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Images of the Ste. Genevieve Fair Play online through the Library of Congress: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87052181/issues/ More from Ste. Genevieve View and search 5,206,652 pages from newspapers all over the country: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/ The transcriptions on this site will not continue but the vital information can be obtained from the issues on the above links.
In spite of what that hackneyed proverb says, money can buy you happiness—as long as you spend it on others. A study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton reveals that people who engage in charitable deeds on a regular or, even, daily basis have qualitatively improved lives. The study showed that even minor donations like [...]
I have turned off registration to this site as spam bots are, well, spamming me incessantly with it. If you need an account to be on the surname registry (which is, I believe, the only reason you’d need to register anymore), then please email me directly. Thanks!
To the Landmarks Commission, First of all, there seems to be vast confusion over how any kind of Certificate of Appropriateness is issued, the most recent meeting of 7/16 illustrates this confusion perfectly. We believe a good hard look at how Certificate information is relayed to the public would make a vast difference; perhaps mailing [...]
This letter is not an indictment of any of the owners of the properties mentioned in this letter, or of the Landmarks Commission. Rather, this is an observation by the signers of this letter. It is meant to provoke some thought and discussion, as the people involved might not realize how this whole situation appears [...]
From 1862: “The acting Coroner of this county was called upon, on Friday last, to hold an inquest upon the body of Eli La Rose, who was most cruelly murdered on the day before by John Criswell of this county….” Read more: thisgameofgames.blogspot.com/2012/06/town-ball-in-ste-genevieve-during-civil.html
PRESS RELEASE The St. Francois County Historical Society invites the public to join them Wednesday April 25, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Farmington Firehouse for their program entitled: ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MATERIALS SURVEY by Ellen M. Ryan Ellen M. Ryan, who holds an MA in History from Southeast Missouri State University, is Digital Project [...]
Old Mines, MO Photographed by Becky Millinger Transcribed by Jessica Franks Please note that the names were transcribed as they were originally written, please do not email with corrections. Entries are sorted by last name, be sure to check manually for a name if a search doesn’t turn anything up. Please click here to view [...]
Photographed by Becky Millinger
Transcribed by Jessica Franks
Via Wikipedia: Vincent Joseph Dunker (6 December 1878 – 11 March 1974) was a photographer, inventor and camera manufacturer who began his career in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri in the late 1890s. Dunker built a wide variety of cameras, contact printers, photo enlargers, and photo booths over a period of thirty-seven years. In 1924 he began production of his specialty, long roll film cameras [...]
Nearly one year since his last appearance at the Bauhaus Kaffe, St. Francois County historian, Bob Schmidt, welcomes you to join him on Saturday December 3, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a booksigning and discussion of his book entitled “Boys of the Best Families in the State” Co. E 2nd Missouri Confederate [...]
“A Midwestern View: The Artists of the Ste. Genevieve Art Colony,” exhibiting at MAA through May 15, gives viewers an expanded vision of the Midwestern landscape through an intimate look at one of its landmarks. Proving Pixley’s point, it showcases styles along a spectrum from cubism to regionalism, impressionism to abstract expressionism. Although not every [...]
Had the registry break for a bit, but got it working again now. As a consequence all empty entries have been removed. The people who are displayed are those who have added their surnames to their profile and contacted me to be added. One of these days when I can figure it out, I will [...]
I got slowed down by the holidays and what not then by larger cemeteries but things have been moving along here smoothly the last couple of days and I’ve fixed several cemetery pages including three large ones.
The Ste. Genevieve County Genealogy Society will host a free genealogy help desk on Saturday, December 18th from 12 noon to 4 PM. The help desk will be located in the genealogy section of the Ozark Regional Library located in the Community Center on Highway 32.
Actually, it’s been complete twice. What a nightmare!! It’s all over now though (for this site at least). Feel free to make any updates to your pages, posts, profiles, etc.!
Hey everyone, great timing, haha, but probably within the next week I will be making a server move. Not much you really need to worry about here, but the site will probably go offline for a little bit. At this point, I am not sure when. And it’s possible I may need to recreate accounts [...]
The new site has now been moved into production. There will be, most likely, a lot of bugs, please bear with me while I get everything sorted out. I suspect that most bugs will be photos that don’t load, but I’ll get them over here eventually. In the meantime, if you haven’t already, please update [...]
The new site is moving along pretty well and I’m happy to see all those who have been able to log in and update their profiles! If you haven’t done that yet, you can click here and log in with the same details you had at the old site. If you cannot remember your password, [...]
Yes, if you’ve been here recently, the site looks pretty much the same. However, looks are deceiving as it is nothing but the same! For a large host of reasons, I’ve had to change the program that runs the site. Users who have access to the administration panel or post/update information will notice a VERY [...]
On Monday, August 4th, 2008, we had a visit from Mr. Victor Schreiner and his wife Crystal and Dr. Christoph Jopen and his wife Cornelia. Mr. Schreiner is the city manager of Bohlsbach in Baden, Germany and Dr. Jophen is a sub-mayor of Offenburg, also in Baden. Bohlsbach is Ste. Genevieve’s Sister City. There was [...]