In Search of Your Asian Roots: Genealogical Resources on Chinese SurnamesThe German Element in St. Louis constitutes one of the best snapshots we have of culture and society in a German American community on the eve of World War I. At the outset, the author provides, street by street, the edifices and some of the personalities the brewers, the politicians, the ministers, etc. whose energies were at the heart of turn of the century St. Louis. Part II is concerned with German American life and institutions, such as German