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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30 September 2017

Finding Your Roots on PBS

Just a reminder that the hit show from PBS, Finding Your Roots, is returning Tuesday, 03 October, 2017 at 8 PM. This season host Henry Louis...

A Brief History of German Language Newspapers in Albany

The majority of newly minted German immigrants were either unable to or unwilling to read English language newspapers; therefore the immigr...

28 September 2017

Albany History Race 2017

Coming up this weekend, Saturday, 30 September, is the fourth annual Albany History Race 2017; sponsored by the Albany Public Library. We pa...

27 September 2017

Overstretched

Lately, for many reasons I have not been able to post to this blog. Having a full plate is usually good but sometimes we can overstretch our...

15 September 2017

Upcoming Rensselaer County Genealogy/History Programs

The following programs were listed in today's Rensselaer County Advertiser newspaper. Oakwood's 16th Annual Evening at the Earl B...

07 September 2017

Historical Talk on Albany's German Community

The Historical Society of Esquatak is opening their 2017-2018 program series with a lecture on Albany's German community on Friday, Sep...

06 September 2017

Fall Harvest & History Fair

An article from last week's Rensselaer County Advertiser newspaper reads: Fall Harvest & History Fair Returns The Town of Nassau...

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