Our NCGS Library has a collection of school yearbooks including some early school publications. One such publication is The Lockport High School (L.H.S.) Crescent which was first published in May…
The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN is often a much desired place for genealogists to visit as they are the 2nd largest genealogy library in the country…
Yesterday our very own Niagara County Genealogical Society (NCGS) Board Member, Shelley Richards, presented our February 2021 Program to us about the Genealogy of Early Niagara County Leaders. She presented…
A favorite resource for many genealogists is the Internet Archive and their Wayback Machine located on their website at https://archive.org. https://youtu.be/_wIjmUTZPrA You can learn more about Lisa Louise Cooke at…
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) has a YouTube channel called AmericanAncestors (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_0ulM3mcrP_4h0FLHSf-A) in which they frequently publish new webinars. Here is one that you may enjoy titled: The…
The National Archives has eleven index images online of Aerial Photographs taken of Niagara County in 1938. These pictures are part of Record Group (RG) 145: Records of the Farm…
St. Mary's CemeteryEst. 1861 Also known as Sacred Heart Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery is located on Portage Ave. in Niagara Falls right next to Oakwood Cemetery. According to the information…
Family Tree Magazine has a YouTube channel and they recently published a video which is a quick tour of the Ancestry owned website: Fold3. Fold3 is a website that focuses…
Today our members enjoyed our January 2021 program with international genealogy speaker, Thomas MacEntee! The program was on City Directories and Thomas did a great job of showing examples of…
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B) is one of the oldest genealogical organizations in the United States having been formed in 1869. Membership with NYG&B provides many benefits…