some of this may overlap with our Jefferson County Searches. Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: Diane <[email protected]> > Date: March 27, 2005 1:38:26 PM CST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Some new resources forgenealogists studying St. Louis and > Irish > > The St. Louis Genealogical Society has often been criticized for > collecting information that is of value to genealogists and then > selling it, rather than making it available to the public. Well the > society has recently unveiled an on-line searchable data base that is > FREE! > > It is the Index to Early St. Louis Naturalizations and it is available > here: > > www.stlgs.org > > Many thanks to the St. Louis Genealogical Society for this gift to the > public. > > The St. Louis Genealogical Society is having its annual fair on > Saturday, April 30th at the Maryland Heights Centre from 7:30 am to > 4:00. > You can get more information about the speakers and you can get a > registration form on line from this web site: > > http://stlgs.org/fair.shtml > > For those of you who are interested in Irish genealogy, Father William > Faherty will be speaking at the Fair. Fr. Faherty is the author of > the book "The St. Louis Irish-an Unmatched Celtic Community" , and > "Exile in Erin" as well as books about the Germans in St. Louis, etc. > He is a bottomless well of historical information about St. Louis, as > well as a fun speaker. > > ____________________________ > > I guess you all know that Ancestry unveiled one of the best resources > for studying Irish in New York - the emigrant bank records. These > records are especially good because they give the County of origin in > Ireland and they give the name of the ship that the emigrant emigrated > on. > > It is a subscription data base. If you have a full subscription to > Ancestry, it is an addition to records you already have access to. > There is no additional charge or separate subscription required to > access this data base. It is here: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/recent.aspx > > _________________________________________ > Also, the "Missing Friends" data base is now on line free of charge > compliments of Boston College: > > http://infowanted.bc.edu/ > > "From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper > printed a "Missing Friends" column with advertisements from people > looking for "lost" friends and relatives who had emigrated from > Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of more > than 31,438 records is available here as a searchable online database, > which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot." > > _______________________________________________________ > Gloria Dettleff has been tirelessly transcribing the German records of > St. Joseph's Church (St. Joseph's Shrine). Her transcriptions are > available through Dave Lossos' web site: > > http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/ > > Use "Edit", then "Find" and enter St. Joseph and you will easily > find her transcriptions. > ________________________________________________________________ > > On April 26th the Irish Special Interest Group of the St. Louis > Genealogical Society will have their monthly meeting. The speaker at > the meeting will be Audrey Newcomer, Archivist at the Archdiocese of > St. Louis Archives. She will present resources available for research > - espcially Irish research. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Free Parking is now available for the St. Louis Public Library. > Do you all remember Kathy mentioning that parking would soon be free? > Well this has finally happened!There is off-street parking during the > week. On the weekends, the parking on the street is free. To get the > free parking, you must first go to the Main Floor Issue Desk and ask > for a free parking pass. The person at the desk will assign you a > voucher for a space. > > Then go one block west to 15th street and turn into 15th St. The > parking lot entrance will be directly west of 15th. Drive into the > lot where the gate arm will allow you entrance and park in your > assigned space. When you are ready to leave, you turn in your voucher > and you will be given an token to use to exit the parking lot.. The > lot will be available during regular library housrs Mondays from 10 am > to 9 pm and Tuesday through Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Happy Easter to All! > Diane Shaw > Hillsboro, MO > > > > > Diane Shaw > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >