About the Society
Founded in 1957, the Fort
Worth Genealogical Society is a non-profit, educational
corporation created to foster and maintain interest in genealogy
among citizens of Tarrant County, Texas and surrounding areas. The
Society publishes and distributes genealogical and historical
information to the public and assists the Fort Worth Library in
the acquisition of genealogical and historical research material.
Through monthly meetings and other activities, the Society
encourages the exchange of ideas and helps its members to develop
efficient methods for genealogical and historical research.
Our meetings are in
partnership with the Genealogy and Local History Department of the
Fort Worth Library. We typically schedule four meetings each
month, except December. Our General Membership Meeting falls on
the last Tuesday of each month. Our Beginners Class meets in the
morning of the fouth Saturday, January through August, and our
Computer Users Group meets the same afternoon in the Intel
Computer Lab to learn about software or sites on the Internet. And
finally, the Board of Directors meet on the third Saturday at the
Southwest Regional Library. For more information about our
meetings, return to our homepage and click on "Meetings."
Our Purpose
To support
and operate an educational and literary undertaking;
To create,
foster and maintain interest among citizens of Tarrant County,
Texas, and surrounding areas, in the subject of genealogy;
To collect
and preserve information relating to those pioneers who settled
Tarrant County, Texas, and surrounding areas, and to the early
history of such territory;
To preserve
church, cemetery and land records, testamentary documents, diaries,
letters and manuscripts, and other source materials, wherein are
chronicled the achievements of those who laid in the wilderness the
foundation of this great community;
To copy and
index all such records, and to catalogue them, so as to make this
information most readily available to present and future
generations;
To collect
and make available through this organization the published records
of other States, whence came the Texas pioneers;
To exchange
ideas, and to collaborate, in devising efficient methods for
Genealogical and historical research;
To publish
and to disseminate genealogical and historical information and
material to the public;
To assist
the Fort Worth, Texas, Public Library, and other libraries and
institutions in their acquisition of genealogical and historical
information and material;
To acquire
by gift or purchase genealogical and historical information and
materials for the use of its members, or for placement in libraries
and institutions; and
To do and
perform any and all other acts incident or necessary to accomplish
any and all of the above and foregoing acts and purposes.
History of the Fort Worth Genealogical
Society
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