The following was received from Carolyn Davis for the Dallas Genealogical Society:
April 8, 2013, Dallas, TX – The Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) announces that Pamela Boyer Sayre and Richard Sayre will be the keynote speakers at the DGS 2013 Summer Institute on Friday and Saturday, August 2-3, 2013, at the Dallas Public Library, in Dallas, Texas. Entitled Bits of Yesterday: Using Maps and Records to Complete Your Family Story, Institute topics include: “Remote Research in the Databases of the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System;” “Land Entry Papers and Records of the General Land Office,” “Our National Treasure: The Library of Congress,” “Maps: Where to Find Them and How to Use Them,” “Using Topographic and Other Maps,” and more. For details about these and other topics or to register online, visit www.dallasgenealogy.org.
About the Speakers
Pamela Boyer Sayre, CGsm, CGL, has presented in more than thirty states. She is co-coordinator for two Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy courses (Researching in Washington, D.C., Without Leaving Home and All About Land), coordinator for Samford University’s IGHR Techniques and Technology course, and former instructor in Boston University’s Genealogical Research Program. She co-authored Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family’s History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet (Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, 2003) and Research in Missouri (Washington, D.C.: NGS, 1999, 2007), penned the FGS FORUM’s Digitools column for five years, and was editor of the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Sayre was director of education and publications for the National Genealogical Society, and she served on the boards of both NGS and FGS.Richard Sayre, CGsm, CGL is a longtime researcher, lecturer, and writer. His areas of interest include urban research methodology, mapping tools for genealogists, military records, immigration, the Ohio River Valley, and Western Pennsylvania, and he has lectured about these topics to genealogical societies across the United States. He is co-coordinator for two Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy courses (Researching in Washington, D.C., Without Leaving Home and All About Land), coordinator for Samford’s IGHR Land Mapping: Using Maps course, and he teaches in IGHR’s Advanced Methodology, Advanced Military, and Techniques and Technology courses. Rick is a member of the board of the Virginia Genealogical Society and a former vice president of the National Capital Area Chapter of APG.
About the Dallas Genealogical Society
Founded in 1954, the Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) is the oldest continuously functioning society of its kind in Texas. The object of this Society is to educate by creating, fostering, and maintaining interest in genealogy; to assist and support the genealogy section of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas; and to collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history. The Dallas Public Library has been rated as one of the Top 10 libraries for genealogy research in the U.S. by Family Tree Magazine.DGS is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation and a member of the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS).
