1) Rub shoulders with experienced genealogists.
Attend StLGS Monthly Meetings.
Participate in scheduled StLGS Events.
Join StLGS on their annual research trip to Salt Lake City in the fall.
Consider joining a lineage society.
Joining a lineage society is an excellent way to honor family heritage, preserve genealogical research on your ancestors, and sometimes an interesting way to meet cousins!
Learn more about lineage societies. Class Handout Password for the recording: k?j4G&*2
Learn more about lineage societies. Class Handout Password for the recording: k?j4G&*2
Apply for membership in our First Families program.
If your ancestor(s) came from St. Louis before 1865, consider honoring them by joining First Families. Learn more about our program, and how you can join.
Join one of our Special Interest Groups.
Ask Louie
Ask Louie is a service in which experienced volunteers offer advice about where to locate genealogical records for St. Louis City or St. Louis County.
Explore & Participate
Take one of our classes.
Read our Quarterly journal. (Free to StLGS members)
Visit the reference room at our office.
Read and subscribe to our blog.
2) Join a genealogical society (or two!)
Consider joining a genealogical society in a town where your ancestors lived.
Contact the town’s historical society for information on local records or historical photos.
Join the town’s genealogical society to support their efforts to promote their history and to preserve their records.
3) Get out of your house!
Search other genealogy and history repositories.
If you are in St. Louis, take advantage of our local resources:
The Clark Branch of the St Louis County Library: Emerson History and Genealogy Center
The Missouri History Museum Library & Research Center on Skinker Blvd.
The Mercantile Library on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus
Plan a trip to visit a town or country where your ancestors lived.
Visit a church or synagogue where your ancestor attended.
Visit the town cemetery.
Walk the streets and visit their shops.
Find an address and see the street where they lived.
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