Thank you for thinking of this before it is too late. I'm too far away to be of help but I will carry that idea to my area (Minneapolis/Minnesota). Kevina Ryan Munnich On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Bill & Cathy McGrath <seamus@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > As a genealogy researcher we think of birth dates, marriage dates, death > dates, as the bare bones of an ancestors record. What the individual did in > life, what were the accomplishments, what sacrifices were made, I think add > "flesh" to that ancestors bones and give us a better picture of that > individual we never knew. > > If you look at the various TIGS projects on line, you will see that > approximately seven of the current TIGS projects reflect this thinking. For > example with the Alderman data base, we can observe that our ancestor was a > Alderman year in and year out in a particular ward in Troy or with the Bank > Officers data base we can see a lifetime of service in a particular Troy > Bank. These little details of a persons life add some "flesh" to that > persons history. > > So along this line it would be interesting to have some list discussion on > the following idea for a new TIGS project. > > Last year while visiting a son in Ridgefield, Conn., I attended mass at St. > Mary's Church and spent some time reading the various inscriptions on the > stained glass windows. Lots of information on these memorials. Family > names, individual names of family members, some dates of death, etc. I > thought then that this would be an interesting idea for a TIGS data base on > the various memorials in Troy area churches. If your families ancestors > scrimped and saved to donate a church memorial which carries the family name > wouldn't; you like to know about it? Does this information add "flesh" to > that ancestors bones? > > As many list members know, over the years Troy has seen Holy Trinity > Church, St. Lawrence's Church and St. Jean deBaptiste Church all closed. If > there were family names on memorials in these churches are they still there > or have they been removed? I know the names from my family's church, St. > Michael's, are long gone as the original building was destroyed by fire in > the 1970's. > > With the recent announcement of the possible closing of the following > churches in Troy, how many more memorials with our ancestors names will be > lost? > > List of Troy Churches From The Albany Times Union: > > St. Mary's Church > St. Paul the Apostle Church > St. Peter's Church > St. Francis de Sales Church > St. William's Church > St. Patrick's Church > > So, if any list members have any thoughts on this idea, pro or con, they > are invited to post their comments to the list. > > Regards, > > Bill McGrath > TIGS Project Coordinator > Clifton Park, NY > > > > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enytigs/> > ------------------------------- > 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 >