Research in early Texas has its own unique issues. The Spanish and Mexican legal systems are quite different from the British common law system found in early America; social/family customs of these early settlers differed as well. Successful genealogical research during this time period will depend on the researcher’s awareness of these differences and knowledge … Read more
The Texas State Genealogical Society’s institute, TIGR, promotes learning in an instructional classroom atmosphere, taking each attendee’s skills to another level. A course coordinator and instructors lead students for five days in the same classroom on a progression of topics on the same subject, Texas Research Essentials or Advanced Southern Research Techniques. This format provides … Read more
Texas State Genealogical Society is proud to announce the winners of two FamilyTreeDNA test kits. Names of all members of the Early Texans DNA Project who submitted the completed application form by 15 January 2019 were entered into a drawing. This included all members who joined any time from the project inception until the deadline … Read more
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. The print edition will be mailed in the next few weeks. The beginning of a new year is a perfect time to reflect on all manner of ways in which we’d … Read more
Book your hotel room for the 2019 Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR)! The Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) is pleased to announce the 2019 Texas Institute for Genealogical Research is slated June 9-14 at the conveniently-located Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 6121 North IH-35 @ 290 in Austin, Texas. There is a welcome reception … Read more