Went to the a meeting of the German Special Interest Group of the St. Louis Genealogical Society to gather info on German genealogy. Twenty days to go to my copy deadline.
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About Jim Merkel Author
Title: reporter, Suburban Journals, St. Louis
Age: 61
Resume: Self-published "Majestic Lights: the Apostle Islands Lighthouses," 2001; Reedy Press published his book "Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis's South Side," 2010. Won St. Louis Book Award from Historical Society of Saint Louis County, Oct. 27, 2011. Writing book on St. Louis's German-American Community, for release in September 2012.
Family: Lives in Bevo Mill neighborhood of St. Louis with wife Lorraine.
Education: Bachelor of Journalism degree, University of Missouri, 1973, Graduated from Webster Groves High School, 1969.