The Italian Genealogical Group, a member of the Genealogy Federation of Long Island, has announced that applications are now open for its annual scholarship. The scholarship is for high school seniors who have one grandparent or great-grandparent who is of Italian descent. The application form
Join the Fenton History Center and the Genealogy Support Group for the 2025 Genealogy Workshop Series. Classes will be taught at the Hall House Research Center , 73 Forest Avenue, in Jamestown. They will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run about an hour, but registrants
Continuing with our series on New York historical societies that assist with genealogy research we are now looking at counties in Western New York. Allegany: Allegany County Historical Society – Andover – https://www.alleganyhistory.org/index.php/research Burial records, cemetery records, census records, obituaries and lineage documents. Contact: alleganychs@gmail.com
The New York State Library will offer an in-person genealogy program in January. Wednesday, Jan. 22 – 1 p.m. – Genealogy Online with Ancestry Library Edition – Library staff will demonstrate the Ancestry Library Edition database which is accessible at the New York State Library.
In the December issue of the Walnut Grove Press newsletter produced by The Fenton History Center, it was noted that the Henderson Lincoln Funeral Home scrapbooks, containing obituaries, have been completely digitized. The Funeral Home first appears in the 1899-1900 Jamestown City Directory. The first
