While I cannot comment on the traditional search for ancestors, genealogy is very much alive here in St. Louis among academic historians who have come to the belated realization of its value as yet another research tool. I relied on the excellent website of the St. Louis Genealogical Society, as well as printed resources of course, to research the founding families for my forthcoming book, Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West, and two of my recent MA thesis students have done some amazing work with genealogy. One of those studies has been published recently: Sharon Person, Standing Up for Indians: Baptism Registers as an Untapped Source for Multicultural Relations in St. Louis, 1766-1821 (Center for French Colonial Studies, 2010) and should be available on Amazon and on the Center's website. Fred Fausz St. Louis ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html