More Than Delicious Jams and Jellies*
 
Every year, May is set aside to celebrate Preservation Month. Beginning as Preservation Week (1973), the celebration was extended to the entire month in 2005 in order to showcase the diverse and unique heritage of our country’s cities, states and historic sites.

Come down to historic Main Street on May 18th and visit the SCCHS Archives where we will be displaying information, documents and images on St. Charles County’s historic sites many of which are on the National Register of Historic Places.Take a look at the documentation we hold on the City of St. Charles historic districts, city and county maps - some of which you can purchase, the designation of historic place names, files on specific residences, and information on how you can become involved in local preservation efforts.

And since preservation is more than just saving old buildings, we’ll have a hands-on, how-to preserve your family documents and/or images.
 
                * If you know the reference to this title, stop by the Archives on May 18th, let me know your answer and if correct, there will be a reward!
 
Funding made available through the State Historical Society of Missouri Richard S. Brownlee Missouri Local History Grant
 
Saturday, May 18th
10am - 3pm
101 S. Main St.

 

 

 

DNA TESTING CAN HELP YOU SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES AND MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES. IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL LEARN THE KEY GENETIC GENEALOGY TERMINOLOGY. YOU WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT MANY OF THE NEW GENETIC TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND TECHNIQUES THAT CAN HELP YOU TAKE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH TO THE NEXT LEVEL

 

 

PRESENTER: Josiah Schmidt - Josiah is a St Charles based historian and genealogist. He is currently a PhD candidate in the History Department of Washington University in St Louis and assists at the St Charles County Heritage Museum.

 

 

The program is free, but reservations are necessary. Please register by Monday, May20, by calling the SCCHS at (636) 946-9828 on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm or by emailing info@scchs.org

 

 

 

 

The St. Charles County Historical Society, the Saint Charles Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Fernando de Leyba Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the España Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Mary Hempstead Lisa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present a second American Revolutionary War in the West History Conference during September 27–29, 2024 at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel, St. Louis County, Missouri. This conference will focus on the military, political, social and material culture history of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War, but will include a few other topics requested last year, featuring scholars from across the country and from Spain.