StLGS January 2025 Genealogy Meetings and Classes

Happy New Year! We are excited to share our first meetings and classes of 2025 with you to get your genealogy year off to a rousing start. We also want to say thank you again to those of you who responded to our Giving Tuesday reminder about much-needed donations. Your enthusiasm and unwavering support of St. Louis Genealogical Society is what makes our society so successful and what makes our volunteers continue to be strongly committed to our mission to preserve, educate, and publish. We thank you so much for recognizing our dedication and making all of our future work possible. Now, on to the beginning of what all of us hope will be another fabulous year for StLGS!

 January StLGS Virtual Monthly Meeting

Saturday, 11 January 2025

"Ask Louie at Your Service!" Q & A panel discussion, 10:00 a.m. (Central); free, open to all. This meeting will be via Zoom only; registration required. Ask our panel of experienced genealogists your family history questions. Please email your questions ahead, if possible, to asklouie@stlgs.org so we can accurately assist you. Live questions from attendees will also be addressed. More details and instructions for registering are on the StLGS website.

January/February StLGS SIG Meetings

  

Irish Special Interest Group Meeting: Saturday, 18 January 2025

"Mapping Ireland's Records" by noted Irish author and genealogist, John Grenham; 1:00 p.m. (Central); free, open to all. This meeting will be via Zoom only; registration required. More details and instructions for registering are on the Irish SIG page on the StLGS website.

German Special Interest Group Meeting: Saturday, 25 January 2025

"Unlocking Your German Roots: How a Professional Genealogist in Germany Can Help," by Andrea Bentschneider, professional German genealogist; 1:00 p.m. (Central); free, open to all. This meeting will be hybrid. You can attend in person at our office in Maplewood or via Zoom. Registration is required for Zoom only. More details and instructions for registering are on the German SIG page on the StLGS website.

Jewish Special Interest Group Meeting: Sunday, 2 February 2025

"Introduction to Finding Your Jewish Roots," by Ilene Murray and Carol Waggoner, Jewish SIG co-leaders. This will be an all-day workshop (10 a.m. till 2:30 p.m., Central) consisting of three lectures: "Migration Paths of Our Ancestors," "First Steps in Doing Jewish Genealogy, and "U.S. Record Sets for Documenting Your Family." The workshop will take place at the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. There is a nominal registration fee for attending either in-person or via Zoom. An optional box lunch is also available for purchase. Registration is through the Holocaust Museum's website, and more information and a link to the site are now posted on the Jewish SIG page on the StLGS website.

 

StLGS Upcoming Genealogy Class

We are pleased to announce that beginning in January 2025, all StLGS genealogy classes will be free to everyone, regardless of StLGS membership status. Our first class for the new year is now posted on the StLGS website. Classes are hybrid; you can attend in-person at the StLGS office in Maplewood or via Zoom.

Check out the Current Classes page on our website to register. Although classes are now free to all, we hope you will explore our website and discover many reasons for joining StLGS to access our excellent membership benefits!

Reunion 14 for the Mac (genealogy software, Macintosh only) 

 

Saturday, 15 February 2025, 1:00 p.m. (Central)

 

Taught by Ilene Murray; 1:00 p.m. (Central); preregistration required. More information and instructions for registering at the Current Classes page link above.