Permian Basin Genealogical Society Fall Workshop
Odessa Texas
Speaker: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck

 September 22, 2007 - Saturday 8:00AM - 4:00PM

First United Methodist Church, Fay Rodman Hall

217 West 5th Street (behind the Church)

Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck is DGS's local genealogical treasure.  Lloyd is always a crowd pleaser because of his incredible knowledge, his humor, and his interesting presentation of topics.  Lloyd is the supervisor of the nationally recognized J. Erik Jonsson Dallas Public Library Genealogy Section, and his "Family Tree" column appears weekly in the Dallas Morning News.

Lloyd began his career with an undergraduate degree in biology and history, followed by a M.A. in European history, and a M.S. in library science.  His work as a teacher and librarian took him from Illinois to Mombasa, Kenya, back to Illinois and then to Dallas where he joined the Dallas Public Library in 1973.  He plays a key role in the developement of the remarkable genealogy section of our library, and serves as library liaison to our Dallas Genealogical Society Board of Directors.

Lloyd has been winning awards for years and often we just say 'everyone here knows Lloyd, he needs no further introduction," but here is just a partial list of recent honors accorded him in the past 10 years:

1992    Fellow, National Genealogical Society
            Award of Distinguished Service as Genealogical Columnist, Texas State Genealogical Society
            Meritorious Service Medal, Plano Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
            Professional Award for Historical Preservation, Dallas County Historical Commission
            Honorary Member, Texas Brach of the Huguenot Society of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia

1992    Honorary Member, the Sons of the Republic of Texas
             Admiral, Nebraska State Navy

1994    Meritorious Service Award, Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
            Outstanding Alumnus, Samford University, Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research
            Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Genealogical Society

1999    Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship

2001    Chapter Service Medal, Athens Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution

2002    Founders' Medal Award, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
             Texas Society Service Medal, Sons of the American Revolution
             Letter of Commendation from the President Richard L. Turley of the Genealogical Society of Utah

  Willard Heiss Memorial Lecturer by the Indiana Historical Society

2003    Northeast Texas Library Systems Lifetime Achievement Award

In addition to the very large number of articles he has written, Lloyd has published the following books:

Family Tree: Weekly Newspaper Columns from the Dallas Morning News 1991-1996 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Genealogical Society, 1998)

"Military Records," The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (1997)

Naval Pensioners of the United States 1800-1851 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002)

Research in Texas (Arlington, VA; National Genealogical Society,  1992)

Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996)

Virginia's Colonial Soldiers (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988)

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updated: 01/27/08
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Dallas Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 12446
Dallas, Texas 75225-0446
Voice Mail 469-948-1106
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