Episode #108 – Texas General Land Office

Texas General Land Office Host: Sue Kaufman    Guest:  James Harkins, Director of Public Services for the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records Program. This episode highlights the wonderful history that is held by the Texas General Land Office, containing 45,000 maps and 35 million documents.  The maps become the finding aids for many … Read more

Records and Repositories Provide Key to Family History

The 2022 TxSGS Conference features five tracks and 42 sessions. Early Bird registration ends September 30, so register today and save! From politics to family manuscripts; from religion to the post office; from unusual places of birth to land records – records and repositories can provide the key that will help you Unlock Your Past! Unusual … Read more

DNA Topics at the 2022 TxSGS Family History Conference

The TxSGS Conference features five tracks and 42 sessions. Early Bird registration ends September 30, so register today and save! DNA sessions include: You DNA Tested at Ancestry – Now What Do You Do? by Mary Kircher Roddy, CG® (Beginner, Intermediate) ThruLines: Maximize Your Ancestry DNA Results by Patti Huff Smith (All Levels) We Were Supposed to … Read more

Episode #104 – Lone Star Family Trails – The Portal to Texas History

Listen now to Episode #104 – The Portal to Texas History   Host: Randy Whited Guest: Jake Magnum, UNT Program Development Librarian at University of North Texas in Denton This episode features The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton.  Jake Magnum is the Program Development Librarian and works … Read more

2022 Conference with TxSGS Live!

TxSGS Live! – 10 top speakers with live Q&A Deborah A. Abbott, PhD – Strategies and Techniques: Reconstructing an African American Family from Freedom to Slavery Debra Dudek – Mixers and Shakers – Tracing Bartending, Saloon Keeping, and Tavern Keeping Ancestors Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS – Taking a Deeper Dive into Mexican Civil Registration Records Jean Wilcox Hibben – Genealogy Door Locked? The … Read more

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