The TIGS meeting this month will consist of a tour of Old Mt. Ida Cemetery, the Mt. Ida Preservation Hall and the former Farnham Institute. Thursday October 18th 5:45 PM We will meet at 5:45 at the Old Mt. Ida Cemetery, you can pull right into the cemetery and park along the roadways. Weather permitting, we will take a tour of the cemetery. We will then walk from the cemetery to the Mt. Ida Preservation Hall (Church of the Ascension). There we will have a talk on the building and the stain glassed windows. The owner of the former Farnham Institute (formerly a school connected to the Church of the Ascension) has invited us into the building which is located directly across the street from the Hall. The building has been converted into a private residence. The first floor retains its original floor plan and is used as an art space. The walk from the cemetery to the Hall is a short distance but there is major construction all along the way. with little if any sidewalk. There is no closer parking available because of the construction. Brant Caird and/or Ned Pratt will be hosting us. We should meet promptly at 6:45 as it gets dark early, hopefully it will not be raining. I assume if it is raining we will meet and walk directly to the Hall, everyone should be prepared to walk just short of a typical city block. Please respond if you plan on attending so that we can get an idea of attendance. Kristin Cooney-Ayotte Like

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To All, Interesting Diary about WWI. Posted by our CCE Past Chair, Jesse Winch. WWI DIARY. “A mother’s diary from WWI has been digitized and put online. ‘Students from Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork (UCC) have transcribed and digitised 132 entries from the diary of Mary Martin, a widow and mother of 12 living in south Dublin. She started writing on New Year’s Day 1916 after receiving word her son Charlie was missing in action on the Salonika front in the Balkans.’” [ResearchBuzz] http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1003/1224324777315.html __._,_.___Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___

I have just added the Albany County naturalization index (declarations of intention) for the Irish born where the specific county of birth is mentioned to the Albany County section of my website for the year 1853: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ The indexes now go from November 1842 to December 1853. I have finished the film which goes to the middle of 1854 but have ordered two new films which will go to 1864 and hopefully I will find my McEntees in them. If you would like to learn more about the naturalization/citizenship process, I put an informative page about the subject on the Rensselaer website about ten years ago: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrenss2/naturalization/ If anyone has found an ancestor from these postings and now knows the county of their birth, we would love to hear about it. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I believe it is sort of fraternity as described in Wikipedia: Purgatorial societies are Roman Catholic Church associations or confraternities which aim to assist souls in purgatory reach heaven. The Catholic doctrine concerning purgatory, the condition of the poor souls after death (particular judgment), the communion of saints, and the satisfactory value of our good works form the basis of these associations. In the modern Church this role is fulfilled by the Purgatorian Archconfraternity which is run under the auspices of the Transalpine Redemptorists. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Kristine White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kay, > T'm pretty sure that C King is my great great grandfather Christopher King from Stow Ave. I think his obit mentions the Happy Death Society which seemed odd to me when I read it. I wonder if it was a precursor of the Knights of Columbus. > Kris White > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Brearton <[email protected]> > To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 2:13 pm > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Information - St. Michael Archangel, Troy NY > > > There is a Meneely bell outside St. Michael Archangel Church in North Greenbush. > It was one of the few items that survived the fire in the old Church that was > originally located on Stow Avenue in South Troy. > > I noticed that the bell was inscribed and wrote down the information in the > event a name might be of interest to someone. The bell was dedicated in 1878 by > the Happy Death Society. The following names are etched on the bell: > > John Sweeney D. Curtin > Thomas Kernan J. Healy > Michael Maloney J. Ryan > John Carr P. Brady > C. King J. E. Ryan > Edmond Staunton J. Gallagher > John Fitzgibbon P. Kennedy > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for > details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Kay, T'm pretty sure that C King is my great great grandfather Christopher King from Stow Ave. I think his obit mentions the Happy Death Society which seemed odd to me when I read it. I wonder if it was a precursor of the Knights of Columbus. Kris White -----Original Message----- From: Kay Brearton <[email protected]> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 2:13 pm Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Information - St. Michael Archangel, Troy NY There is a Meneely bell outside St. Michael Archangel Church in North Greenbush. It was one of the few items that survived the fire in the old Church that was originally located on Stow Avenue in South Troy. I noticed that the bell was inscribed and wrote down the information in the event a name might be of interest to someone. The bell was dedicated in 1878 by the Happy Death Society. The following names are etched on the bell: John Sweeney D. Curtin Thomas Kernan J. Healy Michael Maloney J. Ryan John Carr P. Brady C. King J. E. Ryan Edmond Staunton J. Gallagher John Fitzgibbon P. Kennedy ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Amy La Pietra would like to recall the message, "St. Michael Bell".

Hi Kay. The John Sweeney and the Patrick Brady on that bell are both great-great grandfathers of mine. John Sweeney lived at 685 Burden Ave and Patrick Brady somewhere around Stowe Ave and the church. My grandfather Michael E. Sweeney was baptized in St. Michael's church in 1881. His older sister Mary was the organist and musical director of St. Michael's. At one time she lived on Forbes Ave. Do you have any idea if any records survived the fire ? Amy LaPietra -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kay Brearton Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Information - St. Michael Archangel, Troy NY There is a Meneely bell outside St. Michael Archangel Church in North Greenbush. It was one of the few items that survived the fire in the old Church that was originally located on Stow Avenue in South Troy. I noticed that the bell was inscribed and wrote down the information in the event a name might be of interest to someone. The bell was dedicated in 1878 by the Happy Death Society. The following names are etched on the bell: John Sweeney D. Curtin Thomas Kernan J. Healy Michael Maloney J. Ryan John Carr P. Brady C. King J. E. Ryan Edmond Staunton J. Gallagher John Fitzgibbon P. Kennedy ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a Meneely bell outside St. Michael Archangel Church in North Greenbush. It was one of the few items that survived the fire in the old Church that was originally located on Stow Avenue in South Troy. I noticed that the bell was inscribed and wrote down the information in the event a name might be of interest to someone. The bell was dedicated in 1878 by the Happy Death Society. The following names are etched on the bell: John Sweeney D. Curtin Thomas Kernan J. Healy Michael Maloney J. Ryan John Carr P. Brady C. King J. E. Ryan Edmond Staunton J. Gallagher John Fitzgibbon P. Kennedy

I have just added 1851 and 1852 Albany County naturalizations for the Irish born to the Albany County section of my website. 1852 has almost 500 persons, reflects the Famine years. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Thank you for the kind offer. Will contact you if I need to clarify what I see (or can't see in the case of faded ink.) Pat On Sep 30, 2012, at 2:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > From: "Rebecca Rector" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol > 7, Issue 190 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I'm pretty sure I have seen the 1870 census in the courthouse basement. A > lot of them are down there, in hard cover. If you need me to check > something, let me know. > Rebecca

I'm pretty sure I have seen the 1870 census in the courthouse basement. A lot of them are down there, in hard cover. If you need me to check something, let me know. Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 7,Issue 190 After spending several hours tonight on stevemorse fabulous site scrolling > through microfilm images, some of which were so faded as to be nearly > blank; I got to wondering if the original copies of the 1870 Federal > census > still exist. Anyone know? I believe I saw some original censuses years ago at the Rensselaer Court House. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat, The originals are at the Archives in Washington. At one time if the film was unreadable the staff could get the relevant volumes to searchers. An email to the Archives ought to give you an answer. Jim Owens

After spending several hours tonight on stevemorse fabulous site scrolling > through microfilm images, some of which were so faded as to be nearly > blank; I got to wondering if the original copies of the 1870 Federal census > still exist. Anyone know? I believe I saw some original censuses years ago at the Rensselaer Court House. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

After spending several hours tonight on stevemorse fabulous site scrolling through microfilm images, some of which were so faded as to be nearly blank; I got to wondering if the original copies of the 1870 Federal census still exist. Anyone know?

an fyi, if perhaps you have an ancestor who went to Victoria AU or they had a sibling who did, and you dont know they were from in Ireland, dont hesitate to check out the BMD records accessible online at the Victoria Australia website for less than you pay for a NYS certificate, and it is an instant pdf image download of the original register. All the BDM records I obtained gave at least the Irish county of origin of the person, and the two birth records I got for John Boland's children both gave the townland of birth of the father in Ireland. I did need the year and index number that I got from the ancestry.com index however.

Great news about digitalizing vital records in NYS! http://www.unyg.com/blog/index.php/2012/09/good-news-the-nys-vital-rcords-index-is-coming-online/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+unyg%2FdBDt+%28Upstate+New+York+Genealogy+Blog%29

Thank you, Don. > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:21:48 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Coroner Inquest Albany County > > Pam: > If you go to the genealogy page of the Albany County Hall of Records on the > far right of the page, is a printable "research request form". It outlines > what you need to do. The fee starts at $20.00. Good luck. > Don > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pam: If you go to the genealogy page of the Albany County Hall of Records on the far right of the page, is a printable "research request form". It outlines what you need to do. The fee starts at $20.00. Good luck. Don

A sincere thankyou for sharing all the work you evidently did to provide these lists. While I did not find my family members on them, they nonetheless ruled out some places that might have been of help. Your efforts are appreciated and blessings upon you. AnnEllen Barr This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific recipient and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is prohibited.