July StLGS Meetings, Events, and More!

Happy Fourth of July! We hope you have had a good holiday weekend, have stayed cool and dry, and celebrated the birth of our country safely and happily. Now that the holiday is over and summer is in full swing, we also hope you will make some time for attending some upcoming genealogy meetings. Our monthly meeting will be hybrid; you can attend in person at our office or via Zoom. However, the Irish Special Interest Group meeting this month will be via Zoom only. We are also announcing the Fall Speaker Series, now open for registration, and a new membership category for young people. Read on for more!

July StLGS Hybrid Monthly Meeting

Saturday, 9 July 2022

"A Visit to the 1904 World's Fair" presented by Jason Stratman, assistant librarian at the Missouri Historical Society's Library and Research Center; 10:00 a.m. (Central); free and open to all. In-person meeting will be held at the StLGS office, 4 Sunnen Drive, Maplewood, Missouri 63143.

Learn some of the fascinating stories of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis through the eyes of visitors, courtesy of items from the Missouri Historical Society's collections.

NOTE: This meeting will NOT be recorded.

Whether you attend in person or via Zoom, you must register for this meeting. More details and instructions are on the StLGS website.

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July StLGS SIG Meeting (via Zoom)

StLGS Irish Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting: Tuesday, 26 July 2022

"Let's Chat," featuring the Irish SIG team, 7:00 p.m. (Central)

Bring some of your research problems to our group. We will explore some methods and tips to help you. Definitely bring some success stories and tell us how you accomplished your research goals.

Special Interest Group meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required. More details and instructions for registering are on the Irish SIG page on the StLGS website.

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Upcoming StLGS Hybrid Classes

Classes for StLGS members are now hybrid. You may attend in-person at our office in Maplewood or via Zoom. Check out the website to register for upcoming classes. Classes are currently only open to StLGS members, so why not join StLGS to get free access to our live and recorded classes!

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New StLGS Youth Membership Category

Do you know a young person interested in genealogy? The future of our society as well as other genealogy and history-based groups is with the next generation, and now, as we all are facing rising prices and the need to budget more carefully, we are introducing a reduced-rate youth membership category for those under the age of twenty-five. So if you have a teenager or young adult in your life with an interest in genealogy, there has never been a better time to join StLGS. For just $25.00 per year, we welcome young people to become members, take classes, watch recorded classes and meetings, and learn from our talented lecturers and teachers. More information and a link to our secure online store is on the Membership page on our website.

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Announcing the HYBRID 2022 Fall Speaker Series

New Approaches to Old Problems

Featuring D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA

Saturday, 1 October 2022

9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. (Central)

Maryland Heights Community Center

Lectures will be livestreamed and recorded. 

For those attending in-person: box lunch optional to purchase, StLGS sales table, printed syllabus

Those attending remotely will receive an electronic syllabus.

 Lectures include:

• "Bridging the Gap: Finding Ancestors in the United States Between 1780 and 1840"
• "My New England Research is Done . . . Or Is It?"
• "Having No Children: Tracing Relatives with No Known Descendants"
• "On and Off the Net: Locality Searching"

All of the information you need to register for the Speaker Series is on our website. You can download a registration booklet and/or register through our secure online store. If you are a member of StLGS, be sure to log into the store first so you can receive your member discount.

Questions? Send an email to programs@stlgs.org.