My collection of info about Troy cemeteries, mostly news items from Troy newspapers, is up over 500 pages. I used Createspace.com to have a couple copies printed as book proofs and they look pretty good. There's still a lot of work to be done before they're worth actually offering for sale. I'll bring it along to the TIGS meeting later this month. One item recently found, regarding the Nail Factory Cemetery: "Cows and pigs continue to roam over the graves in the old sixth ward burial ground. The fence recently ordered by the common council has not yet been begun." "From the Southern Section." Troy Daily Times. November 21, 1883: 3 col 3.  In other news, I learned recently of the Town of Lincoln, Rensselaer County. It was proposed in 1866 to be created from parts of Lansingburgh, Schaghticoke, and Pittstown and the bill to create it passed the NYS Assembly unanimously. It died in the Senate. I think it was an attempt by the towns of the county to gain more power through numbers relative to the City of Troy, but I’m not sure. I then found that in 1879 there was a bill to create a town of North Lansingburgh from Lansingburgh, Schaghticoke, Pittstown, and Brunswick. It looks like it passed the Assembly, though not unanimously, and made it to the second reading in the Senate but then seems to have died in committee. I'll have to check at the State Library to see if they have copies of the bills, which might indicate the boundaries the towns would have had. I don't think sponsor's memos for failed bills are kept, and even ones for bill that did pass from that long ago I think are long gone. Chris Philippo

Chris, Thank you for posting about Nail Factory. I'm trying to see where the burial ground was (is). I'm interested in this cemetery. Kathy Sent from my iPad > On Aug 9, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Christopher Philippo via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > My collection of info about Troy cemeteries, mostly news items from Troy newspapers, is up over 500 pages. I used Createspace.com to have a couple copies printed as book proofs and they look pretty good. There's still a lot of work to be done before they're worth actually offering for sale. I'll bring it along to the TIGS meeting later this month. > > One item recently found, regarding the Nail Factory Cemetery: > > "Cows and pigs continue to roam over the graves in the old sixth ward burial ground. The fence recently ordered by the common council has not yet been begun." > "From the Southern Section." Troy Daily Times. November 21, 1883: 3 col 3. >  > In other news, I learned recently of the Town of Lincoln, Rensselaer County. It was proposed in 1866 to be created from parts of Lansingburgh, Schaghticoke, and Pittstown and the bill to create it passed the NYS Assembly unanimously. It died in the Senate. I think it was an attempt by the towns of the county to gain more power through numbers relative to the City of Troy, but I’m not sure. I then found that in 1879 there was a bill to create a town of North Lansingburgh from Lansingburgh, Schaghticoke, Pittstown, and Brunswick. It looks like it passed the Assembly, though not unanimously, and made it to the second reading in the Senate but then seems to have died in committee. I'll have to check at the State Library to see if they have copies of the bills, which might indicate the boundaries the towns would have had. I don't think sponsor's memos for failed bills are kept, and even ones for bill that did pass from that long ago I think are long gone. > > Chris Philippo > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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