Lone Star Family Trails

Are you unfamiliar with the history of the Texas Rangers throughout the years?  Are you wondering why this repository is a must for anyone with a Texas Ranger Relative?  Do you need additional information for your applicaiton for the TxSGS Texas Ranger Certificate?  Then this podcast is one you should make the time to listen to.  

The goal of the Dallas Jewish Historical Society is "to preserve and protect collections of written, visual, and audible materials thaat documen the history of the Dallas Jewish Community." (website https://djhs.org/#) .  With information available online and in-person, they hold cemetery information, city directories, photographs, and congregational history, the Dallas Jewish Historical Society i...

The Digital PV Panther Project: Reclaiming Black Rural History Through Archival Justice, was formed in 2022 by Prairie View A&M University.  Their mission is to "Eliminate historical silences through digital storytelling and prevent the erasure of African American history through historic preservation at PVAMU." (Website: https://pvpantherproject.com ). DeWayne with the help of students and grants...

The Portal to Texas History was first introduced in our podcast in August 2022.  We are back now learning about the updates that are happening. Today they have expanded to over 2,500,000 total items containing about 23,000,000 files.  They typically see 1 million users each month.  The partners have expanded to 549.  Listen and learn more about this critical Texas resource.

Do you have someone who came to Texas through Galveston? Or, do yo have smoeone who lived in Galveston after statehood?  Then this is the place to visit!  Kaitlin Eckmann, the archivist for the Galveston & Texas History Center did a wonderful job talking about the resources for genealogists and family historians that are housed at their facility.

This special podcast includes interviews of each of the 10 speakers for TxSGS Live! days (November 7-8) for the 2025 TxSGS Family History Conference "Deep[ in the Heart Discovering Family Roots." This episode includes Ari Wilkins and Andrew Redfern.  The speakers were asked about what their talk entails, why you should attend their lecture and what they hope that attendees at the conference will g...

This special pcast includes intereview of each of the 10 speakers for TxSGS Live! days (November 7-8) for the 2025 TxSGS Family History Conference "Deep the Heart Discovering Family Roots." This episode includes Deborah A. Abbott and Craig R. Scott.  The speakers are asked about what their talk entails, why you should attend their lecture and what they hope that attendees at the conference will ga...

This special podcast includes interview of each of the 10 speakers for TxSGS Live! days (November 7-8) for the 2025 TxSGS Family History Conference "Deep in the Heart Discovering Family Roots." This episode includes Diana Elder and Diane Richard.  The speakers are asked about what their talk entails, why you should attend their lecture and what they hope that attendees at the conference will gain...

This special podcast includes interview of each of the 10 speakers for TxSGS Live! days (November 7-8) for the 2025 TxSGS Family History Conference "Deep in the Heart Discovering Family Roots." This episode includdes J. Mark Lowe and Kelvin Meyers.  The speakesr are asked about what their talk entails, why you should attend their lecture and what they hope that attendees at the conference will gai...

This special podcast includes interviews of two of the 10 speakers for TxSGS Live! days (November 7-8) for the 2025 TxSGS Family History Conference "Deep in the Heart Discovering Family Roots." This session includes Julia A. Anderson and Katy Rowe-Schurwanz. The speakers were asked about what their talk entails, why you should attend their lecture and what they hope that attendees at the conferenc...

This was a special edition podcast, interviewing the author, Garyy Pinkerton of Trammel's Trace The First Road To Texas From the North.  Although the book was published in 2015, it continues to garner interest amongst historians, genealogists and East Texas history buffs interested in this first road to Texas.  Gary offers insight into his research, the meandering road of Trammel's Trace and the h...

This episode gives insight into the Harrison County Historical Museum and the Inez Hatley Hughes Historical Research Center located in Marshall TX.  It provides essential insights into the region's rich historical narrative, facilitating education and research for historians, genealogists and the general public.  This will become a "must visit" if you have family from Harrison County Texas.

This episode is designed to offer the audience a glimpse of the topics and speakers that are schedule for November 1-2, as part of TxSGS Live! , an integral piece of the 2024 TxSGS Annual Conference: N avigating Your Family Tree . Each speaker has been interviewed, learning about the title of their presentation and the content that they will discuss.  In addition, the audience learns aout some of...

The Genealogy and Local  History Department of Fort Bend County Libraries offers a wide array of information for those interested in the southeastern United States and surrounding Areas to Fort Bend.  As part of the George Memorial Library and Rgional Historical Resource Depository (RHRD) the Genealogy and Local History Department has many items available that can aid genealogy researchers.  Danie...

The Archives and Information ervices Division (ARIS) of the Texas Sate Library and Archives Comission preserves documents and important records of Texas.  They have over 200 million pages of archival documents in their collection, but only about 10 million are available digitally.  So, this library becomes a place to visit for genealogists with roots in Texas.  This podcast was produced in front o...

The National Archives located at Ft. Worth, TX holds records created by Federal agencies and courts encompassing the states of Arkansas, Louisana, Oklahoma and Texas.  Jenny Sweeney, Archivist, gave a sens of the records that could be found in Ft. Worth for genealogists and historians.

The East Texas Research Center is Located in theh Ralph W. Steen Library on the Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches Texas.  Their mission is to preserve hisotry through donations of manuscript materials, photographs, books and other items.  These are then made avilable to researchers by appiontment in their collection.  Their focus is on archival materials from the East TExas geograph...

This podcast focuses on a smaller local library, the West Waco-McLennan County Library & Genenalogy Center that boasts a collection over 34,000 items, covering 34 states with a strong emphasis on Texas and the Sourthesatern United States.  In addition, the center's collection includes published family histories, immigration and passenger lists and Native America resoures, to names just a few gems....

The Texas Heritage Museum has three separate divisions, the Texas Heritage Museum Galleries & Collection, the Historical REsearch Center, and the Hill College Press.  Dean John Verslius announced that the Texas Heritage Mseum just received accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest recognition afforded the nation's museums.  The focus for this Lone Star Family Trails Podcast is...

Dallas is home to one of the Top 10 Public Libraries in the United States for genealogy research, according to Family Tree Magazine.  That library is the Dallas Public Library, specifically the Genealogy & History Division, the topic of this month's podcast.  Ari Wilkins who serves as a public service specialist discusses not just why someone should come and do research at the library, but the vas...

At 110 East Main Street in Mt. Vernon, Texas, as part of the city square, the Franklin County Genealogical Society (FCGS) has two store fronts.  One i s devoted to meeting space (The Crescent Building); the other becomes the treasure trove of information for any genealogist. This second storefront holds the maps, family filesbooks, land records, probates and many other articles that tell the story...

The African American History Research Center is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and culture of African Americans. It sits in the former elementary school building, The Gregory School, in the 4th Ward of Houston.  The school includes a restored classroom, as well as several gallery exhibits that show the history of the Houston African American community.  The African American Rese...

This episode introduces the listeners to the seven (7) courses that re being held during the Texas Institute for Genealogical Research (TIGR) being held from June 12 - 16, 2023.  Kelvin Myers discusses the courses and the instructors, and offers information on registration which is currently open.

In this interview with James Harkins, the director of public services for the Texas General Land Office, the wonderful history that is held by the Texas General Land Office, containing 45,000 maps and 35 million documents is highlighted.  The maps become the finding aids for many of the land documents.  The office has been open since 1836, when the Republic of Texas formed thefice to manage the pu...

This episode introduces the listener to the collection at the Family History Research Center at the Clayton Library Campus, part of the Houston Public Library System.  Clayton holds an international collection of Family history research including books microfilm, and online sources.  Their typical patron is the genealogist or family historian who is looking for help in finding their relatives.  A...