The St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society’s (St. Louis AAHGS) mission is to preserve African-ancestral family history, genealogy, and cultural diversity by providing educational and research opportunities by offering community services, collecting, preserving, and publishing genealogical and historical records.

• Identify, document, collect, and preserve all aspects of family histories and genealogy of, by, and about African Americans.

• Create an environment that is regarded, regionally, as the focal point of expertise and resources that attracts researchers interested in African American family histories and genealogy.

• Acknowledge and disseminate the rich cultural heritage of people of African descent to the broader community; to develop and merge multimedia and literature with expanding technologies as it relates to our underlining focus; on a regular basis, create relevant components designed to foster community involvement across all gender and age groups; To engage individuals and community institutions in projects and programs including, but not limited to, outreach, seminars, workshops, conferences, public forums and to encourage people to people relationships.