DNA Topics at the 2022 TxSGS Family History Conference

The TxSGS Conference features five tracks and 42 sessions. Early Bird registration ends September 30, so register today and save! DNA sessions include: You DNA Tested at Ancestry – Now What Do You Do? by Mary Kircher Roddy, CG® (Beginner, Intermediate) ThruLines: Maximize Your Ancestry DNA Results by Patti Huff Smith (All Levels) We Were Supposed to … Read more

Episode #104 – Lone Star Family Trails – The Portal to Texas History

Listen now to Episode #104 – The Portal to Texas History   Host: Randy Whited Guest: Jake Magnum, UNT Program Development Librarian at University of North Texas in Denton This episode features The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton.  Jake Magnum is the Program Development Librarian and works … Read more

Coming soon! Storytelling: Content and Context

Join TxSGS or renew your membership by midnight, September 6, to receive the “Storytelling: Content and Context” issue of Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society. Here’s your chance to receive the September issue of Stirpes with your new or renewed TxSGS membership. With the theme “Storytelling: Content and Context,” this issue is packed with … Read more

2022 Conference with TxSGS Live!

TxSGS Live! – 10 top speakers with live Q&A Deborah A. Abbott, PhD – Strategies and Techniques: Reconstructing an African American Family from Freedom to Slavery Debra Dudek – Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Bartending, Saloon Keeping, and Tavern Keeping Ancestors Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS – Taking a Deeper Dive into Mexican Civil Registration Records Jean Wilcox Hibben – Genealogy Door Locked? The … Read more

Episode #103 – Lone Star Family Trails – The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University

Listen now to:  Episode #103 – The Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University Host:   Ron Barnett Guest:  Dr. Monte L. Monroe, archivist for the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and State Historian for Texas This episode features the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.  Ron Barnett, our host for the … Read more

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