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.
• Cedar Hill Genealogical Society
• Meets on the second Thurday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Zula B. Wylie Public Library, 225 Cedar St. Please check their Web site for other meetings and events.

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. There are two facilities, one for archival (John Burgess facility) and one for microfilm research and public access computers (Montgomery Plaza facility). The latter is located at 2600 West 7th Street, Suite 162, Fort Worth and is open 8:00am-4:00pm Monday-Friday, and the third Saturday of every month.

Regional Resources

• Texas Research Guide Wiki (from FamilySearch.org)
• The Texas GenWeb Project
• Genealogy at the Texas State Library
• Portal To Texas History at the University of North Texas
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Texas (1877-1922)
• The Gateway to Oklahoma History at the Oklahoma Historical Society

National Resources

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• FamilySearch.org
• Social Security Death Index (on Ancestry.com)
• 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. Registration is required but free, and you can view scanned images of actual passenger manifests.
• 101 Ways to Research Your Family Tree for Free (from About.com)

Blogs and Podcasts

• Fort Worth Genealogy Examiner Blog by MCGS member Judy Everett Ramos
• The Genealogy Guys by George G. Morgan and Drew Smith
• Genealogy Gems by Lisa Louise Cook
• Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcasts also by Lisa Louise Cook

Tutorials

• RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees
• Getting Started in Genealogy (from the Allen County Library)
• Getting Started in Genealogy (at genealogy.com)
• Beginners Guides, Hints & Tips (at Cyndi's List)

Genealogy & DNA

• DNA Reference Works by Debbie Parker Wayne
• DNA Testing for Genealogy � Getting Started | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | by CeCe Moore from geni.com