Hi Rebecca,  We corresponded back in March when I inquired about the records of the First Baptist Church of Troy.  You said they were closing and the Historical Society was negotiating for the records.  Were the records saved?  I also wanted to respond to your query about Excell.  To enlarge the cells you click on, hold and move the little lines at the top of the page that divide the cell. --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Rebecca Rector <rrector1@nycap.rr.com> wrote: From: Rebecca Rector <rrector1@nycap.rr.com> Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] church memorial project & excel To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 1:49 PM I am trying to enter data into excel for church memorials, but the data is too large for the small cells. Does anyone know how to expand the cells so that more information can be added? I asked Bill and he said to go ahead and expand the cells if I know how, but I don't. Thanks, Rebecca ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? Troy Irish Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Rebecca: AT the top of the sheet, on the taskbar, under FORMAT, you can choose "word wrap" and the cells will enlarge to accommodate the information. Otherwise if you put your cursor on the line at the top of the page that separates the columns you want to enlarge. A cross will appear on that line, hold down the left button on your mouse and drag the separator to the width you want the column to be. Jeanne Jeanne M. Keefe Visual Resources Librarian Architecture, Experimental Media & the Arts Architecture Library Greene Building, Rm 306 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Tel: 518-276-2727 Fax: 518-276-6753 E-mail: keefej@rpi.edu -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rebecca Rector Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:49 AM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] church memorial project & excel I am trying to enter data into excel for church memorials, but the data is too large for the small cells. Does anyone know how to expand the cells so that more information can be added? I asked Bill and he said to go ahead and expand the cells if I know how, but I don't. Thanks, Rebecca ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? Troy Irish Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

just drag and drop the column line or you can wrap the text > From: rrector1@nycap.rr.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:49:26 -0400> Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] church memorial project & excel> > I am trying to enter data into excel for church memorials, but the data is > too large for the small cells. Does anyone know how to expand the cells so > that more information can be added? I asked Bill and he said to go ahead > and expand the cells if I know how, but I don't.> Thanks,> Rebecca > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List===> Did you pay your 2008 Dues?> Troy Irish Genealogy Society> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008

I am trying to enter data into excel for church memorials, but the data is too large for the small cells. Does anyone know how to expand the cells so that more information can be added? I asked Bill and he said to go ahead and expand the cells if I know how, but I don't. Thanks, Rebecca

Tuesday August 5 ,2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoWednesday August 5 , 1908 “Troy Library Trustees James H. Caldwell and Henry Galusha make their case before the common council’s finance committee, asking for an additional 2,500 on top of the 4,000 allocated for the library which has to meet a rising demand for books and other services as well as for additional librarians. Caldwell tells the committee that the library is not as generously endowed by the Hart family as many people believe.Mrs. Howard Hart turned over the building to the Troy’s Young Mens Association soon after it was built and only select alcoves enjoy any endowment. In 1902, Caldwell says,the library circulated approximately 30,000 books to a membership of about 2000 people with only 2 librarians and a janitor. Today, six years later, the library circulates up to 120,000 books ,employs 8 librarians and still only 1 janitor. The committee doesn’t take action tonight but it is understood it will make a favorable report. Agnesta Gatzun, also know locally as Agnes Jacob was deported back to the Austro-Hungarian empire by federal immigration authorities. She has lived in the county poor house since arriving, given birth to a boy ,has no relatives in the United States and came here to escape embarrassment at home.She is put on a train to NYC , where she will be processed out at Ellis Island to Trieste,but does not go willingly and had to be taken forcibly on board.” **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Well we had a nice turnout for Mr. McEneny's talk. There is real interest out there in our group and we received many compliments on our website and transcription projects. Next....we will set up a table of informaton during the Troy Victorian Stroll on 12/6/08. This is an annual event in Troy that brings thousands of people into the city to stroll and inform themselves of Troy's wonderful history including the people, architecture and organizations. I have been informed that we can set up at Troy City Hall. NOW for the interesting part. We are looking for members to come to the stroll, volunteer to man the table and to dress for the occasion. Any member who would enjoy dressing as though they lived in the Victorian era. If you have been to the stroll you will remember men in tophats and women in long dresses, capes and of course lovely hats. You can make, rent or borrow clothing. I did find a website,http://www.recollections.biz/ that has a variety of clothing from $50 and up to whatever you want to spend. You will need to decide soon as it takes about 4 weeks to get your order. You can be an Irish Housekeeper or a person of influence, whichever you prefer. Please consider this as it will highlight our group as well as be fun......Let me know so we have an idea of how many members we will have.....Kris **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Sunday August 3,2008TroyRecord Article 100years ago Monday August 3,1908 “Troy welcomes the United Spanish-American War Veterans to town for their annual state encampment this week “with Gala dress and a most hearty greeting.” The USWV. aspire to be the current generation’s equivalent to the Grand Army of the Republic, the veterans organization for Union soldiers from the Civil War. The Troy USWV post is called Camp Russell named for Marcus Russell, a Troy soldier who died in battle of Las Guasimas during the 1898 war. Mayor Elias Mann speaks to the group and puts in a plug for Old Home Week coming up in Troy. Rear Admiral James B. Coughlin gives the formal response to Mayor Mann ’s welcome.’We have all heard of Troy, her business , her enterprise, and her hospitality.I have but one complaint against your city and that is the trolley cars and other vehicles traveling too fast to permit us seeing as much as we wish the very handsome objects moving along Troy streets – the ladies of Troy.” **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Friday August 1, 2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoSaturday August 1, 1908 “The hottest local race may be for district attorney.Longtime police court magistrate Abbott H. Jones feels its his turn to become the top county prosecutor while the current deputy district attorney Chester G. Wager considers himself the natural successor. Complicating things is the current district attorney Jarvis P. O,Brien may not want to retire. Another closely watched race is for local senatorial nomination . Former sheriff Victor Allen is the apparent frontrunner for the GOP nod, even though there is allegations of improper business dealings with Troy schools in his private capacity as a bookseller. Photo of the day Troy Record Friday July 31, 2008 1921 photo of Romeo,Giuseppe,Nolina and Antionetta Gusberti in front of car **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Monday July 28 ,2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoTuesday July 28,1908 “ William Taft accepts the nomination for Republican presidential candidate.Taft was nominated in Chicago last month, but since candidates customarily stay away from conventions, in order to look like they were electioneering for themselves, a committee goes to Tafts home amid pomp and pageantry.A cannon salute greets the train,while the committee joins a massive parade to Taft's home.The streets are bedecked with patriotic bunting while daylight fireworks sound throughout the city.Taft gives a speech which ,although long & dry occasionally points to the differences between himself and Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan. Tuesday July 29 ,2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoWednesday June 29 , 1908 “Henry Gilfeather(reported as Gallagher on July 26th’s Troy Record was found without a coat and with a hat several sizes too large for him.When Gilfeather was shown to Samuel Etoll, a gunshot victim, Etoll said he would not be positive it was his assailant.Since then Morris Kirkpatrick received a letter from a Salem businessman who employed Gilfeather for 5 years and wrote that his character was good. The magistrate , Abbott Jones, dismisses all charges but orders him to leave Troy.”Fare thee well, this means goodby”,Gilfeather is quoted as saying, “It will be back to the farm for mine”. Photo of the day Troy Record Tuesday July 29, 2008 1944 photo of Master Sgt. Edward F. Carpenter and Mary Marano Carpenter on their wedding day at St Patrick's Church. (_http://www.troyrecord.com_ (http://www.troyrecord.com/) ) PS Go to the Troy Record newspaper website; at the top click on Opinions then click on This Day in the Record and it will give you about a current weeks worth of This day in History. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

The following changes to the Charter were proposed at the September 2008 meeting and paid members in good standing may vote for or against these changes. There is a ballot posted on the TIGS website with full directions on how to vote. The ballot will be up for 30 days to give those members an opportunity to vote We are proposing that BOTH the Webmaster and List Administrator NOT be required to attend meetings in order to hold those positions. Both positions are ones that any full member would be able fulfill the obligations of the position without without being a local member. Please take the opportunity to cast your vote. Kristin Cooney-Ayotte, current TIGS President **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Hello, I require assistance with an Irish couple that immigrated (separately) to and lived in Troy. Thomas RYAN (b Mar 1855) and Mary (YOUNG) RYAN (b Mary 1862) were both from Tipperary, they were the parents of Senator John Peter RYAN (b1891). Could someone with access to records assist me? I require the details of their marriage which I believe would have been in 1883-1884 in St Peters Church and their death certificate information -Thomas died in 1901 and Mary in 1927. And I also would like to know how I might access records to St Peter's Church. Many thanks, G Young, Canada

here is the link to the Missing Friends column mentioned by Jack McEneny in his talk this evening. (For those who were not at the talk, the website is self-explanatory.) You can search by name, or just location (try county or parish or townland, if you know it, without a name). http://infowanted.bc.edu/ Donna

Saturday July 26, 2008 TroyRecord Article 100years agoSunday July 26 , 1908 “Samuel Etoll of 1456 Fifth Avenue is shot when he opens the door to rapping and the question”Have you any nice girls in there?”.Doctors say he was shot near the heart ,with the bullet lodging between the 5th & 6th ribs, but he hardly feels it as he runs after 2 men fleeing the scene. He grabs the tallest one, not the shooter and hangs onto him until the fellow's hat falls off.He could not hold the man and then went after the second shooter before he dropped to the ground and that was the last he remembers until waking up in the hospital. As Etoll is taken by an ambulance to the hospital, the police conduct a manhunt for a hatless man,who will stick out in the crowd of 1908.The police pounce on Roderick Burrows at the corner of 5th and Congress ,a machinist who lives at 207 Fourth Street ,who says he spent the night in a doorway after getting drunk “down the river”. The police are inclined to think him innocent. Etoll describes his assailant, with the help of an interpreter,as short and stout with dark hair and a small dark mustache.The accomplice was a tall man with dark hair and a sandy mustache wearing a dirty gray suit. Authorities believe it follows a feud which has existed for some time among several Syrian families.The police later in the day arrest Henry Gallagher from Salem who matches the description of one of the assailants." **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Wow that is fantastic, thanks to both you & Kay! Hope you also got to enjoy the sights there in Ireland! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <NY-Troy-Irish-Gensoc-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:04 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] County Tipperary, Emly RC parish records > Kay Brearton and I have recently returned from Ireland where we had the > occasion to transcribe some of this parish's records. You can find all > baptisms from when they started in 1810 to Jan 1820, almost 1,000 > baptisms. I also have some marriages that either have Connors people > getting married or acting as witnesses for marriages 1829-1850. Even if > you don't have Connors in your tree, you should check out the marriages. > > I will be putting up another 500+ records from the Tipperary RC Parish, > both baptisms and marriages, shortly. You can find these on the County > Tipperary section of my website. > > While I had hoped to get most records from both of these parishes, the > task was impossible in the time we had, not to mention how long it took > because the records were not always in good condition and at best they > were difficult to read, hence, a number of ?? > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kay Brearton and I have recently returned from Ireland where we had the occasion to transcribe some of this parish's records. You can find all baptisms from when they started in 1810 to Jan 1820, almost 1,000 baptisms. I also have some marriages that either have Connors people getting married or acting as witnesses for marriages 1829-1850. Even if you don't have Connors in your tree, you should check out the marriages. I will be putting up another 500+ records from the Tipperary RC Parish, both baptisms and marriages, shortly. You can find these on the County Tipperary section of my website. While I had hoped to get most records from both of these parishes, the task was impossible in the time we had, not to mention how long it took because the records were not always in good condition and at best they were difficult to read, hence, a number of ?? -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Just one last reminder that we hosting a community event this Thursday October 16th,(a lecture by John McEneny on Troy's immigrant Irish)> Mr.McEneny will speak at seven p.m,and we will hold a very brief business meeting just before that at six o'clock. This lecture is being given at the Italian Community Center 1450 Fifth Avenue,Troy. It is free ,open to the public, and we encourage you to bring a friend. See you then. Mimi

I just got back from Wilmington, NC, which is why I haven't responded. Before I came to an end with the Drew articles,I looked up on the Internet using various buzz words(name,place, year, the word murder etc) and came up with an interesting 1911 article in the NYTimes which referenced Hazel's death as unsolved .I tried to copy /paste it but NY times must have protected it from copying because I couldn't get it to come out right, but the jist of it was that in 1911 it was still considered an unsolved case. There was a shooting in Sand Lake in 1911 and that was the tie in to the Drew case. Your right about the forensic tools today- they probably could have done a lot more with the case had it been today.Glad you'all (that's a word heard in North Carolina a lot) enjoyed the case. Joyce In a message dated 10/5/2008 7:50:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, terrybora@wowway.com writes: Joyce, thanks for the story, even though we'll never know who did in poor Hazel Drew. They could have used CSI back then, I guess. Terry in Mich. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Joyce052@aol.com> > Sorry folks, that is the end of the Drew case to date - apparently never > solved.............. **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

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Do you know what other names are in her family? Thx Jeff Gaul Descendant of john obrien -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of M. Alice Mangan Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 2:05 PM To: NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Sarah O'BRIEN There were some people doing research recently at the Troy Library who were descendants of Sarah O'BRIEN, born in Cohoes in 1854. I am researching the same O'Brien family. Please contact me at maltesemom@sc.rr.com. Thank you. M. Alice Mangan Okatie, SC ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? Troy Irish Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message