Members Present: Chris Connell, Kathy Fomuk, Heidi
and Carl Klinowski, Kris Ayotte, Janet Shaughnessy, Bill McGrath,
Mimi Nicotina, Noreen Iacobucci, Kathy Buckley, Gail Landrigan,
Joan Durso, Eileen Shea, John and Joy Duffy
President Chris Connell called the meeting to order
and welcomed John and Joy Duffy from Sacramento, California.
The Treasurer’s Report was submitted by Chris
Connell on behalf of Lizette Strait, Treasurer.
Recent expenses: $700.00 Check #1003 to Gravestone Matters for
Old Mount Ida Cemetery stone repair and cleaning
Total Assets as of 9/13/2015: $3,832.97
Paid Members 2015: 81 (no change from last month); as of last
year at this time, there were 91 paid members.
2014 Paid members: 101
Kathy Buckley reported Rootsweb has 301 list subscribers
& Facebook has 687 likes.
Old Business
1. The St. Joseph’s Church of Cohoes Books
of Marriages and Baptisms and the St. Anne’s Church Waterford
Book of Marriages were ordered.
2. TIGS table at Irish 2000 – This was cancelled
for lack of volunteers to staff the table.
3. Chris Connell discussed the Old Mt. Ida Cemetery
Project closeout. Chris bought a small dogwood tree and three
large hydrangea trees to beautify the cemetery. She, Chris Philippo
and a neighbor are watering the trees. Chis Connell will meet
with the Alumni Assoc. of Phi Sigma Kappa to closeout the grant
and give them a walk thru of the project.
Bill McGrath discussed finished and on-going projects.
1. Death Notices in Troy Newspapers 1797-1860: 255
pages were scanned; many thanks to Gail Landrigan. Work on this
project started on Aug 27. Less than one month later, 9/17/2015,
the transcriptions are being proofread.
Revolutionary War Veterans have been identified
and records for them will be added to the database. (One of the
transcribers for this project is from New Zealand.)
2. Marriage Notices in Troy Newspapers 1797 –
1860:
537 pages were scanned containing over 13,000 names.
This project is ready to start transcription. More transcribers
are needed. Bill will post this call for transcribers to the TIGS
subscription list.
3. St. Joseph’s Cemetery Waterford: The computer
file consists of 15,000 names. A book of burials from St. Joseph’s
Church to St. Joseph’s Cemetery was discovered and compared
to the computer file. There are entries in the book that are not
on the computer file. Bill McGrath is currently checking all 7,700
entries from the book against the computer file. A – G comparisons
are finished; over 350 additional names were found, mostly from
the late 1800’s. It also lists names of witnesses to the
deaths. One name, Monsieur Duhamel, appears as a witness to 15
deaths. Bill is curious about this and wondered whether the Waterford
Museum has any archival information about him.
On-Going Projects
West Troy ME Church Records: Chris Connell - scanning
New Business
Bill McGrath discussed new projects
1. Plot 2 St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands - the May
1991 Eagle Scout Project consists of 24 pages of about 180 names
for data entry – type names and tombstone inscriptions –
Kris Ayotte volunteered to do this.
2. Troy City Directories: Kathy Buckley is creating
a database of deaths from the Troy City Directories.
Chris Connell discussed upcoming events.
1. New Mount Ida Cemetery Cleanup – Saturday, 9/19
2. Waterford Library Lookup Day will be Sunday,
10/25 (The date was determined subsequent to the meeting.)
3. The next meeting will be October 15, 2015 at
the Irish Heritage Museum in Albany on Broadway across from the
D&H Building. Subsequent to the meeting it was suggested that
people meet at 6:00 P.M. to see the museum. Lisa Dougherty will
give a presentation to TIGS.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kris
Ayotte seconded by Mimi Nicotina and was passed.
Submitted by: Joan Durso, Secretary
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