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…
Angeline Fragale of 25 Van Buren St., Lockport received a postcard that was postmarked in Rochester on 16 August 1939. The sender did not sign the postcard, but after reading…
Our NCGS Library has many unique sources that you may find your ancestors in. The following are the names from the 1927 By-Laws Rules of Order and Directory of the…
CALCULATION OF BIRTH DATES FROM EXACT AGE AT DEATH – here are several online calculators to determine birthdates: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Date_Calculator http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fgris/family/brown/agecalc.html 1852 NIAGARA COUNTY (NY) MAP – This map, from…
Different books define the meaning of the urn as: death contains the soul container for ashes of a person who has been cremated death of the flesh #1. Stahler Cemetery,…
Volunteer Librarians Needed: We are looking for local members that would be interested in becoming a volunteer librarian at our library. You would be trained and would not have to…
The Wilson Historical Society has published many booklets. One of the ones that we have in our NCGS Library is No. 11: The Wilson Free Library by Eloise Culverwell in…
In case you haven't been following, when the 1950 US Federal Population Census was released earlier this month, an index of name was generated from new computer handwriting recognition technology.…