That would be extremely helpful for us out of towners. You people do so much. By the way, I have never received a newsletter and I paid dues last year. Bette ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Ray" <flaraysun@yahoo.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] TIGS Data Base/Church Memorials Looks as if this was a 'ghost church' as trying to find the original address of the 9th Presbyterian is very difficult. --- On Mon, 7/7/08, K Ray <flaraysun@yahoo.com> wrote: From: K Ray <flaraysun@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] TIGS Data Base/Church Memorials To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 6:49 PM Does anyone have an address for the now closed, not sure if it is destroyed, 9th Presbyterian Church of Troy? I know when membership declined a number of churches consolidated, this being one, but I am not sure what became of it. I cannot find any record of the address for it anywhere. --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Deerbea5@aol.com <Deerbea5@aol.com> wrote: From: Deerbea5@aol.com <Deerbea5@aol.com> Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] TIGS Data Base/Church Memorials To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 6:45 PM Bill I think this is a fabulous idea When reading the story about St Lawrence's church It Made me think... It would be a great idea to take photo's of the Churches and other historical buildings to help preserve the memory of them I remember St Lawrence's was a beautiful Church with Wooden Altars Pat In a message dated 7/7/2008 11:35:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, seamus@nycap.rr.com writes: 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 **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? 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