Mid-Cities
Genealogical Society

Local Genealogical Societies

• Arlington Genealogical Society
• Meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm (September-June) at the Arlington Central Library, 101 East Abram St.
• Dallas Genealogical Society
• Please check their Web site for the calendar of monthly meetings and other events.
• Fort Worth Genealogical Society
• Meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Fort Worth Central Library, 500 West Third St. Please check their Web site for other meetings and events.
• Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
• Meets on the first Thursday of every month at the Grand Prairie Memorial Library, 901 Conover Drive, Grand Prairie. Please check their Web site for other meetings and events.
• Grapevine Name Droppers
• Meets on the second Monday of each month at 10:30 am at the Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way.500 West Third St. Please check their Web site for other meetings and events.
• Irving Genealogical Society
• Meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Irving Public Library, 801 West Irving Blvd.

Local Resources


• The Fort Worth Public Library
• The Genealogy, History & Archives Unit contains a collection that focuses on Texas and the South, but also includes a considerable amount of information on the Midwest and the original thirteen states.
• The Dallas Public Library
• The Genealogy Section (8th floor) contains a collection for family history research that is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the southern half of the United States.
• Texas and Dallas History & Archives (7th Floor) is the official repository for Dallas County Records. It also has old maps of Texas, city directories, newspapers, high school annuals, church records, funeral records, and more.
• The History & Social Sciences collection (7th floor) serves a variety of library users' needs from informational to recreational and includes books, magazines, videos, maps, and brochures.
• The Government Information Center (6th Floor) houses one of the area's most comprehensive, public collections of topographic and city maps and atlases.
• The National Archives Southwest Region in Fort Worth has extensive microfilm holdings of value for genealogy research, including Federal population censuses for all States, 1790-1930; military service records, pension and bounty land warrant applications; passenger arrival records; and Dawes census cards and enrollment jackets for the Five Tribes of Oklahoma.

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Regional Resources


• Texas Research Guide (from FamilySearch.org) HTML | PDF
• The Texas GenWeb Project
• Genealogy at the Texas State Library
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Texas (1877-1922)

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National Resources


• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• FamilySearch.org
• Social Security Death Index
• CastleGarden.org Free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
• EllisIsland.org Includes all the ships that entered the Port of New York from 1892-1924.
• 101 Ways to Research Your Family Tree for Free (from About.com)

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Tutorials


• RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees
• Getting Started in Genealogy (from the Allen County Library)
• Getting Started in Genealogy (at genealogy.com)
• Tutorials and Guides (at Cyndi's List)

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