In advance of America’s 250th anniversary next year, AmericanAncestors.com, the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, has added a page devoted to researching your Colonial ancestors. There is a free webinar, “Researching Colonial Ancestors During the American Revolution,” as well as free research
The Westchester County Historical Society has recently updated its digital archive, “Digital Resources: Westchester During the American Revolution.” Its Revolutionary War Soldier Burial Index has been improved and now includes more names and details. It contains names, dates, cemetery information, and regimental information for each
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
The Westchester County Archives has recently added over 400 firsthand accounts of the Revolutionary War in Westchester County to its digital archives collection. The collection is called “Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revoluation” and includes not only Westchester but all of present-day Bronx
Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its legacy as the site of the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. This walk and talk, “Honoring Green-Wood’s Revolutionary History,” will be presented by Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman and
