Caroline M. Pointer TSGS Student Project Awards (Category VIII) are awarded in three divisions, Elementary grades 4-6, Intermediate grades 7-9 and High School grades 10-12. Last year, Mavrick Murray was named the first place High School winner. Mavrick did research in his local library, talked with family members, visited cemeteries, gathered pictures, census records, birth certificates, and death … Read more
TSGS has historically divided our membership into districts in Texas based on geographical location; the current configuration utilizes 20 districts to monitor and support the genealogy landscape in our vast state. Realizing that many of our members don’t live in Texas, TSGS has created a new district to embrace our out-of-state members. District 21 is … Read more
Texas Genealogy Day Live in or around San Antonio and want to get started on or improve your family history research skills? Spend Saturday, August 30th, on San Antonio’s famous Riverwalk at the 2014 Federation of Genealogical Societies’ national conference Gone to Texas and learn how to research your family history with a special one-day … Read more
Love genealogy, editing, and publishing? Texas State Genealogical Society is seeking a dynamic individual to become the new editor for its quarterly magazine, STIRPES. Here are the details: Purpose and Scope of STIRPES STIRPES is a quarterly magazine published by Texas State Genealogical Society and includes helpful research articles, county records, family histories, reviews, queries, … Read more
As part of the educational and outreach missions of both the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), the exhibit hall at the FGS 2014 Conference, 28-30 August 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, will be free and open to the public. During that time, approximately twenty half-hour presentations will be offered on the exhibit hall … Read more