Ari’s Topics: Incorporating Oral History Into Your Research Friday, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Track: Publishing, Storytelling, and Preservation Finding The Last Slaveowner Saturday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Track: Ethnic – African American Reconstructing Communities Using Genealogical Resources Sunday, 9:00 am to 10:00 am Track: Skill Building Ari Wilkins A graduate of Louisiana State … Read more
Seven sessions and one workshop at the 2019 TxSGS Family History Conference focus on DNA analysis for beginners to advanced researchers. Learn more about DNA matches, Native American ethnicity, match clustering, Y-DNA, and more. We hope you’ll join us to find new ways to connect to your ancestors. See all tracks and learn more about … Read more
Want to learn what to do when your GEDMatch matches don’t respond or how to quickly write a narrative from the records you’ve uncovered about your family? What about overcoming lost records? Can researching descendants and collateral relatives help solve that brick wall problem? In addition to dozens of excellent speakers presenting a total of … Read more
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
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