Episode #105 – Lone Star Family Trails Podcast – Texas Baptist Historical Collection

Listen now to Episode #105 – Texas Baptist Historical Collection   Host:     Ron Barnett  Guest:  Alan LeFever, Director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection in Waco, Texas   The Texas Baptist Historical Collection located in Waco, Texas, is featured in Episode #105 of the Lone Star Family Trails podcast. Their goal is “collecting, preserving … Read more

Records and Repositories Provide Key to Family History

The 2022 TxSGS Conference features five tracks and 42 sessions. Early Bird registration ends September 30, so register today and save! From politics to family manuscripts; from religion to the post office; from unusual places of birth to land records – records and repositories can provide the key that will help you Unlock Your Past! Unusual … Read more

Methodology Track Covers Variety of Topics

The 2022 TxSGS Conference features five tracks and 42 sessions. Early Bird registration ends September 30, so register today and save! Discover new records and ways to analyze the records you’ve already found. Examine ways to use the information unearthed in records to identify and solve problems. Explore death records; research Texas homesteading; find the … Read more

Stirpes September 2022 – Storytelling: Content and Context

TxSGS’s latest issue of Stirpes, The Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, has been released in digital format to all TxSGS individual members. Print editions will follow for Partner Societies, Subscribing Libraries, and those individual members who paid for a print version. Genealogists are, in a sense, sleuths. No detail is too small for investigation as we track … Read more

TxSGS Awards – There’s still time to submit your work!

Did you publish a book or article between September 15, 2021, and September 15, 2022? Did your society publish a newsletter, journal, or quarterly? Do you or your society have a website devoted to your family or the genealogical community? There’s still time to submit your entry for the TxSGS Awards program. Each year, the … Read more

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