Finding Women’s WWI Records

Considering that during WWI many thousands of women served in industry, in the Armed Forces, and in the Red Cross, and that millions of women registered in the effort to conserve resources for the war, it’s likely that records associated with WWI will contain at least one of your ancestresses.   For an overview of … Read more

Skype Your Granny!

Whether you currently have an abundance of free time or have to squeeze the minutes between grocery shopping and cooking, now’s a great time to contact your older relatives and cousins. During covid-19 social distancing, they’ll be at home and more available to chat. If they live in assisted living or nursing homes, they’ll be … Read more

TxSGS Webinar Series – Flash Sale!

Time is running out to access the TxSGS Webinar Series! At the 2019 TxSGS Family History Conference, TxSGS recorded ten “live” sessions by nationally-recognized speakers. Topics and speakers were selected from the 56 conference sessions to give viewers a taste of the TxSGS Family History Conference. Purchase by April 30 – Watch through June 30 … Read more

TxSGS Partner Societies Embrace Virtual Meetings

To date, eleven Partner Societies have taken advantage of the offer by TxSGS to turn monthly meetings, Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings, and board meetings into virtual meetings. The response by the members of these Partner Societies has been extremely positive: “This is a good way to engage members (and future members) who do not … Read more

TxSGS Helps Partner Society Members by Offering Virtual Meeting Resources

In the current environment of “social distancing” and library closings, it is impossible for most genealogical societies to conduct regular, in-person meetings. For that reason, the Texas State Genealogical Society is making virtual meeting resources available to TxSGS Partner Society members. We hope by supporting our Partner Societies in this way, we can help to … Read more

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