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More titles added to NYS Historic Newspapers website

New York State Historic Newspapers Project continues to add new titles. In the first third of 2025, 14 new titles and 239,841 pages were added to the database. New Titles: Chemung County: The Husbandman, Elmira 26 August 1874 – 16 January 1884 Delaware County: Delaware

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Town of Islip to Honor Civil War Veterans on Juneteenth

The Town of Islip will celebrate Juneteenth by holding a ceremony to honor Civil War Veterans on Thursday, June 19 at 4 pm at Oakwood Cemetery in Bay Shore. The ceremony will rededicate the final resting places of African American soldiers, Private William Treadwell and

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New York historical societies in the Lower Hudson Valley

This is a continuing series of New York historical societies that also provide genealogy assistance. Dutchess: Dutchess County Historical Society – Rhinebeck – https://dchsny.org/ Directories, church records, maps, yearbooks, family paper, cemetery records Contact : https://dchsny.org/ask/ Orange: Woodbury Historical Society – https://woodburyhistoricalsociety.org/index.html Family cards, obituaries, family genealogy books,

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Harlem Genealogy Fair to take place June 21

There will be a Harlem Genealogy Fair on Saturday, June 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 360 Lenox Avenue in Manhattan. This event is co-sponsored by The Afro American Genealogy and Historical Society Jean Sampson Scott-Greater New York Chapter and The Church of

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Historical society exhibit features historic maps of Queens

The Newtown Historical Society in Queens, in collaboration with Council Member Robert Holden, is currently presenting a new exhibit, “Historic Maps of Newtown.” The exhibit is located at Council Member Holden’s office, 58-38 69 Street, during regular business hours and will remain until the end

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