Upcoming Local History & Genealogy Programs

The following programs were brought to my attention today. The first has very short notice for it. From today's Rensselaer County Advertiser newspaper.

Researching Your Irish Ancestors Using Online Records
Join us at the Troy Public Library on Saturday, February 17th, at 10:30am for a presentation on Irish genealogy. Genealogist-in-residence for the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, Lisa Dougherty, for a workshop detailing the ins and outs of Irish research. Did you know that some church parish records can be accessed from a home computer? That it is possible to pinpoint the exact location of your family's home in the mid-1800s? Or that there is a website specifically dedicated to connecting scattered Irish families from all over the world? This presentation will give you an idea of the basics to help you find your family in the Emerald Isle!

This program is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is recommended. For more information and to register, call the library at 518-274-7071 or online at www.thetroylibrary.org.

The Troy Public Library is located at
100 Second Street
Troy, NY.



An email from from the New Netherland Institute brought the following program to my attention. At the Hudson Area Library a local history talk will take place on 22 February 2018. From the library's web page:

Local History Speaker Series Talk in Collaboration with the Leisler Institute
The Jacob Leisler Institute, in cooperation with the library, will present Libelers, Monsters, and Rebels: The Jacob Leisler Institute and Research into New York’s Neglected English Colonial Period on Thursday, February 22 at 6pm at the library. During this local history talk David Voorhies will discuss the Zenger Trial, the Claverack Giant and local Native tribes, the so-called Negro Conspiracy of 1741, and, of course, Jacob Leisler and the 1689-1691 Leisler’s Rebellion. The focus of this event will be on the integration of various European ethnic groups into a broader English colonial melting pot (Huguenots, Germans, Dutch, English, etc), and on the English manorial and political systems which continue to impact this region today.

A question and answer period and refreshments will follow the talk. For more information email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518.828.1792 x101, or visit the main desk in the library.

The Hudson Area Library is located at

51 North 5th Street

Hudson, NY 12534