New Events for Your Calendar

Thanks to all for coming to our 47th annual Family History Conference on Saturday, 7 April. It was a wonderful day of learning, shopping, and sharing. All the hard work ahead of time pays off when a conference comes together and we see how much everyone has enjoyed themselves.

Here are just two photos so you can get a taste of the event. Ann Fleming spoke about DNA just before lunch in the larger room and Dan Lilienkamp kept a group interested in online family trees in the Milano room.
 We should have more photos to share with you soon and will post them on our Facebook page for everyone to enjoy.

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Two new events are ready for registration on our website. First, our Summer Speaker Series will feature DNA expert, Diahan Southard, who will spend a full day with us on Saturday, 28 July. Diane's workshop, called Making Sense of DNA, is divided into four lectures:

1. "Let Your DNA Tell Your Story"
2. "Five Tips to Make Sense of Your DNA"
3. "Three Powerful Ways to Find Your Best Matches"
4. "Connecting Your DNA Matches"

Once again, this workshop will take place at Orlando's Event and Conference Center in Dorsett Village shopping center at Dorsett and McKelvey in Maryland Heights. Your registration fee includes lunch, so we encourage pre-registration to ensure we have your choice of meal ready for you.

For a flyer with more details, directions to the venue, and/or to register, click here.

In conjunction with the Saturday conference, Diahan will be available for private consultations on Friday, 27 July, from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. These will be twenty-minute one-on-one meetings at the Drury Hotel on Olive Street Road in Creve Coeur and must be booked in advance. You can learn more about the consultations and/or register via the link above.

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We are ready to welcome this year's group of researchers to join us for our annual trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Every year we take a few dozen people from all over the U.S. to spend a week working in the world's largest genealogy library. Our trip this year begins on Sunday, 28 October and ends on Sunday, 4 November. Before we leave, we will have several classes of special interest to participants, a group meeting in early September, and an electronic mailing list to keep you abreast of progress. Your week includes the expertise of two group leaders, a Sunday night meal, a guided tour of downtown Salt Lake City and the library, a Monday night group meeting, and assistance as you do your library research during the week. We stay at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, right next door to the library, and shuttle service to the airport and back is included. Your room will have a microwave, a refrigerator, and coffee/tea service and the hotel is ideally located for restaurants, shopping, or doing a bit of sightseeing. To learn more, download a flyer, and/or to register, click here.

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 Interested in St. Louis orphanages? For those of you who have been asking questions about orphanage care in St. Louis, we have compiled all of Viki Fagyal's articles from last year's Quarterly journal, plus a long bibliography that was not in print into one beautifully spiral-bound book that debuted at the Family History Conference on Saturday, 7 April. Almost 100 pages in length, the book is now available for sale in our online store or pop into the office for a copy. It's called Researching Orphans and Orphanage Care in St. Louis and it is for sale for $13.00 for StLGS members, $15.00 for non-members. If you are purchasing online, be sure to log in and get your coupon code for your discount. You can learn more and/or purchase the book by clicking here.