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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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Publications

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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Videos

Our meetings feature presentations from knowledgeable speakers. Recordings of many of these outstanding presentations are available to the public.

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Meetings

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).  

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Latest 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

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Tom 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

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June 8 DNA Workshop

Getting ready for our upcoming DNA Seminar

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Dr. 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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Interest Groups 

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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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Preservation

To collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history.