Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: [email protected] From: "Diane Walsh" <[email protected]> Date: May 16, 2005 11:32:04 AM CDT To: [email protected] Subject: [ILSTCLAI] free genealogy tours - MO Historical Society May 17 and May 24 Get a glimpse of the vast amount of material NOT online during Genealogical Tours of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center May 17 and May 24, 2005, at 10:30 AM Dennis Northcott, Associate Archivist for Reference, will be leading two tours of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center, focusing on the genealogical holdings in the library and archives. These tours will be held on May 17 and May 24 at 10:30 AM at the Library and Research Center located at 225 South Skinker Blvd., across from Forest Park. The Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center is one of the premiere repositories for genealogical research in the St. Louis area. The collections of the Missouri Historical Society library and archives focus on the history of St. Louis, the state of Missouri, and the nineteenth-century American West. For genealogists with St. Louis ancestors in particular, a visit to the Library and Research Center is a must. These tours will last approximately 1 hour. At the conclusion of the tour, researchers will be free to do their own research, and Dennis will be available to answer specific questions. Reservations for these tours are required; space on each tour is limited to 20 people. To reserve a space on one of the tours, please contact Dennis Northcott at [email protected] or 314-746-4517. Those who are visiting the Library and Research Center for the first time will be asked to fill out a registration card, present a valid photo ID (i.e., drivers license), and read a brief list of policies and procedures. Please note that purses, bags, and briefcases are not allowed in the Library and Research Center reading room; free lockers are available in the lobby to store these items. Researchers are welcome to bring their notes and research binders into the reading room. Each table in the reading room is equipped with an electrical outlet for laptop computer use. To prepare for your visit, researchers may want to consult the librarys online catalog: Go to www.mohistory.org, click on Library and Research, then click on Search the Catalog. Researchers may also view guides to the archival collections online: Go to www.mohistory.org, click on Library and Research, then click on Collection Guide. There is a small parking lot on the south side of the Library and Research Center. Additional free parking is available on Skinker and on a side street next to the parking lot.