TxSGS 2020 Family History Conference is Virtual

Join us at the  2020 TxSGS Family History Conference! This year’s event takes a different approach, due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. While we wish we could be together in person, we’re taking advantage of the latest technology to bring participants together “virtually.”  Judy G. Russell keynotes this year’s conference during the TxSGS Live! event which takes  place on Friday … Read more

TxSGS 2020 Awards Postponed Due to COVID-19

The Texas State Genealogical Society recognizes excellence in the genealogical community with several awards and grants. The awards are announced each year at our Annual Conference. 2020 has been a challenging year for genealogical societies as well as individual family history researchers. This the annual presentation of TxSGS awards has been deferred until 2021. Special … Read more

Register Today for TxSGS 2020 Summer Virtual Conference

The TxSGS Summer 2020 Virtual Conference delivers two days of fantastic genealogy learning to you! Great speakers and topics! In Texas, August weather can find you sweltering with the heat. Regardless of the climate where you are, the TxSGS Virtual Conference is heating up with great speakers and topics. Join the Texas State Genealogical Society on … Read more

Stirpes June 2020 Issue Released – Skill Building

Information about 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. To simplify the process of accessing your digital edition of Stirpes, we have linked the digital edition to your TxSGS member account. The Stirpes email sent to all individual … Read more

Finding Women’s WWI Records

Considering that during WWI many thousands of women served in industry, in the Armed Forces, and in the Red Cross, and that millions of women registered in the effort to conserve resources for the war, it’s likely that records associated with WWI will contain at least one of your ancestresses.   For an overview of … Read more

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