One of the reasons for the lack of published information on the numerous unions of Troy and Cohoes was the tragic destruction of so many local union records. Probably the most significant loss of records occurred in 1921 in Troy. The Central Federation of Labor had its headquarters in the Labor Temple on Congress Street since 1908, but on October 16, 1921 the building was consumed by fire. As the Troy Record stated the next day, "Though the records of several 'locals' were either destroyed or badly damaged, the papers of other locals remain intact." Unfortunately, the Record was too sanguine in its initial assessment of the fire, for it reported on October 20th that of forty union charters stored at the Labor Temple, only five were saved and the charters of the three oldest unions-the cigarmakers, typographers, and molders-were all lost. Other union records stored in the building were lost as well: minutes, contracts, letters, and more. Taken from this site. http://www.albany.edu/history/Troy-Cohoes/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <CWald36709@aol.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Molder's Union > > Any chance there are records from the Molder's Union? G-Grandfather > Patrick > Fitzpatrick was the treasurer of the #2 Union in 1880, would love to find > out > more. > Carol > > > > > **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion > blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > ===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