Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck

Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, M.A. (History), FNGS

Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck is DGS's local genealogical treasure. Lloyd is always a crowd pleaser because of his incredible knowledge, his humor, and his interesting presentation of topics. Lloyd is the supervisor of the nationally recognized J. Erik Jonsson Dallas Public Library Genealogy Section, and his "Family Tree" column appears weekly in the Dallas Morning News.

Lloyd began his career with an undergraduate degree in biology and history, followed by a M.A. in European history, and a M.S. in library science. His work as a teacher and librarian took him from Illinois to Mombasa, Kenya, back to Illinois and then to Dallas where he joined the Dallas Public Library in 1973. He plays a key role in the development of the remarkable genealogy section of our library, and serves as library liaison to our Dallas Genealogical Society Board of Directors.

Lloyd has been winning awards for years and often we just say 'everyone here knows Lloyd, he needs no further introduction," but here is just a partial list of recent honors accorded him in the past 10 years:

1992	Fellow, National Genealogical Society
	Award of Distinguished Service as Genealogical Columnist, Texas State Genealogical Society
	Meritorious Service Medal, Plano Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
	Professional Award for Historical Preservation, Dallas County Historical Commission
	Honorary Member, Texas Brach of the Huguenot Society of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
1992	Honorary Member, the Sons of the Republic of Texas
	Admiral, Nebraska State Navy
1994	Meritorious Service Award, Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
	Outstanding Alumnus, Samford University, Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research
	Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Genealogical Society
1999	Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship
2001	Chapter Service Medal, Athens Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
2002	Founders' Medal Award, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
	Texas Society Service Medal, Sons of the American Revolution
	Letter of Commendation from the President Richard L. Turley of the Genealogical Society of Utah
	Willard Heiss Memorial Lecturer by the Indiana Historical Society
2003	Northeast Texas Library Systems Lifetime Achievement Award

In addition to the very large number of articles he has written, Lloyd has published the following books:

Family Tree: Weekly Newspaper Columns from the Dallas Morning News 1991-1996 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Genealogical Society, 1998)

"Military Records," The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (1997)

Naval Pensioners of the United States 1800-1851 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002)

Research in Texas (Arlington, VA; National Genealogical Society, 1992)

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996)

Virginia's Colonial Soldiers (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988)

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