Finding your Past: Genealogical Gleanings with the Albany Grave Digger

A blog that discusses Albany, New York area history. Areas of focus include historical and genealogical research, documentation, ethnicity, cemeteries, gravestone restoration, and historic landmarks.

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29 October 2013

Online Genealogy Courses

There are many ways to learn "how to do" genealogical research; such as taking seminars, heading to a local LDS Family History Cen...

18 October 2013

October Genealogical Conference in Albany

An upcoming genealogical conference is coming to Albany next week. Details are pasted below. Thursday-Saturday, October 24-26, 2013 T...

10 October 2013

Oktoberfest Dinner

Although this is short notice, locally, a German themed dinner will be held at the German-American Club of Albany this Saturday night, Octob...

08 October 2013

Cemetery Conservator & Preservationist

Recently in my travels I met Joe Ferrannini from Grave Stone Matters. He is working on conserving a cemetery in East Greenbush. I saw his ...

29 September 2013

Follow up to Restoring a Cemetery

Summer's over and the kids are back at school. I am finally posting after a short break. The beautiful weather this weekend brought me...

13 June 2013

My Heritage or Ancestry?

The Internet has greatly changed the genealogy scene since the late 1990s. Numerous archives both domestic and international have their hol...

12 June 2013

National Palantines to America National Conference

An interesting upcoming genealogical conference coming to Albany next week at the Desmond Americana Hotel is the National Palantines to Amer...

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