Two New York cemeteries will be participating in the 48StateTour gravestone preservation workshops in August. The two participating cemeteries are: Boxwood Cemetery in Medina on Tuesday, August 6 and Church of St. Andrew Cemetery located on Staten Island on Thursday, August 8. The workshops are
There will be a genealogy department Open House at the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library in Watertown on Saturday, July 27 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Stop in to learn about library resource and chat with the pros who can help you navigate through your
The Naples Historical Society (Ontario County) will be offering a Headstone Cleaning Class on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. It will take place at the Morgan Hose Building in Naples and at the Fairview Cemetery. This class will cover the proper, conservator
The Community Foundation of Otsego County has recently awarded eight projects from its Cemetery Restoration Fund to support preservation and historic renovation in small cemeteries. The cemeteries awarded funds are: Harmony Cemetery, Morris; Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown; Huntley Cemetery, Plainfield; Exeter Cemetery, Exeter; Westville Cemetery, Westville;
The Northern New York Library Network will be presenting a free webinar on “Searching New York State Historic Newspapers” on Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m. Follow along in an instructional tour of the powerful search tools at nyshistoricnewspapers.org. The presentation will be led by
