Troy Irish Genealogy Meeting Minutes
April 16, 2015
Members Present: Gerri Sherry, Chris Connell, Kathy
Buckley, Bill McGrath, Lizette Strait, Debbie Gilligan, Donna
Vaughn, Noreen Iacobucci, Jan Sullivan, Gail Landrigan, Chris
Philippo, Martha Haynes and Joan Durso
Guests: Mary Hodge, Blake McCulley
1. Call to Order:
Gerri Sherryl called the meeting to order. She reported 651 Facebook
likes and 296 RootsWeb List Subscribers.
2. Treasurer’s Report:
Lizette Strait provided a treasurer’s report.
Previous Balance (3/31/2015): $4447.35
Expenses: $100.00 Check #1037 Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
(Still Outstanding); $100.00 Check #1038 Friends of Oakwood
Deposits: $60.00 – 4/15/2015
Current Balance: $4507.35 (4/15/2015)
Petty Cash: $21.63 Total Assets: $4528.98
2014 Total paid members: 101
2015 Total paid 2015 members: 68 Dues for 2015 are due.
3. Project Updates / Ongoing Business
Cemeteries Seminar at St. Agnes Cemetery on April 18 – Donna
Vaughn and Bill McGrath will present information about using cemetery
gravestones and records to trace family trees.
Scanning and Transcription Projects (Bill McGrath
Project Manager)
• Death Notices in Troy Newspapers – Jeanne Keefe
needs help scanning the books from the Troy Public Library 1797
-1860; all predate the 1880 NYS law requiring the reporting of
vital statistics; there are about 10,000 names and they are different
from those from the Lansingburgh Newspaper project
• St. Joseph’s Cemetery Waterford – run by St.
Joseph’s (the French Church) in Cohoes – records for
15,000 burials; data includes maiden names
• Erection of Gravestones and Burial of Civil War and Mexican
American War Veterans – the Albany supervisor’s minutes
that list the names of the veterans for whom the county purchased
gravestones; many are buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in
Watervliet.
• Transcribers are needed to cut & paste from Excel
RPI Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity Neighborhood Grants – Chris
Connell – Applications are due Wed. 4/22. Chris and Connell
and Chris Philippo will put something together for work that can
be done in Mt. Ida Cemetery.
TIGS Business Cards – Donna Vaughn reported the cards are
in.
Website Upgrade – Debbie Gilligan introduced Blake McCulley
who expressed interest in doing the programming for the TIGS website.
The group encouraged him to contact Jeanne Keefe to discuss the
project requirements with her.
4. New Business
Troy ME Church records (Christ Church United) - Joan Durso/Bill
McGrath - TIGS will transcribe the records and post them to the
TIGS website. Pastor Janet from the Church requested that TIGS
consider giving the church a donation for the records, that TIGS
not charge people for the records and that TIGS acknowledge the
church on the website. A $200.00 donation was suggested by Bill
McGrath and approved by the members; Lizette Strait wrote a check
for the church.
Old West Troy ME records – Chris Connell has the records
for the 3rd St. and Washington St. ME Church; there are 1000 baptismal
records and 600 marriage records. The Church would probably like
a donation also.
Mt. Ida Earth Day (Wed. 4/22) Clean-Up –
Chris Philippo & Chris Connell. Chris Connell will send out
an e-mail regarding this.
May Election of Officers for June Installation
– Proposed slate: Christine Connell – President, Kristin
Cooney Ayotte – Vice President, Lizette Strait – Treasurer,
Bill McGrath – Project Manager, Donna Vaughn – Membership,
Jeanne Keefe – Webmaster, Joan Durso - Secretary
Trip to Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut – Attendees expressed
interest in pursuing this. If sufficient people are interested,
TIGS may get a bus.
Spring Cemetery Cleanups – Chris Connell
- Continue with St. Patrick’s in Watervliet? Other cemeteries?
5. Next Meeting & Adjournment: Since there was no further
business to discuss, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded.
The next meeting will be held at Jose Malone’s in Troy on
May 21, 2015 at 6:30 P.M. ?
Respectfully submitted by Joan Durso
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