Upcoming Webinar on Using City Directories for Your Research

Join the Troy Irish Genealogy Society as they host a webinar on using city directories for your genealogy research given by Christopher White. The webinar will be held on Zoom on 16 June 2022 at 6:30 PM. 

The Troy Irish Genealogy Society (TIGS) also has a presence on Facebook. Check back at a later date to sign-up and register for this presentation.

Find Your Way with City Directories

City directories should be in your arsenal of genealogy tools. Aside from being an index of adults populating a city during a particular year, directories are an excellent census substitute and  hold an abundance of helpful genealogical information. Learn how to find direction with city directories and chart your course to answering your genealogical question.

What attendees will learn.

• Learn where to find city directories
• Benefits of using city directories
• What can you find in them
• Strategies for using city directories to further your research

    

Henry Z. Jones Jr. Palatine Research Center Open House

A few months ago, the Henry Z. Jones research book collection was driven across country from California to New York. Join the New York Chapter of Palatines to America at the Germantown Library on 24 April 2022 for an open house from 1 PM to 4 PM.

The Germantown Library now houses books and research papers that were in Jones' personal collection. The books and papers are now available for your genealogical research. Henry Z. Jones is a prolific Palatine German researcher and writer.

 

Hands On Gravestone Conservation Workshop

Hands-on Gravestone Conservation Workshop

When: Saturday, 23 April 2022

Where: Beverwyck Cemetery, Washington Ave., Rensselaer, near Doane Stuart School

Time: 8:30 AM till 1 PM

 

In our outdoor classroom, the Beverwyck Cemetery, learn hands-on, the proper methods and what materials are used to correctly conserve gravestones. Christopher White, genealogist, historian, and gravestone conservator will lecture, demonstrate, and instruct one-on-one with attendees the following:

∙ Different types and styles of gravestones

∙ Problems associated with gravestones

∙ Knowing your limitations

∙ Proper method for cleaning gravestones

∙ Resetting tablet style gravestones

∙ Resetting mortise and tenon gravestones

∙ Repairing broken gravestones