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Mary Rees

Albany Genealogy Examiner

Meri has been haunting cemeteries and musty record rooms for as long as she can remember. Happy to share her discoveries through writing, she hopes to inspire others to discover something about their own family's unique history.Email Meri at MeriRees@msn.com

This could be your lucky day- 300 million names added to "Mormon" church genealogical site

Jay Verkler, FamilySearch President, has announced that 300 million more names will be made available this week on a new familysearch website. These records are mostly from US and European microfilm collections. FamilySearch provides free genealogical information to the public...

This could be your lucky day- 300 million names added to "Mormon" church genealogical site

Jay Verkler, FamilySearch President, has announced that 300 million more names, mostly from US and European microfilm collections, will be made available this week on a new familysearch website. These records are provided by FamilySearch free of charge...

History Twits: learning history via Tweets

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Technology has changed our lives in unique and interesting ways. It has become a part of us, a way to communicate and more and more a way to grieve. Blogs, virtual memorials and online guest books are popping up as...

Program announcement: "The Edward McPherson Farm and the Battle of Gettysburg"

The New York State Library will host historian, Michael Russert on Friday, January 22, 2010 from 12:15-1:15pm on the 7th floor of the library. Mr. Russert will give a presentation on the effects of war on civilians...

Google Books settles lawsuit

Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a few authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Books. Last month the lawsuit was settled. It will take a little time before all of...

A Garden Club Trip with a Twist

I recently went on a bus tour with my District Garden Tour to Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts and then on to the New England Wild Flower Society's Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts...

Union soldier from New York to be laid to rest exactly 147 years after his death

Can you imagine hiking in the woods and finding human bones—human bones that turn out to be those of a New Yorker some 146 years after his death? That is exactly what happened to unidentified hiker in Maryland...

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When researching death records you may find yourself scratching your head and wondering, “What the heck is that?” By understanding the meaning of archaic cause of death terms you can better appreciate what caused the death of the...

Discovering St. Agnes Cemetery's tradition of faith

With Rick Touchette as our guide a small group of us toured the St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands last week. Much of Albany’s history is etched on the memorials that grace the sloping terrain of St. Agnes&rsquo...

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