Texas Genealogy

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Dallas, Texas

City of Dallas Resources and Links

If you have any reference material on or related to Dallas and would like to volunteer as a resource, or if you know of a Dallas link that would be appropriate to add to this page, please e-mail Linda Dolby

When contacting a resource volunteer, please do not forget to thank them for their time and effort.

Dallas City Hall

Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau

Dallas History

White Rock now part of Dallas

Marsh now part of Dallas

LeTot now part of Dallas

The ">Dallas Public Library is now on line - Their Genealogy Section (8th floor) has a wealth of information, not only on Texas, but other regions as well. Parking is available in the parking garage below the library (garage entrance in back of building).

Railroads:

• Dallas and Greenville Railway Company
• Dallas and Waco Railway Company
• Dallas and Wichita Railroad Company
• Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company was chartered on December 10, 1894
• Dallas, Cleburne and Rio Grande Railway Company was chartered on November 23, 1876
• Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern Railway Company was chartered on June 3, 1902
• Dallas Terminal Railway and Union Depot Company was chartered on December 10, 1894

News:

• Dallas Garment Workers' Strike, 1934
• Dallas Herald newspaper was established in 1849
• Dallas Times Herald (formerly the Dallas Daily Times-Herald) was founded in 1888
• The Dallas Journal, a six­day afternoon newspaper, was established on April 1, 1914
• Dallas Morning News was developed from the Galveston News,qv which was founded in 1842

Schools:

• Dallas Male and Female College was established by the Elm Fork Baptist Association in 1869
• 1925, 1927 and 1928 Dalhi, Yearbooks of Bryan Street High School, Dallas, Texas
• 1937, 1938 and 1939 Viking, Yearbooks of North Dallas High School, Dallas, TX
• 1931 Sundial, Yearbook of Sunset High School, Dallas, TX
• 1939 Crusader, Yearbook of Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, TX

Dallas Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies

The Dallas Nine, a group of painters, printmakers, and sculptors active in Dallas in the 1930s and early 1940s

Dallas Homeowners League lists info on neighborhoods and history of Dallas.

Walter Lee VAUGHAN would like to help those researching the Vaughan family of Dallas. His father was mentioned in Ted Dealy book Diaper Days of Dallas (Page 31).

For those searching the Kirkland name, Elroy Christenson has created several web pages: Family Index and Forrest Kirkland's work, my g.father, who was a rather well known commercial artist whose work is now in the Texas State Museum in Austin.

Membership of Sunset Presbyterian Church, 1927-1993, 411 S. Westmoreland, Dallas

Dallas County East Genealogical Society, 7637 Mary Dan Drive, Dallas, Texas 75217

Dallas Genealogical Society

Dallas Morning News (area newspaper

Greater Dallas CityView

Dallas Map

Visitor Information

City of Dallas TXGenWeb Project
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