Beyond the census enumerations and vital records are a host of resources that can shed light on your ancestor’s life and perhaps lead to overcoming that obstinate brick wall. Discover gems hidden in city directories, obituaries, death records, Catholic records, guardianship records, and more. Understand newspaper research and indexes. Learn about records created by depression … Read more
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