Westchester County
Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 518
White Plains, NY 10603-0518
Last Modified: March 23, 2009
Past Programs
This page contains the past programs for Westchester County Genealogical Society. The regular monthly meetings are held starting at 10 A.M.till noon on the second Saturday of each month from September through June, at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 600 Broadway (US9), Dobbs Ferry, NY (across from Mercy College). Information on the current year's programs may be found on the Westchester County Genealogical Society web page.
| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2008 |
Msgr. Thomas Shelley | Slovaks on the Hudson: Most Holy Trinity Church Meeting to be at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Hall - Bingo Hall, corner of Trinity and Mulberry Streets, Yonkers, NY |
| Oct 11, 2008 |
Libby McKee  |
Genealogy Opens Doors of Hospitality to the DAR |
| Nov 8, 2008 |
Jo Heffernan |
Gravely Speaking: the Who, What, When, Where & Why of Effective Cemetery Research |
| Dec 13, 2008 |
Holiday Party | Special Interest Groups / Study Groups Meeting |
| Jan 10, 2009 | Mary Hoar |
Return of the Ring |
| Feb 14, 2009 | Vincent D'Aquino | Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley |
| Mar 14, 2009 | Toni McKeen | City Directories |
| Apr 11, 2009 |
Gordon L. McDaniel |
Getting the Most out of the US Census on Ancestry.com |
| May 9, 2009 |
Leslie Albrecht Huber |
Voyage to America For more info on Leslie Huber visit her webpage |
| Jun 13, 2009 | Debra Braverman | NYC 1890 Police Census |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2007 |
Msgr. Thomas Shelley | History of the Catholic Church in NY - 200th Anniversary |
| Oct 13, 2007 |
Elizabeth M. Macfarlane | Researching Family Roots and DNA |
| Nov 10, 2007 |
Leslie Albrecht Huber |
Crossing the Ocean with the Internet For more info on Leslie Huber visit her webpage |
| Dec 8, 2007 |
Holiday Party | Special Interest Groups / Study Groups Meeting |
| Jan 12, 2008 | Jean Zimmerman | Women of the House*** Meeting to take at Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave (at Dock Street), Yonkers, NY. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. |
| Feb 9, 2008 | Laura Lee Keating |
How We Looked - Who We Were *** Meeting to take at Yorktown Museum / Yorktown Community and Cultural Center, 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights, NY |
| Mar 8, 2008 | Joseph Lieby |
The Trail Our Ancestors Followed in Becoming Citizens |
| Apr 12, 2008 |
Peter Savigny |
Every Age Has a Story to Tell For more info on Heirloom Biography |
| May 10, 2008 | Vincent D'Aquino | The Story of Sybil Ludington - American Revolutionary War Hero - the Female Paul Revere |
| Jun 14, 2008 | Christopher DiPasquale | An Object of Great Importance: The Hudson River During the American War for Independence |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2006 |
Roselyn Kendrick-Jones Cretive Memories Consultant |
Scrap booking - Shaping the Way You Remember |
| Oct 14, 2006 |
Bob Boyle |
An Intro to the Colin T. Naylor Jr Local History Archives at the Field Library Meeting to take place at Peekskill-Field Library, 4 Nelson Ave, Peekskill, NY |
| Nov 11, 2006 |
John Lozito |
Researching 20th Century Military Service |
| Dec 9, 2006 |
Holiday Party | Interesting Ancestor, Place, or Story |
| Jan 13, 2007 | Jerome Coleman |
How to Find Your Ancestor's Townland in Ireland |
| Feb 10, 2007 | Katharina Cerreta | The Story of the Standard House of Peekskill |
| Mar 10, 2007 | Tom Phelan |
Ireland's Forgotten Heroes: A Look at Ireland's World War I Soldiers |
| Apr 14, 2007 |
Risa Neuwirth LifeStory Productions |
Preserving Your Family's Memories on DVD
Meeting to take place at Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY |
| May 12, 2007 | Elizabeth Vallone | Italian Immigration thru the Ports of New York & New Orleans |
| Jun 9, 2007 | Edith Glass |
Incorporating Memoirs into Fiction |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 10, 2005 |
Judith Berdy | History of Roosevelt Island |
| Oct 8, 2005 |
Harlan R. Jessup |
When the Records are Wrong: Identifying Errors in the Sources Meeting to take place at Dobbs Ferry Public Library, 55 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY. |
| Nov 12, 2005 |
Edith Glass | Memoir Writing: Rescuing the Past |
| Dec 10, 2005 |
Holiday Party | Interesting Ancestor, Place, or Story |
| Jan 14, 2006 | Joan Jennings | How Yonkers Grew Up Around the Saw Mill River |
| Feb 11, 2006 | Kathleen S. Dodds |
The Use of Catholic Sacramental Records in Genealogy Research |
| Mar 11, 2006 | Professor Angela D. Danzi |
Ellis Island and Beyond: Immigration to the United States |
| Apr 8, 2006 |
Larry Fermi |
Uncle Sam Wants You! - 20th Century Military Research |
| May 13, 2006 | Allan J. Warnecke |
Putnam County History with Putnam County Historian at the new Kent Library Meeting to take place at Kent Public Library, 17 Sybils Crossing, Kent Lakes, NY. |
| June 10, 2006 | Robert Kornfeld, Jr | The Story of the Old Croton Aqueduct |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 11, 2004 |
Jim Logan | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: Past & Present |
| Oct 5, 2004 |
A'Lelia Bundles | Special Meeting Your Story: Discovering Family History - Sponsored by NYS Archives Region 9 RAC's Archives, co-hosted by Westchester County Genealogical Society and Westchester Historical Society. **Meeting to take place at Good Counsel Academy, 52 North Broadway, White Plains @ 7pm. Charge $10** |
| Oct 9, 2004 |
Gray Williams | National Register Sites of Westchester |
| Nov 13, 2004 |
Beth Potter | House Tales - Uncovering the History of your House |
| Dec 11, 2004 |
Holiday Party | Ancestors of Interest |
| Jan 8, 2005 | Anita Lustenberger |
Land Records - A Gold Mine of Information |
| Feb 12, 2005 | Bill Newell | Making History for Your Ancestors |
| Mar 12, 2005 | Larry Fermi |
Welcome Aboard!- Passenger Lists & Those Annotations |
| Apr 9, 2005 |
Christopher Tompkins | Changing Faces of the Croton River Valley |
| May 14, 2005 | Heather Ianucci | The Philipse Family in America: Lords and Loyalists*** Meeting to take at Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave (at Dock Street), Yonkers, NY. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. |
| June 11, 2005 | Donna Moughty |
Researching in Ireland |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 13, 2003 |
Thomas Casey |
Bronx Views: A Postcard Collection |
| Oct 11, 2003 |
Donna Moughty |
Irish Research: Where to Begin |
| Nov 8, 2003 |
Karen Lamberton | Unusual Military Records in the 20th Century |
| Dec 13, 2003 |
Holiday Party | My Favorite Ancestor |
| Jan 10, 2004 | John Favareau | Genealogy Resources at the Riverfront Library** Meeting took place at the Yonkers Public Library Riverfront Branch, One Larkin Center, Yonkers NY. Co-sponsored with the Yonkers Historical Society |
| Feb 14, 2004 | John Konvalinka |
Discovering London's Genealogical Treasures |
| Mar 13, 2004 | Larry Fermi |
Crossing the Pond - Finding Immigrant Origins |
| Apr 10, 2004 |
Patricia Kaufman, Director | The New Mahopac Library **Meeting took place at the Mahopac Library, route 6 |
| May 8, 2004 | Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak |
Real World DNA Testing |
| June 12, 2004 | Susan Rogers | Family History Web Page Design |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 14, 2002 |
WCGS Members | Celebration of the 20th Anniversay of WCGS |
| Oct 12, 2002 |
Brother Harry Dunkak | The American Revolution Comes to Westchester |
| Nov 9, 2002 |
Judith Ranta | Finding Your Roots at the White Plains Library ** Meeting took place at the White Plains Library |
| Dec 14, 2002 |
Holiday Party | My Favorite Ancestor |
| Jan 11, 2003 | Patricia Dohrenwend | What is New at the Westchester County Archives** Meeting took place at the Westchester County Archives |
| Feb 8, 2003 | Arlene Jennings | Tracking Westward Ancestral Migrations |
| Mar 8, 2003 | Joe Fibel | Tracing Jewish Roots |
| Apr 12, 2003 |
John Celardo | The 1930 Census |
| May 10, 2003 | Penny Hartzell | Baptismal Records Help Trace Your Pennsylvania German Ancestors |
| June 14, 2003 | Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak |
Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 8, 2001 |
Alan Benedict | Undertakers Aid to Genealogists |
| Oct 13, 2001 |
John Konvalinka |
What's New & Hot on the World Wide Web |
| Nov 10, 2001 |
Rhoda Miller | Organizing Your Genealogical Materials |
| Dec 8, 2001 |
Holiday Party | My Favorite Ancestor |
| Jan 12, 2002 | Sharon Mills | St Paul's Church; Mt Vernon, NY |
| Feb 9, 2002 | Leslie Corn | Marriages Made in NY; Finding Certificates, Licenses, and Elusive Marriage Records |
| Mar 9, 2002 | Gray Williams | Sacred to the Memory |
| Apr 13, 2002 |
Anita Lustenberger | Research in Upstate NY; There is Hope |
| May 11, 2002 | Tom Riley | The Orphan Train |
| June 8, 2002 | In-House Meeting | Stories from WCGS members |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 9, 2000 |
Business Meeting | The Upcoming Year for WCGS? |
| Oct. 14, 2000 |
Carolyn Graham Stifel | Research at the NY G&B Society Library |
| Nov. 11, 2000 |
Gail M. Parzyck & Walter Storms | Colonial Societies & Their Genealogical Relevance |
| Dec. 9, 2000 |
Holiday Party | My Favorite Ancestor |
| Jan. 13, 2001 | John LaBarre , Alycia Mellgren,John Conley | Military Records |
| Feb. 10, 2001 | Lisa Lipkin | How to Tell Your Story |
| Mar. 10, 2001 | Kristin Liddle | Doing Research in Westchester County |
| Apr. 14, 2001 |
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer | Are Your Ancestors in an Archive? |
| May 12, 2001 | John Konvalinka | How to Find Living Relatives |
| June 9, 2001 | Col. James M. Johnson | The American Revolution Along the Hudson River |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 11, 1999 |
Elder Donald R. Snow | www.FamilySearch.com |
| Oct. 16, 1999 |
Brian G. Andersson | Ellis Island Story |
| Nov. 13, 1999 |
Jordan Auslander | NYC Voter Registration Records |
| Dec. 11, 1999 |
Holiday Party | My Favorite Ancestor |
| Jan. 8, 2000 | In-House Meeting | Study Groups |
| Feb. 12, 2000 | Brent Belnap | Writing a Personal History |
| Mar. 11, 2000 | Leslie Corn | Genealogical Resources at the NY County Clerk’s Office/ Division of Old Records |
| Apr. 8, 2000 | Laura DeGrazia
Kathleen McGee |
Standing on a Stray Sod: Irish Genealogical Research for Beginners
Ireland’s National School Records: Their Use as a Census Substitute |
| May 13, 2000 | Susan M. Rogers | A Journalist’s Approach to Family History Web Page Design |
| June 10, 2000 | Thomas F Howard | Class Yearbooks: The Class of 20th Century Overlooked Genealogical Resources |
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| Date |
Guest Speaker |
Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sept 1998 |
Art Sniffen |
Home Sources: It May be Time to Revisit Your Records |
| 17 Oct 1998 |
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer | Has Someone Already Done Your Research for You? |
| 14 Nov 1998 |
John F. Walter |
Grandpa was a Drummer Boy |
| 12 Dec 1998 |
Holiday Party |
Show and Tell About a Family Object |
| 9 Jan 1999 |
In-House Meeting |
Study Groups |
| 13 Feb 1999 |
Jeanne Sutherland |
Columbo Makes It Look So Easy! or Tips on Solving Genealogical Mysteries When You Have the Information but Not the Answer |
| 13 Mar 1999 |
Laura A. DeGrazia, C.G. |
A Detailed Look at Griffith's Primary Valuation |
| 10 Apr 1999 all day meeting |
Cathy Horn |
Using the Internet for Genealogical Research |
| David Kleiman Cathy Horn |
Designing and Planning Your Own Web Page |
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| David Kleiman Cathy Horn |
Creating Your Web Page |
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| 8 May 1999 |
June C. DeLalio, C.G. |
Leaping Across the Atlantic - Using Italian Civil and Church Records |
| 12 Jun 1999 |
Karolyn Wrightson |
Ethnic & Industrial Development in the Westchester's Hudson Valley |
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