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German Special Interest Group

G-SIG Logo The German Special Interest Group (G-SIG) is a volunteer organization in partnership with the St. Louis Genealogical Society and the German American Heritage Society. Its mission is to enable its members to explore varied interests in their German ancestry and the development of German-American culture in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area in a variety of contexts. It is intended to foster education about our rich German heritage.

Meetings


Meetings are held at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.

The meeting on 7 November 2010 will be held at the Lutheran Hour Ministries, 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141. Mason Ridge Center Drive is just east of the Auto Club of Missouri headquarters on North Outer Forty Drive. Access to North Outer Forty Drive is from Mason Road at the Mason/US 40 interchange or from Conway Road just west of the 270 overpass (turn left).
 
Date: Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m
Topic: Alsace-Lorraine - SLCL Auditorium
Speaker: Dan Lilienkamp


Date: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m
Topic: German Cases in St. Louis Court Records - SLCL Auditorium
Speaker: Mike Everman


Date: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m
Topic: German Customs and Traditions - SLCL Auditorium
Speaker: Carmen Freeman


Date: Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:30 p.m
Topic: Translating German for Free or for Fee - SLCL Auditorium
Speaker: Susanne Evens, Carmen Freeman, AA Translations, and others


Date: Sunday, 07 November 2010
Meeting Time: 1:30 p.m.
Presentation: 2:00 p.m.
Topic: Annual Cluster Fair - Lutheran Hour Ministries
Speaker: Clusters


For additional information on the G-SIG, please contact the Society office at 314-647-8547, or by e-mail to

For additional information on the German-American Heritage Society of St. Louis, please contact Hermann Eisele at 314-588-9500 or by e-mail to  


G-SIG Forum


The G-SIG publishes a periodic flyer which provides a forum for educational, historical and genealogical information with fresh insights and ideas to help your research or enjoyment of German traditions and ancestry.
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The Germans in St. Louis


The German settlement in Saint Louis began in the 1830s. There was a major migration into Saint Louis from German states in the mid-1800s. Germans were a cohesive group into the twentieth century. By 1880 some 46 percent of public school children were German and, a year later, 20,000 of the young scholars in St. Louis still received their lessons in German every day.

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