
research at the library. Maybe it is time to start on a
new line, or try a new methodology in breaking
down that brick wall. Maybe it is the time to order
that microfilm or fiche to finish that project that you
have been working on.
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SOCIETY PROGRAMS
DGS General and Special Interest Group
meetings are held at the
Dallas J. Erik Jonsson Central Ubrary
1515 Young Street
in the Plaza Level Auditorium,
unless otherwise noted.
DGS GENERAL MEETING
USUALLY MEETS ON THE fOURTH MONDAY
Our monthly meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. with our
speaker presentation to follow about 7:30 p.m.
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Come early. We begin at 6:00 p.m. with
refreshments and fellowship, and at 6:30p.m.
everyone is invited to the informal Q & A session.
At 6:30, Lloyd Bockstruck (or substitute) hosts a premeeting discussion where members and visitors can ask
any genealogically-related question. We expect that in
any group of Dallas genealogists, most questions can be
answered by someone in that group. After stopping off in
the East Room for refreshments, see what you can learn
and share. Please, no food or drinks in the auditorium.
The topics for this year's monthly meetings will
emphasize resources found within our own Dallas Public
Library. Be sure to check the website for future
speakers and topics.
Monday, January 26, 2009
The New FamilySearch, Lynell Moss.
The new features of FamilySearch.org and the future
plans for the website will be discussed. Several of our
members received a preliminary peek at the new LOS
FamilySearch online environment and strongly
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encourage you to attend anad see for yourself some
splendid near-term genealogical research capabilities.
Jan 20: (Tuesday) 6:30 African American Genealogy
Interest Group
Meets in the East/West Rooms.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Ft. Worth Library Genealogy, Shirley Apley.
DGS Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Under the support and guidance of DGS, a number of
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been formed to
concentrate on specific areas of genealogy. The DGS
website at www.dallasgenealogy.org/special.htm can be
consulted for the most up-to-date listings of groups and
events with their email addresses, facilitators, dates,
times , and meeting places at the J. Erik Jonsson Central
Library. Meetings are free and open to the public.
Dec 11 : (Thursday) 6:30 Writers' Interest Group
Meets in the McDermott Room on 8.
Dec 16: (Tuesday) 6:30 African American Genealogy
Interest Group
Meets in the East/West Rooms.
Dec 17: (Wednesday) 6:30 MacReunion Group
Meets in the McDermott Room on 8.
Jan 3: (Saturday) 9:30 Family Tree Maker
We are trying a new format where the participants can
bring questions and/or problems and hopefully receive
answers and solutions. The version of the software
being used is needed to get the correct help. That
information is available from the help menu of your
software. Meets in The Studio on 3.
Jan 3: (Saturday) 3:00 Internet for Genealogy Interest
Group
Jan 8: (Thursday) 6:30 Writers' Interest Group
Meets in the McDermott Room on 8.
Jan 10: (Saturday) 9:30 Digital Interest Group Meets
in the Hamon Room on 5.
Jan 10: (Saturday) 1:00 Computer Interest Group
Meets in the Hamon Room on 5.
Jan 10: (Saturday) 2:30 The Master Genealogist
Meets in the Hamon Room on 5.
Jan 17: (Saturday) 11 :30 Brown Bag Group
Meets in the East/West Rooms.
Dallas Genealogical Society
Learning Opportunity
Beginning Legacy Family Tree
College- January, 2009
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Brookhaven
Learn to enter genealogical information using the
free, easy-to-learn Legacy Family Tree software. In
this class the students will learn how to enter
names, dates, places, events, and notes for
individuals; link individuals together in a family;
record source citations and repository information;
search a family file, and print reports.
This four session course will be taught by Glenn
Kinkade at Brookhaven College , January 20-29,
2009 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 14:20 pm , in Room M124.
This class is FREE if you are 65 years of age or
older and reside in Dallas County. To enroll call
Janice Groeneman, Brookhaven College, at 972860-4698.
If you have any questions about this class please
email Glenn Kinkade at [email protected]
NEW AMSTERDAM
By Shirley Stertz Hawn
The Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of
Giovanni da Verrazano as recorded in a letter to
Francis I, King of France, July 8th, 1524 . ..
"Since the storm that we encountered in the
northern regions, Most Serene King, I have not
written to tell Your Majesty of what happened to the
four ships which you sent over the Ocean to
explore new lands, as I thought that you had
already been informed of everything--how we were
forced by the fury of the winds to return in distress
to Brittany with only the Normandy and the
Dauphine. and that after undergoing repairs there,
began our voyage with these two ships, equipped
for war, following the coasts of Spain, Your Most
Serene Majesty will have heard; and then
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according to our new plan, we continued the
original voyage with only the Dauphine; now on our
return from this voyage I will tell Your Majesty of
what we found. "
What he didn't find was the much sought after
trade route across this unexplored North American
continent to the Pacific Ocean.
Giovanni da Verrazano was a very early
explorer of this newly discovered continent and the
above quotation is the beginning of a long letter he
wrote to his mentor, the King of France.
In 1524, Verrazano sailed into what is now
Lower New York Bay. It is thought his crew
replenished their water supply at a spring on Staten
lsla.nd and visited with the Lenape (Delaware)
lndtans.
For many years his voyage, which
continued along the southern coast of Long Island
before turning north to Maine and Nova Scotia. took
a back seat to Henry Hudson's explorations of the
area.
Henry Hudson made his famous voyage on the
Dutch ship Halve Maen eighty-five years later. As
he sailed toward this new land called America
dreaming of a shorter trade route to China, little did
he know this island they would call "New
Amsterdam" would one day become the cultural ,
theater, art, and financial center of the world.
New York City began its ethnic diversity early.
Verrazano was Italian, exploring for the French ...
Hen~!' Hudson was English, exploring for the Dutch,
and tn the seventeenth century there were eighteen
different languages spoken there.
It was also home to at least five thousand Native
Americans. The most remembered story of the
early days of the island is Peter Minuit's trade with
the Native Americans.
For twenty-four dollars
worth of merchandise, he purchased the entire
island of Manhattan. Some say it never happened.
Historians have been debating the sale for years.
It seems the European and Indian definition of
selling land was quite different. The definition and
agreement among Indian Nations was a
combination of an alliance, treaty, and rental
agreement with protection from enemies thrown in .
.. not, you buy my land and push me off.
Many adjectives describe these early settlers in
New Netherlands. Tolerant comes to mind, as
does religious, intellectual, and free thinking.
In 1652 the colony became self-governing, and
New Amsterdam was formally incorporated as a
city on February 2, 1653. Both the Dutch and
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British felt they had claims to New Netherlands
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leadtng to several conflicts.
In 1664, England took over New Netherlands
and renamed it New York , after James, Duke of
York, brother of King Charles II . New Amsterdam
was re-incorporated as New York City in 1665,
making it the oldest incorporated city in the United
States. By 1790, its population was 33,000.
New York City holds title to many historical
events. The Continental Congress met there in
1789, George Washington was inaugurated there,
and it was the nation's capitol before Philadelphia.
In the 1950s, Giovanni da Verrazano was finally
re-established as an important figure in the history
of Manhattan Island, and the Verrazano-Narrows
bridge was named in his honor.
Over two million colonial documents of New
Netherlands history were lost in a fire at the New
York State Library in 1911 . However, 12,000
pages of Dutch colonial records have survived, and
because Dr. Charles T. Gehring has made it his
life's work, there are now sixteen volumes of
records translated and ready for historians, authors,
genealogists, and educators.
To fully appreciate this achievement, we need to
understand that the pages Dr. Gehring has
translated were crumbling sheets of paper filled
with faded 17th Century Dutch script written over
three hundred and fifty years ago. They included
court proceedings, letters, wills, journal entries,
council minutes, and deeds. There have been no
records of New Netherlands found before the year
1642.
These translations, called the "New Netherlands
Project," are sponsored by The Holland Society of
New York and the New York State Library. Their
goal is to complete the translation and publication
of all Dutch documents relating to the seventeenth
century colony of New Netherlands.
If the Halve Maen sailed into the New York
harbor today, can you imagine what Henry Hudson
would say when he saw the Statue of Liberty?
Maybe he would be so astounded by Ellis Island
he would stop awhile and visit. Would he see a
familiar name on The American Immigrant Wall of
Honor? Surely in the list of 600,000 names there
would be one he recognized.
I wonder how far north Peter Minuit traveled.
Did he see the land that became Central Park? Did
he explore its 843 acres that are now home to
lakes, fountains, theaters, ice rinks, tennis courts,
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
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One thing that would be familiar to him is the
Netherlands flag that flies in front of the United
Nations Building ... he might also rest a bit by the
marker that bears his name in Inwood Hill Park.
Thus began the story. It's the story of sacrifice
and hard work. It's the story of brave unselfish
people wanting a new life. It's the story of a new
world , New Amsterdam, New York. The story
continues today in the largest city in the United
States, whose population now numbers over eight
million people.
Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Center of the
World. New York: Doubleday, 2004.
Kenney , Alice P. Stubborn For Liberty, The Dutch
in New York. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press,
1975.
Davidson, Marshall B. New York: A Pictorial
History. New York: Scribner, 1977.
"Honor Your Ancestor" Serendipity
A few years ago, DGS began its "Honor Your
Ancestor" program, whereby a donation could be
made in honor of an ancestor, whose name, birth
date and location, and death date and location,
would be added to a bookplate to accompany the
book purchased with the funds. At that time I
donated funds to honor four of my ancestors,
including my special problem child , my 4th greatgrandfather Major Daniel Allen, whose parents I
have been seeking for many years. He was born
22 Jan 1766, unknown place, and died 05 Nov
1846 in Delphi/Pompey, Onondaga County, New
York. I know of only one other person researching
Major Daniel Allen, a very capable researcher who
has also not been able to find "the parents of' our
common ancestor.
The "Honor Your Ancestor" program is still in place,
and I recently found it to be a remarkable example
of the old adage "cast your bread upon the waters
and ... "
On 16 September of this year, I received an email
from a Kim Allen saying:
"Hello, my name is Kim Allen and I am a
direct descendant of Major Daniel Allen and
his wife Abi Burr. I am also interested in
finding out where he was born. My
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Grandfather, Arthur Edgar Allen, always
said we were from the Ethan Allen line, but
from what I have learned we are not." ....
And he finished the email with "If you would like any
of my notes, please let me know."
Of course I replied immediately, asking "who are
you ," "where do you live?" and "how did you find
me?"
He responded with:
"Wow! I never though you would respond. I
found you on the web under some sort of
Honored Ancestors thing . Don't even know
if I can find it again! I think I was looking up
Major Daniel Allen New York. If you Google
Daniel Allen and Abi Burr you will find him. "
(I did this search and, sure enough, it was our DGS
website that contained not only the names of past
Honor Your Ancestor ancestors, but the email
address of the donor.)
It turns out that Kim is descended from the eldest
son of Major Daniel Allen , Daniel Allen Jr. So am I.
He is a bit younger than I but we share the same
degree of relatedness to our common ancestors,
which makes him a perfect candidate to do DNA
testing on the Allen line.
I had thought that Kim's great-great grandfather,
Daniel Calvin Allen, had probably died soon after
his marriage, since records for him had ceased in
the Onondaga County area. But my assumption of
his death was greatly exaggerated, as it turns out
that Daniel Calvin Allen and his wife had moved to
Minnesota and remained there for two generations,
with Kim's father eventually moving to New York
City where he and his wife, known as "Casey" Allen
and Fran Carlon, were well-known radio "soap
opera" actors during the 1930s and 1940s. Kim is
not a genealogist in the sense that I am, but he
spent nineteen years taking care of his
grandmother in Minnesota, who died in 1996 at the
age of 101 years , after which time he moved back
to Manhattan. His Grandmother knew all the family
stories and told them to Kim, who remembers them
very vividly and has been sharing them with me via
email, along with scans of family pictures (yes,
identified!).
The good news is that he has now done the DNA
testing as part of the Allen Group, and we are both
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eagerly awaiting results. on the off-chance that
there is some Allen person in the Allen DNA group
who has knowledge of "the parents of' our Major
Daniel. .
And here's even more exciting news!
Kim said that he had a trunk of Allen things that he
would retrieve when the weather in Manhattan
turned cold enough to go to the basement "storage
area" for his winter clothing. Of course I prayed for
an early snowstorm.
In early November he retrieved the trunk and
emailed me to say that he was sending me a copy
of an obituary for Daniel Allen Jr's wife, copies of
Daniel Allen Jr's Bible pages with details about their
marriage, their children and their children's
marriages, cemetery data for his Minneapolis family
burials, and various other documents. He has
offered to send me this Bible. which of course I will
cherish, as well as some early mid 1830-1850
artifacts that will probably end up in a local museum
in Onondaga County.
It's mid-November as I write this, and I can't wait for
his package to arrive.
Imagine all this fun-and all due to the Honor Your
Ancestor Program!
Try it. And let the rest of us know if you too
experience some serendipity.
Write a few paragraphs about your own
experiences and send them in to the newsletter at
[email protected]
for
inclusion in an upcoming issue.
Examining the Evidence - When Was
Uncle Frank Really Born?
by B. Neal McEwen
I never knew my great uncle, James Franklin
Henderson.
He died in Breckenridge, Texas,
before I was born. However, in trying to determine
his date of birth, I feel I've made a connection with
him.
Frank presented me with quite a challenge. I found
six dates for his birth, in five contemporary records ,
and the dates ranged from 1890 to 1928. Below, I
use Frank's birth dates as a simple illustration of
how to examine evidence and ascertain the facts.
What the sources say:
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1900 Census
Shows that Frank
Henderson was born in April of 1898 and he
was two years old on his last birthday.
•
1910 Census
Shows that Frank
Henderson is age 10, implying he was born
in 1900.
•
WWI Draft Registration - shows Frank's
birth date as Apri l 10, 1900.
•
shows that Frank
1920 Census
Henderson is age 19 and the '9' is written
over the second digit that was there
originally. This implies he was born in 1901 .
•
Death certificate - The date of birth on the
certificate is April 10, 1928, four months
after he died in 1928. Obviously this birth
date is not correct. The age at death is
given as 37 years, 9 months, 6 days.
Subtracting this age at death from the date
of death, yields April 10, 1890 as Frank's
birth date.
Birth
dates
Henderson
Document
for
James
Franklin
Birth date
1900 census
April1898
1910 census
1900
1920
1900 or 1901
WWI draft reg istration
Death
datal
Certificate
(birth
Death Certificate (death
date minus age at deathl
April
1900
April
1928
April
1890
10,
10,
10,
Do I record all of the dates in my genealogical
database? Or do I try to resolve the conflicts and
enter only one date? Most of us would prefer to
ascertain the correct date.
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The Genealogical Proof Standard, tells us that
before arriving at a conclusion , any conflicts found
in ou r search much be resolved. After examining
the evidence, I believe that April 10, 1900 is
correct.
Resolving the conflicts :
Let's examine each source in the order they were
created
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•
1900 census -- the census was taken in
June, two months after my guess for
Frank's birth date.
The census taker
probably heard the informant say age two
months and recorded a year for age two
years. The birth month of April is probably
accurate, but not the year, 1898.
1910 Census - The census was taken in
June, two months after his 101h birthday. A
birth year of 1900 is probably correct
•
1920 Census - The census was taken in
March so Frank had not yet had his 201h
birthday. Therefore 19 is probably correct.
•
WWI Draft Registration -Since this
document was created by a civil authority
with information given by the person for
whom the record was created, the record
would likely be the most reliable. Surely
Frank knew his own birth date. But did he
give the correct date? Could he have
'made' himself younger to avoid the draft?
•
Death Certificate -- The date of birth is
obviously wrong. The birth date calculated
from the age at death is 10 years sooner
than the other sources for Frank's birth
date. The creator of the certificate very
likely made an error in his math, calculating
age 37 instead of age 27. Subtracting 27
years from the death date, produces April
10, 1900 for a date of birth.
After analyzing the sources and seeing how
mistakes were generated on some of them , it
appears the date on the WWI draft registration is
correct.
The other documents don't support the
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draft card date being wrong. In fact, through
analysis, the other documents confirm the draft
card date as being correct.
Good! I never wanted to contest Uncle Frank's
veracity or call him a 'draft dodger.'
Lessons Learned:
•
Don't take anything found in sources at face
value.
•
Sources considered reliable may have
mistakes.
•
Consider the informant and his role in the
process and his motives.
•
Consider the type of document and the
reason it was created
•
Check the math.
•
Find multiple documents to establish a fact.
If there are conflicts, resolve them by careful
examination and analysis before you draw a
conclusion.
•
Without finding multiple documents, you
may not know a lone document has an
error.
•
Think like a detective and a forensic
scientist.
Suggestion:
Cite all the sources you used in determining a fact.
Point out any conflicts and how you resolved them
in the citations or a separate footnote.
Newspapers, A Gold Mine of Information!
By Lynna Kay Shuffield
Old newspapers provide more than a venue for
opinionated editors or advertisement. They are a
time capsule of the daily life of our ancestors. They
were a focal point for communication in
communities.
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While many of the original newspapers have
become brittle and have crumbled to dust, we are
all fortunate to have the Texas Newspaper
Collection which is a part of the Eugene C. Barker
Texas History Collection at the Center for American
History at the University of Texas at Austin. The
Barker Collection was created in 1945 and contains
the most extensive collection of Texas history
material, including books, manuscripts, maps,
newspapers, photographs, and recorded sound.
The Texas Newspaper Collection is one of the
largest newspaper collections in the United States,
containing original editions of some of the earliest
published Texas newspapers and includes over
3,000 locally published newspapers from nearly
254 counties of the State of Texas. In addition, the
collection contains more than 100 Czech, German,
and Spanish language newspapers.
One of the best finding aids to the Texas
Newspaper Collection is an Internet pdf file where
you can search by city to see if they have
newspapers for the area and time-period you are
researching. The pdf file is located at:
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/services/finding_items/n
ewspapers.php.
The collection manages the Texas portion of the
U.S. Newspaper Project. This project is a major
program funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities to locate, catalog , and preserve on
microfilm historically valuable newspapers in the
State of Texas.
Unfortunately, the Texas Newspaper Collection
microfilm is not available through inter-library loan.
To view microfilm, the collection is located in the
Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 2, on the east side of the
University of Texas at Austin campus adjacent to
the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. Ample public
parking is available directly east of the Center.
Public hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Saturday, throughout the year. I strongly
recommend calling before you visit to ask
questions: 512-495-4538.
You can also find old Texas newspapers on
microfilm at the Texas State Library and Archives at
1201 Brazos Street, Austin. Microfilm newspapers
are available for on-site viewing in the
Reference/Documents Collection (Room 300),
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or through inter-
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library loan. For a list of newspapers available at
the State Library and Archives:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/news.html.
When you read old newspapers, there is no set
pattern for conducting a search for stories,
obituaries, etc. Many articles do not have headlines
and only consist of one or two sentences.
Recently, I was reading an April 21 , 1904 edition of
the Cameron Herald newspaper. I was hoping to
find an obituary for my great-great-greatgrandmother, Martha Cave Knight Carver, who died
on April 16, 1904. Instead, I found only a short
sentence in the "Local" column stating, "Last
Saturday morning (April 16th) a blizzard reached
this section of Texas, and the cold nearly reached
the freezing point." While this short sentence did
not tell me anything about Grandma Martha, it did
tell me about the day she died.
Learning to search old newspapers is not
something anyone can teach you . You can only
learn by doing and making mistakes. All you can do
is just pick up a roll of microfilm and start reading.
However, you might luck out and find someone has
already abstracted and/or indexed the newspapers
in which you hope to find information. Check the
card catalog for your local library and ask your
librarian to help search the card catalog of other
libraries.
Internet Tip
A good friend, John Dorroh, searched for over 10
years to find information on the town of Freezeout,
Milam County, Texas, where his grandfather was
born. After a search of the Handbook of Texas
Online, he had the information in less than 20
seconds. The Handbook of Texas Online is an
encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and
culture. It is an online version of the "Handbook of
Texas." The website contains more than 23,000
articles on people, places, events, historical
themes, institutions, famous and notorious Texans,
military units, towns and counties, and a variety of
other topics. This searchable database is a gold
mine of information for genealogists and historians.
Most importantly the encyclopedia will be a useful
tool for school students. To begin your search, go
to: http://www.tshaonline.org.
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DGS Merchandise Catalog Sale
The Dallas Genealogical Society maintains an
assortment of genealogical supplies in its catalog.
Through December 31 , 2008, you may deduct 10%
from the price of any item! This includes books,
badge holders, rolling backpacks, and census
blanks-just to name a few. Remember to shop
the DGS catalog for all the genealogy buffs on your
holiday list! The catalog may be accessed through
the DGS website at www://dallasgenealogy.com.
Salt Lake Research Group Returns
DGS Lock-In
The Dallas Genealogical Society presents a Library
Lock-In for members only (not a member? - join for
$25!) in cooperation with the Genealogy Section of the J.
Erik Jonsson Dallas Public Library.
Your registration fee includes a light supper, snacks
throughout the evening and secured parking on the L-2
level of the library. Copy cards may be purchased prior
to or during the evening of the event. Online computer
access will be available to various databases of interest
to the genealogist.
When : Saturday, January 24, 2009
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Place: J. Erik Jonsson Public Library, 1515 Young
Street, Dallas, Texas, 8th floor Genealogy
section
Meals: Light supper and snacks included
Cost: $30.00 per person
Limit:
100 people
NAME:
ADDRESS : __________________________
CITY:
.STATE:
ZIP _______
PHONE:
E-MAIL:
_ _ _ _ Lock-In $30
Pictured above are members of the DGS group that
traveled to Salt Lake City in October to research
their family lines. It's never too early to start
thinking about joining next year's Salt Lake City
Research Trip and start to break down those "brick
walls" that you may be facing!
Membership $25
Check here for an email confirmation
Make checks to: Dallas Genealogical Society
And mail to:
DGS Lock-In
P.O. Box 12446
Dallas, TX 75225-0446
For more information and registration form, see the DGS
website: www.dallasgenealogy.com/calendar.htm
Email: [email protected]
Registration must be postmarked by January 14, 2009.
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NEW ACQUISITIONS IN GENEALOGY
compiled by: Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, FNGS
DELAWARE
- Sussex County, Delaware Will Book M, 8 March 186013 Aprl11869.
FLORIDA
- Family Maps of Jackson County, Florida.
The following contributions have been made to the
Genealogy Section.
UNITED STATES
- Ray research Papers. 20 vols.
- Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country: Through
the States of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a Trip
Through the Mississippi Territory and Part of West
Florida: Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of
1807, and Concluded in 1809.
- Records Relating to Personal Participation in World
War II: the "American Soldier" Surveys. Donated by
Colleen G . Rees.
- Colonial Dames of America: Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws: as Amended Through ....
- Empire Who's Who. Donated by Ed Millis.
- Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina Papers: Vol. IV
of the Draper Manuscript Collection.
- Royal Ancestry Bible: a 3,400 Pedigree Chart
Compilation (Plus Index and Appendix) Containing
Royal Ancestors of 300 Colonial American Families.
- Colonial Experience. A Gift from the library of Helen
J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Trans-Mississippi West, 1804-1912. Part 4 and Part 4
Supplement. Donated by Colleen G. Rees.
ALABAMA
- Direct and Reverse Index to Deeds, 1818-1902, Deed
Book B 1822-1824. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Family Maps of Marengo County, Alabama.
ARIZONA
- Mexicans in Pheonix. Anonymous Donation.
ARKANSAS
- Leo and Verne: the Spa's Heyday. Donated by Gayle
Clemons Newkirk.
CAUFORNIA
- Who's Who in California. Donated by Ed Millis.
CONNECTICUT
- Windham Connecticut Probate District Records. 17191734.
Dallas Genealo ical Socie
-
GEORGIA
- Habersham County Tax Digest 1850. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Hancock County Tax Digest 1812-1840, 1829-1849. 3
rolls. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Lumpkin County Tax Digest 1836. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Madison County Tax Digest 1840. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Glynn County Tax Digest 1792-1794. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Rabun County Tax Digest 1836. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Randolph County Tax Digest 1848-1849. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Stewart County Tax Digest 1841 . 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Sumter County Tax Digest 1844, 1852. 1 roll. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Mcintosh County Tax Digest 1825, 1837. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Gordon County Tax Digest 1852-1853. 1 roll. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1918. Burke County,
Georgia. 1 roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Irwin County Tax Digest 1799, 1849. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- East Georgia Settlers Family Sketches. Donated by
Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck.
- Macon County Tax Digest 1838-1852. 1 roll. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- News from Milan, Rhine, and Old Telfair. Vol. 5 19411944.
- Greene County Tax Digest 1827-1828. 1 roll.
- Montgomery County Tax Digest 1797-1849, 1850-1861 ,
1867-1871 . 3 rolls. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Lowndes County Tax Digest 1830, 1834-1835, 1838,
1860, 1844. 1 roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Campbell County Tax Digest 1865, 1866, 1868-1869. 1
roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Carroll County Tax Digest 1832-1847. 1 roll. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Cherokee County Tax Digest 1849. 1 roll Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Charlton County Tax Digest 1855. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Bibb County Tax Digest 1835-1836, 1846. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Baker County Tax Digest 1845. 1 roll. Donated by
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Elizabeth Feigl.
- Henry County Tax Digest 1831, 1837, 1852, 1854,
1855, 1857-1859. 1 roll. Donated by Elizabeth
Feigl.
- Lee County Tax Digest 1852. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Crawford County Tax Digest 1840, 1845, 1851,
1854, 1856, 1840-1845, 1858. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Houston County Tax Digest 1846, 1848-1850. 1
roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Pierce County Tax Digest 1871 . 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Muscogee County Tax Digest 1828-1845, 1869,
1847. 2 rolls. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Laurens County Tax Digest 1841 . 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Cobb County Tax Digest 1848-1849, 1851. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Jackson County Tax Digest 1799, 1849. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Floyd County Tax Digest 1852. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Dekalb County Tax Digest 1848-1850. 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Forsythe County Tax Digest 1853. 1 roll. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Harris County Tax Digest 1831 , 1836, 1841, and
1845. 1 roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Newton County Tax Digest 1848-1849, 1851 . 1 roll.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Morgan County Tax Digest 1808-1810, 1812, 18171818, 1820, 1822, 1862, 1823-1824, 1826, 1829-1830,
1832, 1840, 1842-1845, 1847?-1848, 1858-1859, 1844.
5 rolls. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
-Decatur County Tax Digest 1824-1826, 1828-1831 ,
1840, 1846, 1833-1834, 1841 , 1844, 1856-1861 ,
1848--1866, 1835, 1843, 1845, 1850, 1827, 1832,
1838, 1842, 1863-1864, 1847-1849, 1863, 1851-1855. 4
rolls. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Miscellaneous Records: Direct Index to Deeds, 18181903, Reverse Index. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Marriages (White and Colored), Inventories,
Appraisements, Letters, and Wills. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Deed Records and Mortgages, V. BB and BBB, 18251832. Franklin County, Georgia. 1 roll. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
- Camden County Tax Digest Early 1800s, 1819-1820,
1822-1825, 1827, 1829-1830, 1833, 1835, 1837, 1839,
1840, 1842-1854, 1859, 1863, 1848-1849. 5 rolls.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Emanuel County Mixed Register of Births, Druggists,
and Estates, 1818-1894; Tax Digest 1841 ; Land Court
Minutes 1857-1867; Poor School Records 1824-1858;
Common School Register 1871-1878, 1880. 1 roll.
Dallas Genealogical Socie
-
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Chatham County Tax Digest 1793, 1806, 1821, 1827,
1833-1834, 1843, 1848, 1866, 1868-69. 2 rolls. Donated
by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Putnam County Tax Digest 1817, 1820, 1824, 1852,
1820-1828, 1833, 1836-1839, 1840-1848. 4 rolls.
Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Monroe County Tax Digest 1828-1853, 1841 , 18431844, 1847, 1849, 1861 . 2 rolls. Donated by Elizabeth
Feigl.
- Franklin County Tax Digest 1800-1839, 1842, 18441847, 1849-1850, 1852, 1854. 4 rolls. Donated by
Elizabeth Feigl.
ILUNOIS
- Family Maps of Kane County, Illinois.
INDIANA
- Family Maps of Johnson County, Indiana.
IOWA
- Annual Session of the Grand Encampment of the State
of Iowa. 1909. Donated by Bill Hedges.
KANSAS
- 100 Year Rush: Rush County Centennial, 1874-1974.
Donated by Gary Turner.
KENTUCKY
- Early History of Montgomery County, Kentucky.
- Greenup County, Kentucky Marriages: the First 100
Years, 1803-1903. 2 vols.
LOUISIANA
- Index to Marriage Licenses, K-Z 1843-1937, Marriage
Records 3, 1904-1911 . Donated by Robert Ritter.
MARYLAND
- Index to Obituaries and Marriages in the (Baltimore)
Sun. 1876-1880.
MASSACHUSETTS
- North End Papers 1618-1880, Newburyport,
Massachusetts: Development of the North End of the
City.
- St. Thomas Parish Register, 1732-1821. Baltimore
County, Maryland. 1 roll. Donated by Robert Ritter.
- Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts
1667-1772. Gift from the Library of Helen J. Sanford
(1922-2004).
- Eighteenth-Century Records of the Boston Overseers
of the Poor.
MINNESOTA
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- Family Maps of Washington County, Minnesota.
- Migration and Economic Development in Rhode Island.
MISSOURI
- Family Maps of Dallas County, Missouri.
- Family Maps of Gasconade County, Missouri.
SOUTH CAROUNA
- Name Index to Genealogical Records Collected by
South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution.
NEBRASKA
- Family Maps of Grant County, Nebraska.
TENNESSEE
- Rhea County, Tennessee County Court Minute Book,
April 1, 1876-August 1881 .
N EW JERSEY
- Index of Colonial and State Laws: Between the Years
1663 and 1887 Inclusive.
NEW MEXICO
- Family Maps of Currie County, New Mexico.
NEW YORK.
- St. Lawrence County, New York, Will Testators Index,
1830-1916. 2 fiche. Donated by Elizabeth Kutz.
- Pioneer History of Sodus Point, New York.
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Record .
Indexes. 1870-1998. 17 vols.
- Kings County, New York, Administration Proceedings,
1817-1856.
NORTH CAROUNA
- Heritage of the Toe River Valley. Vol. 7.
- Abstracts of Deeds Guilford County, North Carolina. BK.
22, 23, and 24.
- Abstracts of Deeds New Hanover County, North
Carolina. BK. R and S.
- Abstracts of Deeds Craven County, North Carolina. BK.
20-24.
- Abstracts of Haywood County, North Carolina Deeds.
1808-1838. Donated by Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck.
- Brunswick County, North Carolina, Marriage Abstracts,
1804-1904.
- Halifax County, North Carolina List of Taxables, 17841834. 1 roll.
- Abstracts of Deeds Lincoln County, North Carolina. BK.
41 and 42.
OHIO
- Marriages Recorded in Hamilton County, Ohio. 18701884. Donated by Thomas F. Hennesy.
- Births, Marriages, and Deaths Reported in Newspapers
Published at Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
OKLAHOMA
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Anonymous Donation.
- Chickasha Star, Grady County, Oklahoma: January 4,
1940-December 25, 1941 .
RHODE ISLAND
Dallas Genealo ical Socie
-
TEXAS
Lavaca County in 1890. 2 vols.
San Antonio, Jamestowne Society, Inc., Company
Yearbook.
Greater North Dallas High School Alumni Association
Presents 75 Years of Memories (1922-1997). Donated
by Mrs. Margaret G. Ragan.
Gregg County, Texas, Marriage Records. 4 rolls.
Kaufman County, Texas, Marriage Records. 6 rolls.
Panola County, Texas. Marriage Records. 2 rolls.
Rockwall County, Texas, Marriage records. 2 rolls.
Collin County, Texas, Marriage Records. 13 rolls.
Marion County, Texas, Marriage records. 4 rolls.
Wood County, Texas, Marriage Records. 6 rolls.
Navarro County, Texas, Marriage Records. 1 roll.
Ellis County, Texas, Marriage Records. 10 rolls.
VIRGINIA
- Papers of George Washington. Vol. 18, 1 November
1778-14 January 1779.
- List of Tithables, 1770-1789 Botetourt County, Virginia.
1 roll. Donated by Elizabeth Feigl.
- Deed Books 1-2, 3-5 and Grantor-Grantee Indexes
1770-1889. Botetourt County, Virginia.
- Year Book of the Alexandria Assoociation. 1957.
- Gloucester County, Virginia, Methodist Records.
Donated by the Jamestowne Society.
- Sargent Museum: Home of the Louisa Town Museum,
Louisa County Historical Society: located in the
Sargeant/Pettit House, 214 Frederickburg Avenue ,
Louisa , Virginia.
- Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. 3
vols.
WISCONSIN
- Family Maps of Vernon County, Wisconsin.
CANADA
- Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853.
Donated by Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck.
- Census, 1836-1849, Pelham Township, Assessment
Roll. 1 fiche. Donated by Elizabeth Kutz.
- Pelham Evangelical Friends Church Cemetery: Pelham,
Ontario. 2 fiche. Donated by Elizabeth Kutz.
CZECH REPUBUC
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-Welcome to Hovezi: 500 Year Village Anniversary.
1504-2004. 2 vols.
ENGLAND
- Kentish Monumental Inscriptions: Inscriptions at
Tenterden. 1 fiche. Donated by Elizabeth Kutz.
- Deeds at Tenterden etc .• 1601-1870. 3 fiche. Donated
by Elizabeth Kutz.
FRANCE
- Researches in France: a Basic Guide for Family
Historians. Donated by Grace DeuPree.
GERMANY
- Baptisms. Confirmations. Marriages. Deaths,
Communicants. Ordinations. and . Donated by Joanne
Corney.
- Baptisms. Marriages. Deaths, Confirmations,
Communicants for the Protestant. Donated by Joanne
Corney.
- Map Guide to German Parish Registers. Kingdom of
Bavaria. Vols. V-VIII.
- Swiss Emigrants to the Palatinate in Germany and to
America, 1650-1800. Donated by Lloyd deWitt
Bockstruck.
- Blatter fur Frankische Familienkunde. Books 29 and 30.
- In Search of Your German Roots: a Complete Guide to
Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of
Europe. Donated by Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck.
GREAT BRITAIN
- Place-Names of Great Britain and Ireland. Gift from the
Library of Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Royal Heraldry: Beasts and Badges of Britain.
- Genealogical Gleanings in England . 2 vols. Gift from the
Library of Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
IRELAND
- Big Houses and Landed Estates of Ireland: a Research
Guide.
ITALY
- Italians to America. Vols. 23-26.
SCOTLAND
- Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration,
1725-1775: the People of Argyll. Donated by Lloyd
deWitt Bockstruck.
GREAT BRITAIN
- Muniments of the Ancient Saxon Family of W ingfield.
Donated by Joyce Martin Murray.
- Parish Register of Beverley St. Mary, Vol. 2, 1637-1689.
- Beginnings and Begats: Some Seventeenth Century
Emigrants from Britain.
Dallas Genealo ical Socie
GENEALOGIES & BIOGRAPHIES
- Weaver Family. Donated by Alice Weaver Sekanick.
- Pleasant Family.
- Autobiography and Family History of David H. Dozer, b.
1894.
- History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham,
Massachusetts. Gift from the Library of Helen J.
Sanford (1922-2004).
- Descendants of William Towne. Gift from the Library of
Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Doo Surname, 1188-1879.
- Supplement to the "Ancestors of Jacob and Esther
Garber and Their Descendants".
- Memorials of Elder John White, One of the First Settlers
of Hartford , Connecticut and of His Descendants. Gift
from the Library of Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Maloney Family Biographical Record.
- Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd. Gift from the
Library of Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Dr. John Durand (1664-1727) Of Derby, Connecticut.
Donated by Janet Branstetter.
- Contribution toward a Genealogy of All T orreys in
America.
- Whatleys: Shirley Whatley, Sr. and His Descendants.
- Wallace Family History.
- Snydor Family Saga. Donated by Snydor Thompson .
- Historical Outline of the Family Dickie (or Dickey).
- That Wadlington Family and Others. Donated by Donna
M. Metzger.
- Jack St. Clair Kilby: a Man of Few Words. Donated by
Ed Millis.
- Chaney Family. 3 fiche.
- Ancestry of John Barber White and of His Descendants.
2 vols. Gift from the Library of Helen J. Sanford (19222004) .
- Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States.
Gift from the Library of Helen J. Sanford (1922-2004).
- Parrett.
- Searching Our Thompkins Family.
- Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain,
Johnson, and Forty Other Colonial American Families.
Donated by Thaddeus Alto Tatum, Ill.
- Genealogy of the Howes Family in America.
REGIONAL and NATIONAL EVENTS
Do you have information about an upcoming Genealogy
event? Remit to: Janet van Heyst, DGS Newsletter Editor, 90
days prior to event.
[email protected]
Also, we
have
society
links on
our
website:
dallasqenealooy.com/outsidelinks/societylinks.htm,
and
a
revised community calendar:
www.dallasgenealogy.com/calendar.htm
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REGIONAL CONTACTS
Texas State Genealogical Society
Our District 10 elected representative is Minnie Pitts Champ,
719-359-5158, [email protected].
Our District 11 elected representative is John Wylie, 972-2062723, [email protected].
Arlington Genealogical Society
Contact Judy Matlock - [email protected].
Collin County Genealogical Society
Meets the third Monday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the Irving
Public Library. Contact: Gretchen King,
[email protected].
Lamar County Genealogical Society
Contact Ron Brothers, [email protected].
Lancaster Genealogical Society
Dallas Historical Society
Saturday adventure tours depart the Hall of State, located in
Fair Park, at 9:00 a.m. and return at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Contact Frank K. Wilson, COO, at 214-421 -4500 x105 or email
[email protected]
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at the
Lancaster Veteran's Memorial Library, 1600 Veterans
Memorial Parkway, at 7:00 p.m. Contact: Lana Filgo,
lfilgo@swbell. net.
Mesquite Historical and Genealogical Society
Duncanville Genealogical Society
Meeting days have been changed to the second Thursday of
the month, at 7:00p.m., Duncanville Public Library, 201 James
Collins Blvd. Contact: Marge Dellert, Newsletter Editor,
marqegen@ charter.net. There will be no meeting in
December, July, or August.
East Texas Genealogical Society
Regular meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month
starting at 2 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library. Contact:
[email protected] for program details.
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month,
Mesquite Public Library, 300 Grubb. 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
rootsweb.com/-txmhqs/paqe1 .htm.
Mid-Cities Genealogical Society
Meets the first Thursday of each month at the Euless Public
Library. Social time at 6:30 p.m. At 7:00 p.m., a short business
meeting, followed by the program. Contact: Norann Lustfield,
[email protected].
North Collin County Genealogical Society
Contact: Paula Perkins, [email protected].
Ellis County Genealogical Society
Meets 1st Monday of month at 7:00p.m. at the Women's
Building in Waxahachie. Contact Ina Walker,
[email protected].
Fort Worth Genealogical Society
Meets last Monday, 7:00 p.m., Fort Worth Public Library Central, Chappell Meeting Room, 500 West Third, Fort Worth,
Texas. Contact Debbie Pearson at 817-691-3257.
Genealogy Friends of Plano Library
Meets 3rd Saturday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the W.O.
Haggard, Jr. Library, 3602 Coil Rd .. Plano. Contact: Barbara
Coakley,
Program
Chairman,
972-818-0951 ,
[email protected]..
Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month 6:30
p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Grand Prairie Memorial Library, 901 Conover
Drive. Contact: Regina Shumaker, Vice President of Programs
at [email protected] .
Dallas Genealo ical Socie
HOGAR de Dallas
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of September, November, January,
March, and May, at Casa View Branch Library, 10355
Ferguson Road, Dallas, Library - 214-670-8403. 6:30 p.m.
social gathering. Meeting & activities start at 7:00 p.m. Contact:
Art
Garza,
[email protected].
972-841-9455.
home.earthlink. neU-hoga rdedallasfindex.html
Irving Genealogical Society
Meets the second Wednesday of the month at the W. 0 .
Haggard, Jr. Library, 2501 Coil Road, Plano, Texas, 7:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m. Contact Paula Perkins - [email protected] .com.
Offers a troubleshooting session on the fourth Tuesday of each
month - same place and time.
Greater Dallas Chapter of the DAR
Meets alternate 3rd Tuesdays or Saturdays of each month at
10:00 a.m. For more information, e-mail [email protected]
or visit our website at: Y':!::!!tL
texasdar.org/chapters/GreaterDallas/
-
North Texas PC Users Group
Meets the third Saturday of each month at North Lake College
in Irving. Check out the schedule and much more at our web
site: ntpcuq.org/
Pecan Plantation Genealogy Group
Meets at the Pecan Plantation clubhouse in Granbury, Texas,
September through May, on the third Tuesday of each month.
Contact Micki Burleson, Program Chairman, 817-578-3673,
[email protected].
Peters Colony Chapter of the DAR
Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month , October-May, at 7:00
p.m. at Newman Smith High School, Carrollton. Info:
www.qeocities.com/Wellesley/ Garden/5215/
Thomas J. Rusk Chapter of the
Sons of the Republic of Texas
Meets at Margaux's Restaurant, 150 Turtle Creek Blvd. in
Dallas at 7:00 p.m. The remaining 2008 meeting will be Dec
11 1h.
Contact
David
Dibrell
at
972-733-0357.
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DGS NEWSLETTER
DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 12446
Dallas, TX 75225-0446
Email : [email protected]
Website: dallasgenealogy.com
Founded in 1955, the Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) is the oldest,
continuously functioning organization of its kind in Texas. It is a
nonprofit. tax-exempt corporation and a member of the Federation of
Genealogical Societies (FGS). We have approximately 900 members.
The object of this society shall be: to educate, creating, fostering, and
maintaining Interest in genealogy; to assist and support the genealogy
section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas, or its
legal successor; and to collect, preserve, copy, and index information
relating to Dallas County and its early history.
OFFICERS:
Articles appearing in the DGS Newsletter may be reprinted only upon
receipt of written permission from the author. Credit should be given to
the author and acknowledgment given the OGS Newsletter as the
source. Letters requesting reprint permission should be sent to the
newsletter editor. The OGS Newsletter is printed by Texas Legal
Copies. Dallas, TX 75207.
© Dallas Genealogical Society (ISSN 1091-3130)
Publications
972-288-6087
Harmon Adair, Jr.
[email protected]
The Board
President
817-261-0994
Elizabeth Kutz
[email protected]
Deborah McVean
[email protected]
The DGS Newsletter is published periodically throughout the year. We
use articles that include things of a genealogical nature. They do not
have to apply to Dallas Co, Texas. All articles and correspondence for
this publication should be e-mailed to the editor. Janet van Heyst, at
[email protected], or mailed to the Society address
listed above. Please put your phone number on ALL correspondence
in case we have questions. You will receive confirmation of your
submittal.
Exec/VP Fundraising
817-446-5351
Janet Khashab
[email protected]
VP Education
972-359-6555
VP Membership
214-528-4214
Sara McBride
[email protected]
Sharon Gayle
[email protected]
VP Journal
972-436-7815
Janet van Heyst
[email protected]
VP Newsletter
214-941-3228
Davis Temple
[email protected]
Treasurer
Theresa Howell
[email protected]
Secretary
214-227-3953
DIRECTORS:
Jimmy and Pat Stone
[email protected]
Sales
Rose Blaich
[email protected]
Dianna Latta
[email protected]
Publicity
Volunteer Coordinator
214-522-9356
Patrick McKinney
[email protected]
Ari Wilkins
[email protected]
Special Interest Groups (SIGS)
214-886-5070
APPOINTED:
Lloyd Bockstnuck
[email protected]
Vacant
[email protected]
Vacant
[email protected]
Jeri Steele
[email protected]
Ed Kutz
[email protected]
Theresa Howell
[email protected]
library Liaison
21 4-670-1433
Parliamentarian
Mail Administrator
System Administrator
972-306-1596
Website Coordinator
817-261-0994
FGS Delegate
214-227-3953
Mailing
214-341-1936
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DGS Membership Application or Renewal
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DGS Calendar of Events
December
11 - Thu Writers' Interest Group
16- Tue African-American Genealogy Interest Group
17 - Wed Mac Reunion Group
January
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Sat Family Tree Maker
Sat Internet Group
Thu Writers' Interest Group
Sat Computer Interest Group
Sat Digital Interest Group
Sat Master Genealogist
Sat Genealogy 101
Sat Genealogy 201
Sat Genealogy 401
Sat Brown Bag Group
Mon General Meeting
Tue African-American Genealogy Interest Group
February
07- Sat Family Tree Maker
07 - Sat Internet Group
07 - Sat German Research Group
12- Thu Writers Interest Group
14- Sat Computer Interest Group
14- Sat Digital Interest Group
14 - Sat Master Genealogist
18 - Wed Mac Reunion Group
21 -Sat Genealogy 101
21 -Sat Genealogy 201
21 - Sat Genealogy 401
21 - Sat Brown Bag Group
23 - Mon General Meeting
The DGS General and some special interest group (SIG) meetings are usually held on the Plaza level, in the Auditorium
and East/West Rooms of the J . Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, in downtown Dallas. The remaining
SIGs Meet in the Studio on the 3'd Floor, the Hamon Room on the 5111 Floor, or the McDermott Room on the 8111 Floor.
Underground parking is entered from Wood Street.
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Bad Weather: To find out whether a DGS meeting has been cancelled in the event of a major
weather situation on a meeting night, log on to: www.DallasGenealogy.com or call the genealogy
section of the library at 214-670-1433.
Dallas Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 12446
Dallas, TX 75225-0446
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Dallas, TX
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