WE (TIGS) are still on for this Thursday's meeting at my house since my power has finally been restored. If you are coming please RSVP to me at keefej@rpi.edu and let me know what you would like to bring to the dinner and I will send you directions to my house. Thanks, 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: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:54 AM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Churches in Troy - Renss CoHistoricalSociety presentation I am available during the day to work on transcription projects. I am currently working on Memorials in several churches. Question: I noticed from Nov. minutes that a representative or two would be meeting with Molly Nichols at St. Agnes Cemetery to further discuss their cemetery project. Has this happened yet? Thanks, Rebecca (in Troy) ----- Original Message ----- From: <kris6851@aol.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Churches in Troy - Renss Co HistoricalSociety presentation > If you go to our website and read the minutes of our meetings you will see > that this is something that is discussed all the time. Access to and > manpower are our biggest stumbling blocks. Of the local members who are > active we have only a couple that are free to do scanning during the > day.......we are working on it....Kristin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Nichols <8nicks@bellsouth.net> > To: aefadden@yahoo.com; ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 8:30 am > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Churches in Troy - Renss Co > HistoricalSociety presentation > > > > This sounds like a great idea as more and more records will go away as > many > hurches, societies, gov't offices, etc., do not put genealogy on the high > riority list. I have an interest in St. Peter's and Denise has been most > elpful in sending me information on my Clayton's from St. Peter's. I am > till looking for more data from her but have not pressed her on this in > onths as I know she has other duties besides handling our requests. If a > olunteer group can be formed and transcribe, digitize or whatever means to > btains these vital records - it would be a godsend to us family > esearchers. > Again, this group is the most outstanding group of genealogy enthusiasts I > ave come across and can't thank you enough for all your good works. I > live > n South Carolina - so you have just been a blessing to all of us who do > not > ive in the Troy area. > Rich in Greer, SC > PS: If anyone needs help i > n the Greenville County, SC area - I will be happy > o try to assist. > ----- Original Message ----- > rom: "austin fadden" <aefadden@yahoo.com> > o: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > ent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:55 PM > ubject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Churches in Troy - Renss Co > istoricalSociety presentation > > hen I visited St. Peters in Troy Last summer, Denise Mentioned that some > of > he Churches might be merging. I asked her about the Parih records and it > hey had any plans to Scan them and save them. > enise said that some one from another Parish had said they would assist > her > n this work. It is a fairly big job and Denise has many other duties. The > astor seems nice but not interseted in genealogy. He is probably not > likely > o allow Denise to spend a lot of time on this. Denise would probably be > ery resistant to having the books worked on away from the rectory. > It would be great if the TIGS group could assist, like we did for the > arriage records. If the churches will let us. I would be willing to help > ith the transcription > A.E Fadden > “Beware the people who moralize about great issues; moralizing is easier > han facing hard facts.” - John Corry > --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Lynn Grice <megrice@attglobal.net> wrote: > From: Lynn Grice <megrice@attglobal.net> > ubject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Churches in Troy - Renss Co Historical > ociety presentation > o: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > ate: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 3:12 PM > Some members may be interested in this mailing from the Rennsela > er County > istorical Society. > ************** > hreatened Churches of Troy > Many of our downtown churches are threatened by declining attendance and > the > emands of maintaining historic structures. In Troy, the Roman Catholic > hurch is looking at closing or merging seven of the fourteen churches in > roy; two of the five Episcopal Churches are for sale, and others are also > hreatened. Unfortunately, many of the most threatened churches seem to be > he oldest and most historic. > Architectural historian Ned Pratt will survey the important architecture > and > tained glass of these churches, and examine several examples of the > daptive reuse of historic Churches, including four in Troy itself. > Ned Pratt is a preservation consultant and President of the local chapter > of > he Society of Architectural Historians. He has an interest in the stained > lass and architecture of area churches, and has given talks and tours of > rea churches and stained glass for the Hudson Mohawk Gateway, Hudson > Valley > ommunity College, the Sage colleges, Historic Albany, and for Oakwood > emetery - to mention just a few. > > etails: > Thursday, December 11, 2008, 5:30 - 7:00 pm > CHS - 57 Second Street, Troy > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > id you pay your 2008 Dues? > roy Irish Genealogy Society > ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > ithout the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ==NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > id you pay > your 2008 Dues? > roy Irish Genealogy Society > ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > ithout the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > id you pay your 2008 Dues? > roy Irish Genealogy Society > ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he 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 ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Did you pay your 2008 Dues? 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