Registration is Open for the 2019 TxSGS Conference!

TxSGS is Blazing Family Trails at its 2019 Family History Conference in Houston, October 11-13, This year’s event features 33 speakers presenting 56 sessions plus 4 add-on workshops. Open each day, the exhibit hall showcases a host of genealogical products, services, and societies that can help meet your research needs. For the convenience of attendees, … Read more

Blazing Family Trails with TxSGS at the 2019 Annual Family History Conference

Join the Texas State Genealogical Society in Houston, October 11-13, for Blazing Family Trails, our 2019 Family History Conference. This year’s event features 33 speakers presenting 56 sessions plus 4 add-on workshops. Our ancestors started Blazing Family Trails when they immigrated to a new land with dreams of finding home and prosperity. As genealogists, we … Read more

Texas House Bill 703 Proposing Further Limitations for Access to Birth Records Did Not Pass

During the recently concluded legislative session, genealogists across the state joined together to oppose a bill which would’ve significantly affected access to Texas birth records. Currently in Texas, a birth record is public information and available to the public 75 years after the date of birth. House Bill 703 (by Rep. Cody Harris of Hillsboro) … Read more

Still Time to Save; TIGR Early Bird Pricing Ends April 30

Discounted early-bird registration for the 2019 Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) will continue only until midnight April 30. Early registrants receive the best rate for this outstanding bi-annual event. Details at www.txsgs.org/tigr-2019-registration/. Scheduled June 10-14, at the Crowne Plaza Austin, this year’s event includes two tracks: Texas Research Essentials, coordinated by Kelvin Meyers Advanced … Read more

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