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Genealogical & Family History Records, Resources & Activities for Dallas, Dallas County and North Texas
Records
Our collection features information about Dallas County Cemeteries, Local Funeral Homes and Early Court, Land, Marriage, Probate, & Tax records.
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Our members have created many publications throughout our history. We have also indexed and digitized every Newsletter and Journal we have created since 1955.
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Our meetings feature presentations from knowledgeable speakers. Recordings of many of these outstanding presentations are available to the public.
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We offer three seminars each year. Our monthly Special Interest Group and General Meetings are open to the public. Most are hybrid (in-person and virtual).
VIEW CALENDARLatest Blog Posts
Out of the Attic: Portrait of Robert Bowman
This month’s Out of the Attic is a 19th century oil painting of Robert Bowman
Read moreTom Jones Soon! (but don’t expect to hear him sing “Delilah”)
DGS is lucky enough to have snapped Tom up to be the presenter on our April 13th Spring Seminar
Read moreDr. W. E. Rainwater, African-American dentist and activist
What happens when you use an intriguing document as the starting point for a research project?
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Our Mission
Education
To educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy.
Dallas Public Library
To assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas or to its legal successor.
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To collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.