News ‘n Notes
Monthly Newsletter
St. Louis Genealogical Society members receive a monthly newsletter called
News ‘n Notes as one of the benefits of their membership. The newsletter is filled with information on Society special events, monthly meetings, and new and ongoing projects.
Electronic Delivery Option
Our
News n’ Notes is now available for home delivery via e-mail. Members may elect to receive their monthly newsletter either through the postal mail service or electronically via e-mail. Each month, subscribers will receive e-mail notification that the current
News n’ Notes is available. Clicking on the Internet address in this e-mail message will open the journal in your browser (Mac) or in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC). Home subscribers may then either view the newsletter online or print a copy to their local printer.
To enter your free subscription to this service you must:
- Be a member of the Society (click here to join).
- Be logged in as a member to this Website (click on the “Log In” icon near the top of the page).
- Click on the “Electronic News n’ Notes” link in the “Members” box to the left.
Advantages of this new electronic service include:
- More timely delivery. No more postal service delays! And it will always arrive in perfect condition (no torn corners).
- View the newsletter in color. Often, illustrations are captured in color, but our print newsletter is in black and white only.
- All Internet links are live. Within the Adobe Acrobat Reader, clicking on an Internet Web page link automatically opens your Web browser and takes you to that link.
- Past issues can be saved on your home computer for later reference, electronically.
- Individual articles or pages can be printed.
Contents
The Society president writes a monthly column; there are columns from the Society librarian, other local and regional librarians, and our resident Internet expert. Hence, Society members always have the latest national and localgenealogy news.
In addition, there is news of upcoming conferences and workshops and short articles of general genealogical interest. Society fliers, registration pamphlets, and other pertinent, time-sensitive material goes out to members via News ‘n Notes.
Members are welcome to submit articles for the newsletter. Anything submitted should be a page or less in length and can be sent as a MS Word attachment via e-mail to
. Questions, suggestions, or comments should be sent to the same address.
As a service to our members and friends, we also maintain a free electronic newsletter, the
E-News.