The genealogy website Geneanet is organizing a special week dedicated to the transcription of the New York City Geographical Birth Index from today through September 7-15. The website has easy-to-use task-sharing tools so volunteers can make contributions in their spare time. If you have 15
The following updates were made to the New York Genealogy Links website in August. August 26, 2024 Newspapers and Obituares: Added Columbia County – Chatham Courrier and Chatham Republican; Dutchess County – Red Hook Journal; Hamilton County – Obituaries – Hamilton County News; Nassau County
Several New York cemeteries will be offering guided cemetery tours during the month of September. Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester will be offering “Deciphering the Hidden Messages of Cemetery Symbolism” on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. Explore the meaning of symbols, epitaphs, and funerary
On Sunday, Sept 15, The Historical Society of Islip Hamlet presents its 4th Cemetery Tour hosted by the Oakwood Cemetery Association from 2-4 p.m. The tour features Society thespians in period dress bringing cemetery personages “back to life”. Oakwood Cemetery is full of interesting people
The Clarksville Historical Society (Albany County} will host a presentation on the Albany Rural Cemetery on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Clarksville Community Church, 1997 Delaware Turnpike. The presenter will be Mark Bodnar president of the Albany Rural Cemetery Association Board of
