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Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Colvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205

Meetings

Meetings of the Central New York Genealogical Society are held six times a year, and are open to all. Non-members are welcome for a $5 donation per half day session (unless otherwise specified). Instruction in some phase of genealogical research is usually the subject. Experienced genealogists share their specific area of expert knowledge. Workshops are sometimes held at which beginners may obtain help with their research.

Meetings are held at, Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd, DeWitt, NY, unless otherwise noted.

See below for directions, or click on this link: [Location]

The 2009 Calendar of Topics

March 21 - 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM

“How to Prepare for your NEHGS Trip” by Harlow Dunton

“Finding My Roots in the Mohawk Valley” by Mack Duett, author of The Mohawk Valley Ehles and Allied Families”. Mack will talk about writing the genealogy.

 

April 18 - Dr. Marian Henry, Historian/Genealogist, Rochester

Genealogical Society

10:00 -11:15 AM - “Helpful Finding Aids for Genealogy in NY State”

11:30 - Noon - “Hannah, Wife of Edward Gove – Evaluating Conflicting Sources”

1:00 - 3:00 PM - “Plat Mapping Workshop” Participants will take the description of a deed and make a plot on a piece of graph paper.  Contact Roberta Kincaid March 18 to April 4 if you wish to participate - a $7.00 fee will be required for supplies.  As table space will be limited you may also wish to bring along a hard surface such as a clipboard to use as a base for the mapping.

 

May 9 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM  - Kent  Stuetz, NYS Region 5 Advisor Officer - “Update on Ancestry.com’s Partnership with the NYS Archives and New LDS Resources”. Handout: Requesting NYSL Materials Electronically through Excelsior

Blaine Bettinger Ph.D., The Genetic Genealogist - “Using DNA to Explore your Ancestry”

 

Sept 12 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - Peter Evans. Wayne County Historian

“Research in Wayne County, NY”

 

Oct 17 - Full Day Conference Program  -  “Outside the Box” by Meldon Wolfgang III,

founder of Jonathan Sheppard Books, genealogist for 40 years, specializing in immigrant and

ethnic group research in the urban Northeast.

9:00 - 10:15 AM - “Birds of a Feather: Cluster Studies and Record Linkage for Genealogists”

10:30 - 11:45 AM - “Uncommon Research Tools Equal Uncommonly Good Results”

1:00 - 2:30 PM - “Beyond the Basics - Techniques for Newspaper Research”

Jonathan Sheppard Book Exhibit - books and maps available for sale.

 

Nov 14 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM  - Julie Dowd, Northern NY American Canadian Genealogical Society

“French Canadian Research”

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Board Meetings

The CNYGS Board Meetings are open to the public; we invite your input and ideas. Of course, as an all-volunteer Board, we may also encourage your participation.

Our Board Meetings are presently scheduled for the following dates, at the same location (see below) as our general meetings, at 10:00 AM:

  • March 21, 2009

  • May 9, 2009

  • September 12, 2009

  • November 14, 2009

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Location of our Meetings:

    Our Program Meetings are held at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd, DeWitt, NY, unless otherwise noted.  We thank them greatly for sharing this wonderful facility with our members and guests.

    Directions: from the south- take I-481 North to exit 2- Jamesville; turn left on Jamesville Rd; go 1.1 mi; church is on the left. From the north- take I-481 South from either the Thruway or I-690, or from the northern suburbs to exit 3W Dewitt. Merge onto E. Genesee St. (route 5) heading west. First light is Erie Blvd, next light is Jamesville Road. Turn left on Jamesville Road and go about 3/4 mile. Church is on the right directly across from the Manlius Pebble Hill School.

Please park in the south parking lot.    

Click here for a Web-map from Mapquest.

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