Local Missouri Events & Announcements: May 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Miniconference to Focus on Mining and Railroads in Missouri

The State Historical Society of Missouri will sponsor a miniconference titled “Depots & Deposits: Gleaning Information from Missouri Mining Industry and Railroad Records” on Saturday, June 9, in the Society’s quarters.

Tom Miller, manuscript specialist with the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia, will discuss “Digging for Yore: How to Find Genealogical Nuggets in Mining Records” at 10:15 a.m.
Sharol Higgins Neely, local history associate with the Springfield-Greene County Library, will present “The Frisco: A Look Back at the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad” at 1:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required, and space is limited. Call (573) 882-7083 or visit www.umsystem.edu/shs/miningconf.shtml for more information or to register. The sessions are free for members. Nonmembers can attend one session for $10.00 or both sessions for $15.00.

A pre-conference workshop titled “Creating a Useful Newspaper Index” will be offered at 9:15 a.m. There is no charge for attending this session.

Missouri historical and genealogical societies will have vendor tables in the Society’s main hallways from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for conference participants to browse.

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