Bill, I think this is a good idea and before more churches are closed or demolished. Actually, we have a family name in St. Augustine's on a window --John Farrell. It turns out that, accourding to family stories, that the solicitor came to the famr of his father, Michael Patrick (my great grandfather) when Michael was out in the field. So his mother, catherine, said : Pu our son John's name on the window. Marge Farrell On Jul 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Bill & Cathy McGrath 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/ > ------------------------------- > 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

great story! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret A. Farrell" <marge667@earthlink.net> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] TIGS Data Base/Church Memorials > Bill, > > I think this is a good idea and before more churches are closed or > demolished. Actually, we have a family name in St. Augustine's on a > window --John Farrell. It turns out that, accourding to family > stories, that the solicitor came to the famr of his father, Michael > Patrick (my great grandfather) when Michael was out in the field. So > his mother, catherine, said : Pu our son John's name on the window. > > Marge Farrell > > On Jul 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Bill & Cathy McGrath 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/ >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ===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 >