Class & Event Types:
Celebrate America 250, Community Events, Evenings & Weekends, History & Culture- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will open on February 14, 2026 @ 10:00am.
- A library card is not required.
Program Description
Event Details
Discover information on historical people, places, or things.
As part of our America 250 celebration, come hear stories about ordinary women who did extraordinary things during the Revolutionary War and the impact these women had on the revolutionary effort.
About the Presenter:
Patti Dickherber has been doing family history research and genealogy research for over 50 years. She has served as the Registrar for the St. Charles Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, focusing specifically on Revolutionary War records. She is also the Registrar for the Daughters of the American Colonists, the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, and serves as a researcher for the Jamestowne Society. She's a member of the St. Charles County Historical Society and the St. Louis Genealogical Society. She enjoys giving presentations on genealogy-related subjects and sets up lineage research trips to the Clark Family Library, the Emerson Genealogy, and the History Center.
She has a husband, two children, and six grandchildren who have NO interest in genealogy at all! She says, "They don't know what they are missing!"
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Accommodations
If you need accommodations for this program, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.