Amarillo Genealogical Society

07/07/2022

Access to Civil War Records on Fold3.‌com® will be free until 17 July 2022 at 11:59 p.m. MT. Registration required. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view records using a paid Fold3.com subscription.

Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of records come the U.S. National Archives, The National Archives of U.K. and many others.

05/20/2022

What did Americans in TEXAS know about the Holocaust?
As news of events in N**i Germany emerged, did anyone in your community take a stand?
Help the Amarillo Public Library answer these questions by researching local newspaper archives.
Come to our History Unfolded Training & Orientation Meeting to join our team of citizen historians and add your findings to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s growing database of newspaper articles on Americans and the Holocaust.
US NEWSPAPERS AND THE HOLOCAUST
Thursday, June 2 at 3 PM Downtown Library — 413 SE 4th Ave For more information call Cynthia Hunt at 806-378-60

03/24/2022

The Amarillo Genealogical Society hopes you will make time to stop by the

Finding Your Roots: A Family Celebration

on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Downtown Amarillo Public Library.

The Open House is free and everyone is welcome to come and go from 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

Activities for all ages include:
a hands-on family tree activity in the Maker Space,
tours of the resources at the library,
screenings of episodes of the Finding Your Roots TV program on PBS,
computers available for genealogy research,
and knowledgeable staff to get you started or expand your research.


We look forward to seeing you there supporting our public library and
Panhandle PBS.

02/26/2022

Interesting things coming our way!

01/18/2022

Pioneer Jews of Amarillo, Texas”

This will be a power point presentation on the Jewish families that settled in the Amarillo and the Panhandle area.

Meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.
February 7th at South Baptist Church, 5209 SW Georgia Street Amarillo

Bring a friend to hear this presentation prepared by Mary Blinderman!

10/03/2021

The Amarillo Genealogical Society will meet 6:30 p. m., Monday Night, October 4 at South Georgia Baptist Church, 5209 S. Georgia. Mary Blinderman will speak on her personal search and travels to make discoveries in her family genealogy. Join us!!!

09/13/2021

The Amarillo Genealogical Society will meet this evening at 6:30 at South Georgia Baptist Church, 5209 South Georgia. Come join us for our first meeting together in over a year.

08/04/2021

06/10/2021

Be the ancestor you wish your ancestors were!

Meaning: document the current generations as well.

04/06/2021

News on our upcoming Genealogy Conference.