Calendar of Events 2024
StLGS meetings are now mostly hybrid; they are held both in-person and as webinars that are recorded with speaker permission. All times listed are for the Central Time Zone. In-person meetings are held at the locations specified. Only Zoom attendance and paid events require advance registration, and instructions for each event will be posted on the appropriate page on this website.
Many of our meetings are now available as digital recordings.
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- To watch previously recorded monthly meetings, go to the Monthly Meeting page.
- To watch previously recorded Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings and for the current year’s schedule of meetings, go to the appropriate SIG page:
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Find a copy of the entire 2024 Meetings and Special Events calendar here.
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| Sat., 13 January 2024 Zoom only! | 10:00 a.m. | Monthly Meeting: Ask Louie at Your Service! |
Ask Louie Team + Assistants |
| Bring the team your questions concerning basic researching, immigration and naturalization, Irish, German, and Jewish genealogy, technology, orphanage care in St. Louis, and many more. Our experienced genealogists will try to provide answers. Help us prepare by sending in your questions before the meeting to asklouie@stlgs.org. Registration for this virtual meeting will open soon on our monthly meeting page. | |||
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| Weds., 17 January Zoom only! |
7:00 p.m. | German SIG Meeting: Following an Ancestor with a German Farm Name or Hofname |
Carol Whitton |
| Prior to the mid-1800s, parts of Germany had farm names or Hofname. Learn what a Hofname is and where in Germany to expect to find them. Identifying an ancestor with a Hofname requires recognizing the clues in the records and then carefully and thoroughly following them. Registration for this meeting will open soon on the German SIG page. | |||
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| Sat., 20 January Zoom only! |
1:00 p.m. |
Irish SIG Meeting: It’s Time to Ask Those Questions |
Mike Bridwell, Carol Hemmersmeier and Kay Weber |
| Join us with your questions and comments regarding our favorite but sometimes frustrating pastime, Irish research. Hopefully, we can help with some of those rock walls! Details and registration for this meeting will soon be on the Irish SIG page. | |||
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| Sun., 4 February Zoom only! |
1:00 p.m. |
Jewish SIG Meeting: Jewish Foodways: 1870–1930 |
Margi Lenga Kahn |
| Many of us enjoy delicious Jewish food as part of our everyday lives without giving it much thought. Learn how immigration, tradition, and the observance of the laws of kashrut shaped Jewish food culture here in America. Details and registration for this meeting will be on the Jewish SIG page. | |||
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| Sat., 10 February Hybrid: Grant’s View branch |
10:00 a.m. | Monthly Meeting: Using the St. Charles County Historical Society Website as Your Gateway to St. Charles County History |
Greg Hilton |
| Did you know that St. Charles was Missouri’s first capital city? That Daniel Boone and Lewis and Clark have ties to the city? The history of St. Charles goes back hundreds of years, and the society’s website may help you discover your own ancestors’ stories. More details and registration for this meeting will open in January on the Monthly Meeting page. | |||
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| Sat., 9 March Hybrid: Grant’s View branch |
10:00 a.m. |
Monthly Meeting: Genealogy in Newspapers |
Robin McDonough |
| Newspapers are an excellent genealogy resource. Explore the information you can find in them, and learn how to access historic St. Louis newspapers. Registration for this meeting will open in February on the Monthly Meeting page. | |||
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| Weds., 20 March Zoom only! |
7:00 p.m. | German SIG Meeting: Breaking Through Brick Walls with the German Immigrants in American Church Records Series |
Joseph B. Everett, AG, MLS |
| The associate editor of Dr. Roger Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records books will walk us through solutions to brick walls using these valuable tools for tracing German origins. Registration for this meeting will open soon on the German SIG page. | |||
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| Sat., 23 March In person only |
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
StLGS Open House |
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| Everyone is invited to visit our office, learn more about our website, shop our book sales/Trading Post offerings, meet our SIG leaders, and discover volunteer opportunities. More information coming soon! | |||
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