Stirpes – March 2021 Issue Released

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Information about TxSGS’s latest digital issue of Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, recently went out to all TxSGS individual and household members. To simplify the process of accessing your digital edition of Stirpes, we have linked the digital edition to your TxSGS member account. The Stirpes email sent to all individual and household members includes a link to the TxSGS member login page. The print edition is being mailed to those who subscribe to the print edition.

TxSGS’s latest issue of Stirpes, The Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, went out to all TxSGS members and subscribing libraries.

This issue is about “Following the Trail of Early Texans.” This issue is packed with great articles and more, all focused on early Texas:

  • Four Tips for Researching Your Non-Hispanic Ancestor Using Spanish Documents by Henrietta Martinez Christmas;
  • Researching Early Texas Tax Rolls and Homesteading the Early Texas Frontier by Susan E. Ball;
  • Looking for Early Texas Ancestors? Check Out These Websites by Pat Gordon;
  • TxGenWeb Project Celebrates 25 Years by Paula Perkins;
  • Son of an Itinerant Preacher Becomes the Sheriff of Breckinridge, Texas and Dr. Earl William Clawater of Tyler, Texas by Russell A. Rahn;
  • Unforeseen Consequences by Beverly E. Stimson;
  • The Rockin’ Beech Grove of Jasper County by Jim Thornhill;
  • Why I Write Stories by David Bowles; and
  • Book Review: The Year of 1890 in Freestone County by Bill Buckner.

Also included are new developments in the TxSGS Heritage Certificates program and the Early Texans DNA Project:

  • Texas Heritage Certificates Now Accept DNA Proof;
  • Writing a DNA Proof Argument for Texas Heritage Certificates and the Early Texans DNA Project by Jessica Horne Collins;
  • The TxSGS Early Texans DNA Database: Explore, Connect, and Join to Further Your Early Texan Research by Debbie Parker Wayne.

Take a “Look Inside” this issue to learn more.

The upcoming June 2021 issue features “Newspapers: Hot of the Presses!” If you have an interesting story or resource tips you’d like to share about using newspapers as part of your research, contact us at stirpes@txsgs.org.  The submission deadline is May 1.

Accessing Your Digital Stirpes

If you are a member, login to your member account and select “Stirpes – March 2021” from the dropdown box on the right to access the latest issue.

If you are not a member, make sure you get the next issue of Stirpes—join TxSGS today to ensure that you receive the June 2021 issue as soon as it comes off the press.

Interested in purchasing a copy of the current issue or back issues?
Back issues may be purchased by contacting the Director of Membership, Tony Hanson, at membership@txsgs.org.

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