Next Monthly Meeting
The next monthly meeting will be on
Saturday, 13 June 2026, 10:00 a.m. (Central)
Researching Railroad and River Transportation
in the Later 19th and 20th Centuries
Featuring Nick Fry, curator of the John W. Barrier III National Railroad Library at the Mercantile Library in St. Louis
This meeting will be hybrid: in-person at the Clark Family Branch, St. Louis County Library, 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63131, and via Zoom.
(A link to a Google map with directions to the library is here.)
Did you have an ancestor who worked on a railroad or riverboat after the Civil War? Learn what resources are available to help you find people who worked on the railroads and the inland waterways from 1865 to the end of the 20th century.
Instructions for Attending
All StLGS meetings are free and open to the public. However, you need a link and a passcode to join the Zoom meeting, so it is necessary to preregister.
To register for this meeting, click on the Registration Button below and follow the simple instructions that appear on your screen. Once you have filled in the registration form, an invitation with a link and a passcode to attend the meeting will be sent to the email you provided.
 |
This meeting will be recorded and will be posted online for ninety days afterwards. Please give us time after the meeting to set up the recording and post a link.
If there is a handout for this meeting, it will be here.
♦
Previously Recorded Meetings
May 2026 Meeting: The Missouri Story of the Trail of Tears
The recorded general meeting part of the webinar is here.
Please note that there was no sound during the first two minutes of the general meeting recording.
Once the audio issue was identified and corrected, the presenter restarted the meeting from the beginning.
The recorded presentation is here.
There was no handout for this meeting.
No password is needed for these recordings.
March 2026 Meeting: Connecting Crossroads: Early Settlers and Explorers to St. Charles and St. Louis
The recorded general meeting part of the webinar is here.
The recorded presentation is here.
The handout for this meeting is here.
No password is needed for these recordings.