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Welcome to the Cedar Hill Genealogy Society web site. We are a growing group of genealogists and family historians organized to help each other and our guests discover their family’s heritage. We meet monthly in the Cedar Hill Library, 225 Cedar Street, Cedar Hill, TX Admission is always free. Our meetings begin at 6:30 PM for a half-hour with snacks and socializing. Our program about family history research starts at 7:00 PM.

Check out our BLOG page for articles from your fellow genealogists who describe how they solved a research problem. Click on the “Follow” icon at the lower right of your screen and we’ll send you an email when ever we add a new post.

We encourage you to email us using the CONTACT US form with your questions. We can even set up a meet to personally work with you on your family tree.

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Our December Program is Thursday the 9th it is a Holiday Gathering

CHGS 2021 Holiday Gathering

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A German Christmas Story

January 6, 2021 by cedarhillgenealogy

I told the first four paragraphs of this story at our virtual holiday get together in December of 2020. Here is the back story. Near the end of our heritage tour in Germany in August 2018 we joined our grandchildren and their parents who were touring Bavaria at the time. We all stayed two nights … Continue reading A German Christmas Story

Stuck at home?

June 20, 2020 by cedarhillgenealogy

This is the perfect time to work on your family history. If you have a subscription to Ancestry, you will have access to millions of documents and also tutorials. If you don’t have a subscription to Ancestry, you can use Family Search. Just go to FamilySearch.org. This website is free, but you will be asked … Continue reading Stuck at home?

Be Sure Collect Family Stories During the Holidays

November 6, 2019 by cedarhillgenealogy

Visits with friends and family during the coming winter holidays are a great time for exchanging family stories, updates on the latest family happenings, and making some great memories. It’s a great time to collect family stories and legends. And, to get your parents, and grandparents to tell everyone about times gone by. A lot … Continue reading Be Sure Collect Family Stories During the Holidays

Before You Post That Genealogy Query

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 by cedarhillgenealogy

They say there is no such thing as a stupid question. That may be true, but one gets better answers if one asks better questions. Genealogy message boards, Facebook pages, and other communication forums that genealogists use are inundated with questions and queries. Some of them get answers and some of them don’t. There are … Continue reading Before You Post That Genealogy Query

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