Fort Worth Genealogical Society

08/28/2025

The August 2025 Issue of Footprints is now at the Printers! BUT, if you have a membership where you receive publications digitally, look in your email today for your copy or go to the website (http://www.txfwgs.org) log-in and you will find the current issue in the Member's only section ready for downloading.

What is the difference in receiving publications digitally vs. printed? Besides the difference is membership dues, digital publications are received while the print editions are still at the printers. They are in color and they have clickable links! Which the August issue has quite a lot of links!

Not a member? Come to the monthly meeting this Saturday (the 30th) at 10:30 at the Fort Worth History Center and become a member or go on-line at the link above and join on-line!

08/27/2025

Come and learn about all the great resources available for preserving family treasures!

08/26/2025

08/09/2025

Mark your calendars for the August member's meeting Saturday, August 30 at 10:30 a.m.

08/01/2025

SHC guest Jim Nonus explores pirate Jean Laffite’s time in Southeast Texas. Nonus will also discuss the creation of his newly debuted, "Laffite: The Musical" and share some songs composed. Center staff will offer a special viewing of items from its historic Jean Laffite Collection. The event is FREE and open to the public! No registration required.

📅August 21, 2025 | 7:00 p.m.
📍Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center
650 FM 1011, Liberty, TX

07/31/2025

Read the entire August 2025 Newsletter on-line at our website: http://www.txfwgs.org

07/29/2025

All are invited to join the Texas Center for the Book on Monday, August 4 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. for LIVE with author Cynthia Levinson, co-author of Who Owns the Moon? And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space in the Public Event Space!

Levinson will discuss her new book—written for children ages 12 and up, and informative and fun for adults as well—with Texas Center for the Book Coordinator Michele Chan Santos, followed by an audience Q&A session.

Selected items from the State Archives collections related to space exploration will be on display for attendees. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase at the Texas Capitol Visitors Center Gift Shop, located next door to TSLAC.

Levinson, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal and many other accolades, is the author of numerous nonfiction books for young readers. Who Owns the Moon? grew out of her curiosity about the laws governing our activities in space and concern for international cooperation and was co-written with Jennifer Swanson. Cynthia and her husband divide their time between Austin and Boston. Learn more at cynthialevinson.com.

This event is free and open to the public.

Register now: https://forms.office.com/r/0dQWB5Jzt5 (link in bio)



[Graphic for on Monday, August 4, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Central. It invites people to join TSLAC’s Public Event Space with Cynthia Levinson to discuss her book Who Owns the Moon? And Other Conundrums of Exploring and Using Space. The image shows the book cover featuring an astronaut and signs on the moon, a photo of Cynthia Levinson smiling outdoors, and logos of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Center for the Book.]

07/25/2025

TOMORROW - be sure and come learn, meet new friends, re-connect with old ones, and share your genealogy journey!

07/17/2025

Our meetings are now on SATURDAYS!! Please come join us Saturday 7/26 at 10:30

07/07/2025

Here is the current TSLAC Press Release regarding new collections and finding aids.

06/26/2025

JOIN ME LIVE TOMORROW! Join Connie Knox on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 12:00 noon Eastern as she shares 5 of her best strategies to uncover hidden records, analyze evidence more effectively, and use tools like Google Sheets, DNA, and FamilySearch Full Text Search to break through tough research roadblocks. Free handout for those who attend the live Zoom Call... Register today.

Registration is required — don’t miss it! Use this link https://mailchi.mp/genealogytv.org/brickwallstrategies

05/19/2025

Today begins FWGS's version of "Footprints Trivia" in honor of the quarterly journal. Since this is the 1st question in the series, here is a hint. The answer can be found in the November 2024 issue of Footprints.

Question 1: In 1825, the Year of Jubilee, who read a poem at a banquet honoring the Marquis de Lafayette of France?

The answer will be given here on Wednesday.