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Denison, Grayson County, TX Genealogical Society

Genealogy is pride in the past faith in the future.

President: Mike Shaw
Vice President: Helen Eller
Secretary: Susan Simms
Treasurer: Gaye Nix
Facebook Administrator: tbd
FGS Delegate: Steve Scheinost
TSGS Delegate: Steve Scheinost

26/11/2025

We are closing early today, Thanksgiving Eve.
Stop by Friday or Saturday as we give back to our customers with a Special Discount.
(In store only.)

25/11/2025

https://www.genealogyexplained.com/blog/why-your-ancestor-changed-their-name-and-no-it-wasnt-ellis-island/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=they-changed-it-on-purpose&_bhlid=486a6f57601cc0a5bca1fd6ad3ed96552776b343

Here's what you think happened: Your great-grandfather stepped off the boat at Ellis Island. A cranky clerk couldn't pronounce "Wojciechowski," shrugged, and

13/11/2025

https://www.genealogyexplained.com/blog/10-diseases-on-death-certificates-that-dont-exist-anymore-and-what-they-really-were/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=your-great-grandpa-died-of-what&_bhlid=9daf1169f8ce805feb61b05f8f6ffa3ab9861738

Your great-great-grandfather's death certificate says he died of "dropsy."

12/11/2025

https://www.genealogyexplained.com/blog/why-your-ancestors-age-changes-in-every-document-and-no-its-not-just-bad-handwriting/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=your-ancestors-were-lying&_bhlid=cb1a352bfad409817b054b8f58c6d393f81d04aa

Your great-great-grandfather was 4 years old in 1860. Then he was 10 in 1870.

09/11/2025

Old Illnesses and Modern Equivalents - Quicksheet Updated with 75 more illness terms

Did your ancestor have an illness with a weird word that you don't understand? Maybe it shows up on the death certificate, or maybe it was just a malady that they had during their life.

Here are 150 old terms plus a list of links to hundreds of old names and equivalences to help you.

Download the New Quicksheet at https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/old-illnesses-and-modern-equivalents/

07/11/2025

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