From the Old Trails Historical Society in
St. Louis County:
You are invited
to their November general meeting, 8 November 2017, at 7 p.m., at the West
County EMS and Firehouse, Henry Road, in Manchester, Mo.
“New and
Amazing Archaeological Discoveries in St. Louis at the Site of the new St.
Louis-Based National Geospatial Intelligence Agency” is the topic.
Preparation is
underway for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency on ninety-seven acres
in the City of St. Louis. So before it was too late and the ground was
bulldozed and prepared for construction, Joe Harl, archaeologist, regional expert,
and co-founder of the Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, Inc.,
conducted extensive investigations throughout the large parcel of land, knowing
that important data would certainly be obtained there. This neighborhood was
occupied by immigrants from Germany and Ireland and their families for many
generations and went through dramatic changes in the mid-twentieth century.
Recovery was made of more than 300 historical features dating back to the
Victorian Era in the late 1800s and through the early 1900s. Joe Harl will
share the importance of these findings about life in St. Louis between the
1850s and 1950s.
This meeting is
free and open to the public. No need to pre-register; just be there!
(Thanks to Viki Fagyal for forwarding
this information.)
Try-It Illinois is a collection of databases
available to Illinois residents for a free trial until 30 November. Fold3,
Newspaper Archive, Newspapers.com, and the Historical Chicago Tribune are just a few
of the resources on the site that will appeal to genealogists. To get access, you
must live in Illinois and request the username and password on the Try-It
Illinois website (right side
of the home page in a pale yellow box) or
contact your local Illinois public library. You can find Try-It Illinois at http://www.finditillinois.org/tryit/.
(Thanks to the Illinois State
Genealogical Society Blog for this information.)
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