Omni Houston Hotel Westside is the Place to Be in October 2019!

  The TxSGS 2019 Family History Conference takes place at the Omni Houston Hotel Westside in Houston, Texas, Friday through Sunday, October 11-13, 2019. We hope you’ll join us for an exciting weekend of genealogy – lectures, workshops, exhibits, catching up with old friends, making new ones, and more! Book your room by 5:00 p.m. … Read more

Registration is Open for the 2019 TxSGS Conference!

TxSGS is Blazing Family Trails at its 2019 Family History Conference in Houston, October 11-13, This year’s event features 33 speakers presenting 56 sessions plus 4 add-on workshops. Open each day, the exhibit hall showcases a host of genealogical products, services, and societies that can help meet your research needs. For the convenience of attendees, … Read more

Blazing Family Trails with TxSGS at the 2019 Annual Family History Conference

Join the Texas State Genealogical Society in Houston, October 11-13, for Blazing Family Trails, our 2019 Family History Conference. This year’s event features 33 speakers presenting 56 sessions plus 4 add-on workshops. Our ancestors started Blazing Family Trails when they immigrated to a new land with dreams of finding home and prosperity. As genealogists, we … Read more

Texas House Bill 703 Proposing Further Limitations for Access to Birth Records Did Not Pass

During the recently concluded legislative session, genealogists across the state joined together to oppose a bill which would’ve significantly affected access to Texas birth records. Currently in Texas, a birth record is public information and available to the public 75 years after the date of birth. House Bill 703 (by Rep. Cody Harris of Hillsboro) … Read more

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