StLGS August Genealogy Meetings and Events

We hope you were able to join us for our exciting Summer Speaker Series, "Navigating DNA Testing Websites," with Diahan Southard and representatives of four of the largest testing companies, but if you missed the livestreaming, you can now watch the digital recordings. Read on for everything you need to know about how to access them. We are continuing to hold our StLGS events virtually, but we hope that later this year, we can offer some events as hybrid, meaning that some people will be able to meet with us in person while we also connect via Zoom with other attendees. We'll keep you posted on progress, but meanwhile, here is what is coming up in August.

August 2021 Virtual Monthly Meeting

Saturday, 14 August 2021

"Adam Lemp and the Western Brewery," by Chris Naffziger, 10:00 a.m. (Central)

This presentation will focus on the less well-known founder of the Western Brewery, Adam Lemp. Through research in the archives of the Recorder of Deeds, Chris Naffziger was able to discover new and important aspects of the Lemp family business, including new business partners and family members. Also, through the resources available in the Recorder of Deeds archives, he was able to uncover new details of how the Recorder of Deeds can help with real-world research, for both genealogy and for scholarly purposes. Registration for this free meeting is now open on the StLGS website.

August 2021 StLGS Virtual SIG Meeting

StLGS Jewish Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

"Techniques to Determine Ancestral Origins," by Ilene Murray, StLGS publications director and Jewish SIG co-leader, 7:00 p.m. (Central)

Finding the shtetl or village from where your ancestors came is often challenging. The clues can sometimes be found in American records, and we will explore some options that can help in your quest. More details and instructions for registering for this free meeting are on the Jewish SIG page on the StLGS website.

Summer Speaker Series News and Updates

Door Prize Winners!

Our generous DNA testing company participants donated door prizes for the Summer Speaker Series. Everyone who registered for the livestreamed event in July was entered into a drawing, which was held at our office on Tuesday, 20 July. Amelia and Norah, granddaughters of our Vice-President of Programs, Kay Weber, created the numbers and corresponding prize labels and drew all of the winners out of their special Irish hat! StLGS president, Karen Goode, handed out prizes to the lucky volunteer winners who were in the office, and Kay and Karen made note of the remaining winners, who were notified via email. 

(Drawing the winners from the Irish hat are Norah and Amelia, looking on is StLGS president Karen Goode. Lucky winners, Carol Whitton and Jim Gildehaus, with Vice-President of Programs, Kay Weber; photos by Ilene Murray)

The following are StLGS Summer Speaker Series door prize winners:

Cathy Amen—wireless earphones from MyHeritage; Gloria Cingano—one-year subscription for Newspapers.com; Cynthia Clisham—Ancestry DNA testing kit; Barbara Griffiths—MyHeritage DNA testing kit; Jody Jones—FamilyTreeDNA testing kit; Laura Mackinson—Living DNA testing kit; Ilene Murray—one-year subscription to MyHeritage; Sandy Murray—one-year subscription to Newspapers.com; Bonnie Schmidt—one-year subscription to MyHeritage; Linda Stout—MyHertiage DNA testing kit; Judy Till—wireless earphones from MyHeritage; Barbara Truett—one-year subscription to Fold3; Kay Weber—MyHeritage DNA testing kit; and Carol Whitton: one-year subscription to MyHeritage. Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to our donors!

Navigating DNA Testing Websites

Virtual 2021 Summer Speaker Series Recordings

Featuring Diahan Southard

and

Martin Blythe and Emily Gordon (Living DNA); Janine Cloud (FamilyTreeDNA); Lisa Elzey (AncestryDNA); and Daniel Horowitz (MyHeritage)

 

• 3 DNA Tests = 3 Times the Fun (Diahan Southard)
• All About Living DNA (Martin Blythe and Emily Gordon)
• Making Family History Discoveries with AncestryDNA (Lisa Elzey)
• Integrating DNA and Family History Research at MyHeritage (Daniel Horowitz)
• Behind the Scenes at FamilyTreeDNA (Janine Cloud)
• Comparing the Big 5 Genetic Genealogy Companies (Diahan Southard)

Details on each talk and the speakers are on the StLGS website on the Summer Speaker Series page.  PLEASE NOTE: Diahan Southard's recordings will be available through 18 August 2021 only. The remaining recordings will be available until 18 October 2021.

Registration to View the Digital Recordings 

Registration for access to the digital recordings, is $50 for StLGS members and $60 for non-members and you can register in our online store. Prefer to register by check? A mail-in form is on the website.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email invitation with a link to view all of the recorded sessions. Your invitation provides access to the page on our website that holds links and passcodes to the recordings. Copies of the handouts are available to you as downloadable PDFs from that page also. Questions? Email: programs@stlgs.org.