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
Want to learn what to do when your GEDMatch matches don’t respond or how to quickly write a narrative from the records you’ve uncovered about your family? What about overcoming lost records? Can researching descendants and collateral relatives help solve that brick wall problem? In addition to dozens of excellent speakers presenting a total of … Read more
Information about TxSGS’s latest digital issue of Stirpes, the Journal of the Texas State Genealogical Society, recently went out to all TxSGS individual and household members. To simplify the process of accessing your digital edition of Stirpes, we have linked the digital edition to your TxSGS member account. The Stirpes email sent to all individual … Read more
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
Discounted early-bird registration for the 2019 Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) will continue only until midnight April 30. Early registrants receive the best rate for this outstanding bi-annual event. Details at www.txsgs.org/tigr-2019-registration/. Scheduled June 10-14, at the Crowne Plaza Austin, this year’s event includes two tracks: Texas Research Essentials, coordinated by Kelvin Meyers Advanced Southern … Read more