TIGR 2025 Registration is Open!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Registration for the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) is open. Held virtually this year, TIGR 2025 takes place June 16-20, 2025. 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 virtual classroom … Read more

Discover Your Family’s Story with “Genealogy Essentials” from TxSGS

Are you just starting out on your family history journey? Have you been researching for a while but want to jump start your research with new skills and resources? Unsure how to navigate the mountains of documents and details you’ve inherited from relatives? The Texas State Genealogical Society (TxSGS) understands the challenges beginners and other … Read more

Episode #119 – TxSGS Live! Speaker Preview – Navigating Your Family History

In episode #119 of the Lone Star Family Trails podcast, host Kelvin Meyers sits down with a lineup of genealogy experts to preview the upcoming 2024 TxSGS Annual Conference: Navigating Your Family History. This special episode provides listeners with an exclusive look at the topics and insights these presenters will bring to the virtual event, … Read more

TxSGS Live! is Virtual Nov. 1-2, 2024

The TxSGS Conference kicks off with TxSGS Live!, two days of immersive learning with live Q&A in ten insightful sessions led by top genealogical presenters sharing their expertise: It’s a Needle in a Haystack: Slave Research by Deborah A. Abbott, PhD Reconstructing Pre-1850 Census Families by Michael Neill Follow Your Compass to UK Resources and Beyond Benefiting 17th-18th Century … Read more

2024 TxSGS Family History Conference Registration is Open!

Registration is open! Join us for Navigating Your Family History, the virtual 2024 TxSGS Family History Conference! On Friday and Saturday, November 1-2, TxSGS Live! features ten presentations by some of the top speakers in genealogy on research techniques, records, DNA, artificial intelligence, and more. That’s not all! These lectures will be recorded and combined with 31 additional prerecorded lectures from … Read more

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