A GUIDE TO INTERPRETING PASSENGER LIST ANNOTATIONS – Marian L. Smith, a historian with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, provides a comprehensive reference guide to interpreting these markings found…
NCGS President, Jeanette Sheliga, has created a name index for The Niagara Democrat (Lockport, NY) newspaper from 1852. She is freely sharing the index and hopes that it helps researchers…
Program: Grandma Nellie's Scrapbook: Identifying and Interpreting Old PhotosSpeaker: Tina Beaird When: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 7:00pm EasternWhere: 215 Niagara St., Lockport, NY Program Description: Many people become heirs to a…
Webinar: Disaster Proofing Your ResearchSpeaker: Sara CochranWhen: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 7:00pm Eastern Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdOuqqDguHtMFXiPg3rfPyg_gmCzaYAoz Program Description:Family historians spend years gathering and compiling records, photographs, and family heirlooms to preserve the past…
The NCGS Book Club Special Interst Group (SIG) is back! The first book that we will be reading in 2023 is: Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher…
Webinar: Searching for the SmithsSpeaker: Jessica ConklinWhen: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 10:30am Eastern Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeCtqzgtGdNYPaGCMvGulupx3n55SI0i Program Description:What do you do when your paper trail runs cold and all you have is a…
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We received the following communication and was asked to share: The Matteson Historical Congress of America is searching for new members. If you, or someone you know, has a surname…
Webinar: Preserving Your Ancestor’s Textiles and Handmade TreasuresSpeaker: Melissa BarkerWhen: Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 10:30am Eastern Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkc-CurTgsGdI5XUbnLncVW5UlvNKXrR8B Program Description:Many of our ancestors recorded their day-to-day lives in diaries, journals,…
75 years ago in Niagara County: The Tonawanda Evening News on 11 February 1948: 2 North Siders Fill Liquor Association Posts in County Two North Siders were installed as officers…