Wordless Wednesday: A Decade Ago

 

Wordless Wednesday: Green Lakes State Park Many Years Ago

 

CNYGS Meeting This Saturday!

CNYGS All Day Conference- Michael Strauss

CNYGS First Spring Meeting Is Next Week!

This meeting is coming up rapidly! Don't forget to attend it should be a good one!

CNYGS Is Getting Ready For March!

It may still be January, but they're getting ready. Here's the announcement for the first meeting of the year.

Saturday Challenge- School Days

From GeneaMusing’s Randy Seaver here is this week’s Saturday challenge.

For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I want you to:

1)  Michael John Neill started an interesting Facebook meme - when and where did you go to school?  

1-    Did this count as school? (1969-1970) Mother’s Day Out Nursery School Program at Auburn United Methodist Church, 99 South Street Auburn, NY.

2-    (1970-1977) Moravia Elementary- changed to Millard Fillmore Elementary School. 24 South Main Street, Moravia, NY.

a.     Kindergarten Miss Hyatt

b.     First Grade Mrs. Abbott

c.      Second Grade Miss Tierney

d.     Third Grade Mrs. Head

e.     Fourth Grade Miss Walsh

f.      Fifth Grade Mrs. Dyer

g.     Sixth Grade Mr. Ward

3-    (1977-1983) Moravia High School 68 South Main Street, Moravia, NY.

4-    (1983-1985) Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY.

a.     I got an AAS in Business Administration

5-    (1987-1989) SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

a.     I got a BS in Business Administration/Marketing

6-    (1990-1992) SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

a.     I got a MSEd in Business and Distributive Education

7-    (2001-2008) Syracuse Universtiy, Syracuse, NY

a.     I got a MS-LIS in Library Science

Central New York Genealogical Society- October Meeting

The Central New York Genealogical Society (CNYGS) will hold their October meeting next Saturday. It is a full day conference with two different speakers. Details about the meeting are below from the Publicity Chair and details about the location information can be found on their website at the bottom of the "Meetings" page.

 

October 15, 2016 – Full-Day Conference

We are pleased to announce that we have two local speakers for our October Full-Day Conference. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a few announcements, and will end about 3:30 p.m.

9:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Roger B. Williams will speak on "Locating Records within the Courthouse" using the various findings provided by the Surrogate Court and County Clerk's Offices, along with an expansion of the types of records found at each location.

12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Lunch will be available on-site for a small donation, or you can bring your own lunch or visit a local restaurant. Coffee, tea and donut holes will be available in the morning. Soup, a meat tray, rolls, and veggies will be available for lunch. Bottled water and soda will also be available.

1:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Author and Historian, Dick Williams will discuss skills and techniques for family research. His 30-page booklet covering his discussion will be provided.

During the first hour, Dick will explain how to use Google, censuses, timelines, creating a map, vital statistics, websites, newspapers and local sources. He will also cover sharing our research, software, social media blogs, and preserving records using pictures, documents, cameras, and scanning wands.

During the second hour, Dick will give a lecture and PowerPoint presentation on his book, Along the Oriskany and Big Creeks. This book describes the valley of the Oriskany from the Town of Stockbridge in Madison County south and then north through Solsvlle, Oriskany Falls, Deansboro, Clinton, Clark Mills, Pecksville, and Oriskany to the Mohawk River. It is the story of the land, the farms, the economy, the geography, the history, and the people.

 

Wordless Wednesday- A Wee Bit of Irish at Coleman's

Mystery at St Agnes

Have you ever wandered across something and wondered what it was or what was happening? My husband did just that last week while looking for stones that had been requested for photos for Find A Grave. In St Agnes Cemetery on the south side of Syracuse is a mausoleum that makes us wonder what happened.

It is a beautiful Victorian mausoleum built by the Dissel family. The stonework and carving are not only decorative, but built to last for many lifetimes. It is in very good repair, except for one thing. The normal heavy metal door or stoned over entrance is missing! It is wide-open and anyone can step inside. Let's step inside shall we?

This is where the mystery becomes evident.

What happened? Was nobody ever buried here? Are there doors that should be added to the empty shelves? Were there people here once and now they're gone? Were they re-interred elsewhere or did grave robbers come and take them? This we do not know.

I did a quick search of newspaper articles on fultonhistory.com and through Google, but have not come up with anything yet. Rich emailed St Agnes Cemetery to ask about this mystery, but they have not answered yet. Meanwhile we wonder. I will keep researching as I have time, to try and find the answer as there must be more of this story. In the meantime, does anybody else know what happened? Have you heard any stories about this? Let us know! We would be interested to hear more.