TIGR 2019 features five days of intense learning, taking research skills to a new level. This in-depth institute is slated Monday, June 10 – Friday, June 14, 2019, at the Crowne Plaza Austin, 6121 North Interstate Highway 35, Austin, Texas. Two courses focus on either Texas or Southern US research. Texas Research Essentials, coordinated by … Read more
Join us in Austin, June 10-14, for the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR). Learn from experts such as Teri Flack, a recognized authority in Texas and southern research. She has been researching family history for over 35 years. She chairs the TxSGS Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) and serves as the Texas state … Read more
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