Classes and Lectures in May

Our friends at the Missouri History Museum and the St. Louis County Library have several classes and lectures to offer this month that will be of interest to many family historians.

Missouri History Museum in Forest Park

Wednesday, 16 May: "Underground Panoramas: Urban Archaeology and Unearthing St. Louis History at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Site," presented by Joe Harl, principal investigator of the NGA site dig and an archaeologist with the Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis. Mr. Harl will share what the excavations on the site are revealing about the German and Irish immigrants that once resided in this north St. Louis neighborhood.
7:00 p.m., Lee Auditorium; free, no registration required.

Thursday, 17 May: "If It Looks Like a Man––Gender Identity, Female Soldiers, and 'Lady Bushwhackers' in the Civil War," presented by historian, Diane Eickhoff. Explore how and why some women were able to throw off their cultural restrictions and participate in the Civil War.
7:00 p.m., Lee Auditorium; free, no registration required.

Sunday, 20 May: Battle of Fort San Carlos Commemoration, featuring author Stephen L. Kling Jr., who will speak on "Personalities and Stories from the Battle of St. Louis." His talk will include some materials from his book plus additional findings from further research.
2:00 p.m., Lee Auditorium, free, no registration required.

Thursday, 31 May: "An American Soldier: Asian American Service in the U.S. Military," panel discussion following a debut of An American Soldier by the Opera Theater of St. Louis.
7:00 p.m., Lee Auditorium; free, no registration required.

St. Louis County Library

Monday, 21 May: "Identifying Ancestral Military Veterans," presented by Larry Franke, research librarian in the History and Genealogy Department. Explore sources for learning more about your ancestors who served in the military. Prerequisites for this class: "Census Basics" and "Basics for Genealogical Research."
10:00 a.m., Cliff Cave Branch Computer Classroom; free, advance registration required; click here.

Thursday, 24 May: "Advanced Techniques for African American Research," presented by Dan Lilienkamp, research librarian in the History and Genealogy Department. Dan will present case studies to illustrate how to fill in gaps in missing information. Prerequisite for this class: "Tracing Your African American Ancestors."
6:30 p.m., Lewis and Clark Branch, Meeting Room 1; free, advance registration required; click here.

Thursday, 31 May: "Census Basics for Genealogical Research," presented by Larry Franke, research librarian in the History and Genealogy Department. Learn how to search census records by using Ancestry Library Edition and other online databases.
2:00 p.m., Headquarters Computer Classroom; free, advance registration required; click here.

The library has free computer and technology classes available as well. Check out their  calendar for May by clicking here.