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Map of the Village of Lockport from 1851 by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Jul, 09, 2026The Library of Congress has been digitizing and publishing many maps online for free. One of those maps was drawn by Bernard Callan in 1851.…
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WPA Church Records: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Town of Lockport) by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Jul, 03, 2026As a follow up to yesterday's blog post, I checked my records for pictures that I took while visiting the New York State Archives to…
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What Used to Be: St. Paul’s Dutch – German Reformed Church & Cemetery (Town of Lockport) by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Jul, 02, 2026Wanting to explore historical places of Niagara County this summer, I hopped in my car and started driving to look for some places that were…
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Newsletter Archives from 1990: Pekin Early Beginning and Settlers
NCGS May, 24, 2026The following article was published in our NCGS January 1990 Newsletter. It was summarizing what was learned from a program meeting given by the presenter…
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Newsletter Archives: Short History of Wilson, NY from 1984
NCGS Apr, 04, 2026The following article was published in our NCGS April 1984 Newsletter. It was summarizing what was learned from a program meeting that they had with…
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Village of Youngstown Census of 1898 by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGSDid you know that a law was passed in 1897 requiring all of the villages in New York State to conduct a village census in…
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Map of the Town of Niagara from 1854 by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Mar, 13, 2026The Library of Congress has been digitizing and publishing many maps online for free. One of those maps was drawn by Tobias Witmer in 1854.…
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Niagara County: First in New York for Rural Free Delivery Mail by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Feb, 28, 2026Record Group (RG) 28 at the National Archives are the Records of the Post Office Department. Series 1 of RG 28 are the Orders (“Journals”)…
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Beginner’s Corner: Cemetery Research by Carol DiPirro-Stipkovits
NCGS Feb, 22, 2026 UncategorizedSummer will be here soon and with it comes time for hands-on cemetery research. Where your ancestors are buried can tell you so much about…
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The British Burned Down Gad Pierce’s House in 1813 by Jeanette Sheliga
NCGS Feb, 19, 2026Gad Pierce lived in the town of Niagara in 1813 during the War of 1812. The United States troops frequently occupied his home and stored…
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