Welcome!
MCGS welcomes all who share an interest in family history in the Hurst, Bedford, and Euless Texas area!
 The Mid Cities Genealogical Society invites you to explore our website and consider becoming a member of our society.
Organized in June 1978, MCGS supports genealogists living in and researching in the DFW Mid Cities area.
It is a society for everyone, from the beginner to the most advanced genealogist.
We are now meeting in person! Please join us on the third Monday of each month at 2 pm at the Bedford Public Library (2424 Forest Ridge Dr., Bedford, Texas). Please note: Due to scheduling conflicts with the Bedford Public Library, some meetings will be held via Zoom. Don't miss out on these fantastic opportunities! For information about joining, please see our Join Us page.
All visitor's welcome!
Calling all members
Our newsletter needs your stories!
We have a great newsletter, but do you know what would make it even better? Your contributions!
Even though we love to see long family history articles filled with tons of research and details, they don't all have to be that. Do you have something interesting to share that you've discovered in your research? Have you found an online tool or research method that has been working well for you? Please share those things with our editor and the first thing you know you may be able to tell your friends and family you are a published author. Email webmaster@txmcgs.org
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Member Benefits:
In addition to our monthly meetings, we conduct group research trips to local archives and libraries, one-day seminars, and occasional public help sessions. Members receive our monthly newsletter, access to handouts from our speakers, genealogical forms and reference sheets, links to instructional videos, and the ability to post to our surname research page.
Genealogy Resources
Need help with your research? MCGS has provided a variety of free resources.
FamilySearch Although the FamilySearch Web site might provide basic information from a document, frequently the original document contains more information. To use the Lookup service, use the online request form to request a copy of the image of the original document.
Requests may take a few weeks to process, depending on the volume of requests being handled at a given time. Click here for more info.
Thomas MacEntee of GenealogyBargains.com has made available over two dozen free easy-to-use "cheat sheets" covering wide variety of genealogical topics. He says: "Please SHARE these two-sided cheat sheets with your genealogy friends and fellow genealogy society members!"
Genealogical Conferences in 2025. Many of the conferences were virtual again last year (2021). Here are some of the schedules for this year. The conferences, when virtual, are a great opportunity to attend without having to leave home.
- Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy will next be held January 27-31, 2025, https://slig.ugagenealogy.org/index.php. It will be a virtual event via Zoom.
- Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR) will be June 16-20, 205, via Zoom.
- Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) Institute dates for 2025 will be June 23-27, 2025 (online) and July 13-18, 2025 (in-person). To signup for email notifications go to www.gripitt.org/future-course .
- RootsTech is held every year. The next institute will be March 6-8, 2025. It is slated to be held at the Salt Lake Convention Center.
- Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research dates for 2025 are July 21-27, 2025 (online). To learn more, visit their website at https://ighr.gagensociety.org/2024-ighr/.
Blaine Bettinger's YouTube Channel. Covers DNA topics including the latest tools released by Ancestry and MyHeritage.
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April 21
What's New at MyHeritage? by Daniel Horowitz
About Daniel Horowitz: Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for 15 years. He was a board member of The International ...
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May 19
Writing Your family Story - by Emily Coffman Richardson
Topic: Writing Your Family History Writing our story and that of our ancestors is truly a key result for a 21st -century genealogist. We must break the habit of being “Hunters ‘n’ gatherers,” and learn to assess and compile our research ...
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June 16
Who Wore It Best? Dating Photographs from Clothes, by Sheila Gayler-Smith
Topic Description: Do you have family photos with no names or dates and you have no idea where to begin? Come and learn how to spot fashion context clues that may help you put a name to unidentified family members ...
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July 21
Bernard Meisner
Bernard Meisner, PhD, began researching his family over 30 years ago and enjoys sharing lessons learned from that experience, including his mistakes. Although he knew only one grandparent– his maternal grandfather– he has successfully identified all his great-great-grandparents, several third- ...
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