"All Roads Lead to Missouri" at the StLGS Annual Family History Conference, Virtual for 2021

For the second year (but the forty-ninth conference!), the StLGS Annual Family History Conference will be virtual. Since we are still unable to safely gather together in large groups, we are offering this year's conference as a two-day online event, just as we did last year. "All Roads Lead to Missouri" for Saturday and Sunday, May 1st and 2nd, as we present research librarian and teacher, Patti Hobbs, CG, and other local speakers in eight lectures covering migration, military, and immigration in the early years of our state's history. Whether your ancestors were early settlers or just passed through Missouri on the way to another location, you will find helpful hints and lots of unique resources for your research when you join us for these interesting webinars. Read on for more details!

St. Louis Genealogical Society’s Second Virtual Family History Conference

          All Roads Lead to Missouri

                             Featuring Patti Hobbs, CG

Also: Jake Eubanks, Sara Hodge, Carol Hemmersmeier, Mike Venso, and Kay Weber

(Sponsored by Steven H. Nichols, M.D.)

The conference will be held over two days, with four lectures on Saturday and four lectures on Sunday. Your registration covers all eight lectures, which will be livestreamed, and seven that will be digitally recorded so you can watch at your leisure.

Saturday, 1 May 2021 (All times are Central Time Zone)
8:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.: "U.S. Military Pension Files: A Window into Your Veteran's Life," by Patti Hobbs, CG

11:00 a.m.: "Soldiers Memorial Military Museum: An Overview," by Mike Venso (NOTE: This lecture will NOT be recorded.)

1:00 p.m.: "Migration to Missouri," by Patti Hobbs, CG

3:00 p.m.: "Family History Research at the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library," by Sara Hodge

Sunday, 2 May 2021
8:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.: "Tracking Territorial Families through Missouri Repositories, Part 1," by Patti Hobbs, CG

11:00 a.m.: "Finding Female Ancestors," by Jake Eubanks

1:00 p.m.: "Tracking Territorial Families through Missouri Repositories, Part 2," by Patti Hobbs, CG

3:00 p.m.: "Our Missouri Irish Immigrants," by Carol Hemmersmeier and Kay Weber

Complete details of each lecture and speaker bios are on our website. When you go to the conference page, be sure to click on the links to the Lectures and Speakers pages.

Each of the livestreamed presentations will include a question and answer time at the end. The presentations, along with the Q&A, will be recorded, so if you want to watch a presentation again, you can.

We are using Zoom, an internet platform, to host the live presentations and digital recordings. Each live webinar in our virtual conference has a limit of 100 participants, and those spots will go to the first 100 registrants who sign in for each lecture, so we recommend you sign in ten to fifteen minutes early. If you cannot attend a live session, you will still be able to watch seven of the eight lectures from a link on our website afterwards. Recordings will remain active for ninety days, so you may watch them at your leisure.

Registration for the Conference

Registration for the 2021 Virtual Family History Conference is now open. The cost is $50 for StLGS members and $60 for non-members. All of the information you need to register is on our website. 

Once you have registered, you will receive an invitation to the FHC via the email address you provide. (Note: The email will come to you during the week before the live webinars.) Copies of all the handouts will be available to you as downloadable PDFs from a link on our website. Our volunteer staff has been hard at work making the process easy and user-friendly.

Questions? Send an email to programs@stlgs.org and the vice-president for programs will get back to you. We are working irregular hours in our office, especially during the recent cold snap, so please do not call.

We can't wait to see you at our "All Roads Lead to Missouri" conference!