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Central New York Genealogical Society (CNYGS) 50th Year Celebration Banquet and Conference

nygenes1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:29:06 +0000

Oct 14: Banquet with keynote speaker Barry J. Ewell, “Ah Ha! I’m a Genealogist and Lovin’ It.” He is a writer and researcher with extensive genealogical experience in Internet and field research, digital and software resources and mentoring genealogists. He lives in Utah and is the founder of MyGenShare.com. Oct. 15: “Good as Gold” day-long [...]

Join the HILLENBRAND Family Group With Your Y-DNA Test at FTDNA

nygenes1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:53:14 +0000

R1B in Germany Author:WITLOX Well I took the plunge and started a DNA Family Group at Family Tree DNA, and I welcome all of you HILLENBRANDs out there to join us. Last weekend I read on DNAkits.org that FTDNA is having a summer SALE and it is on until the end of the week, so [...]

Have You Exploited Footnote Lately

nygenes1 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:18:06 +0000

As a serious genealogist there is no doubt that you have earned your position at the research table in many libraries and historical societies in many of your ancestral regions. You most likely also have subscribed to various online services such as ancestry.com, genealogybank.com and various subscription genealogical societies. I have written about [...]

Locate Ancestral Town Using World War I Draft Registration Cards

nygenes1 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:57:43 +0000

Have had a rather exciting find for 2011. My father’s family of HILLENBRANDs in Syracuse started with grandfather Jacob HILLENBRAND coming from Markelsheim, Wuerttemburg in 1885. I have mentioned this before on this blog, and his photo can be seen on my main website at www.UNYG.com. Well last month I received an email from my [...]

Steele Memorial Library in Elmira New York Genealogy News

nygenes1 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:29:10 +0000

Yesterday’s post about the Broome County Library Vital Records Index caught the eye of Phyllis Rogan, a reference librarian at Steele and she wrote to say that they have the Vital Records Index also. So then she sent me an announcement about some happenings at Steele and I am very happy to pass this information [...]