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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11 November 2013

First impressions with online courses

Just a brief note on my first impression about the online course that I am taking from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. I a...

08 November 2013

Brief history of German Brewers in Albany

Although I am interested in and research all of my ethnic lines, I have accumulated a huge amount of German-American history in Albany from...

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...

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