Troy Irish Genealogy Society Meeting Minutes
Thurs. Mar. 20, 2014 – 6:30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by President Tim Stone. The following
were in attendance:
Noreen Iacobucci
Jan Sullivan
Gail Landrigan
Kathy Buckley
Donna Vaughn
Gerri Sherry
Tim Stone
Heidi & Carl Klinowski
Janet Shaughnessy Judge
Kris Ayotte
Chris Connell
Lizette Strait
Eileen Shea
Reports:
List Administrator: Brad Miter: 284 List Members
Facebook: 444 “Like” us
Treasurer report: Lizette Strait: Bal. as of 3/19/14: $3853.22
74 members
New Business:
1. Chris Connell suggested an onsite transcription of the Lansingburgh
Cemetery, and will report more at a future meeting.
2. Kris Ayotte proposed a visit to the Lansingburgh Historical
Society, and Heidi Klinowski will look into this and report at
a future meeting.
3. Lizette Strait suggested a visit to the Irish American Heritage
Musuem on Broadway in Albany; and the Rensselaer Co. Historical
Society currently has an exhibit on “Hoarding History: Why
the Museum Collects.”
4. Those present unanimously voted to approve the purchase of
ACGS books in the amount of $400, to be donated to the Troy Room
at the Troy Library.
5. Future Projects suggested and discussed: Chris Connell suggested
an index of some of the scanned newspapers at the Troy Library,
and putting the index on our website. This will be discussed with
Jeanne Keefe, webmaster. Chris also suggested putting on the website
a list of the local churches, dates open/closed, ethnic groups
of their memberships, and where the church records are located
(also to be discussed with Jeanne Keefe).
6. Chris Connell suggested a genealogy day at the Waterford
Library in the Fall; more will be reported at a future meeting.
Ongoing Business:
1. Ireland trip (Kris) April 17 is the departure date, 27 people
are going.
2. Genealogy Grant: Donna Vaughn presented info on the Seton
Shields Grant (by Megan Smolenyak, author and genealogist). The
awards range from $200 to $1,000, and the grant is ongoing at
this time. Our group will keep this in mind regarding future appropriate
projects that we could apply for the grant to help with the expense.
Donna has the paperwork and other info, and encouraged members
to learn more by going to honoringourancestors.com and click on
Grants.
3. TIGS Genealogy Day – Heidi Klinowski: Sat. Apr 5 at
the Lansingburgh Library. Several members have signed up to assist.
4. Oakwood Cemetery is having their annual Daffodil Brunch on
Palm Sunday, April 13; also they are having a photo contest (details
will be available at the brunch) and the prize is two tickets
to their annual gala.
Elections:
Tim announced he will be stepping down as President. Any interest
in holding office in the coming year, please contact Tim. Tim
will post a proposed slate of officers via e-mail to the mail
group (April), voting will be May and those elected will take
office in June.
Projects:
Project Manager Bill McGrath was unable to attend the meeting,
but Tim Stone reported for him on the status of these two projects:
1. Finish format of data for Book 2 and 3 of Styles Funeral
Home.
2. St. John’s Cemetery can be sent to transcribers once
the files are received from the Webmaster.
Genealogy Table: Heritage Hunters Newsletters were shared with
the group (Donna Vaughn).
There being no further business, there was a motion by Heidi
Klinowski and seconded by Chris Connell, to adjourn the meeting
at 7:30 p.m.
Next Meeting will be April 17, 2014. VP Gerri Sherry will announce
the meeting place; she is looking into a change in venue for the
April meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Vaughn
Recorder
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