Highlights from Last Four Issues
Below are the Table of Contents from the previous four issues of our publication:
The Western New York Genealogist
Volume 53
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No. 1 June 2026
p. 3 President’s Message
p. 4 Celebrate 250 Years of American History with the Grosvenor Room – by Libby Stengel, Local History and Maps Librarian, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
p. 5 Some Upcoming “University Express” Classes
p. 6 The NIOGA Library System of Libraries: Orleans County: Hoak Library in Albion – by Delia Robinson, Local History Librarian
p. 8 The Sons of the American Revolution: Preserving Patriot Legacy Through Genealogy and Service – by Drew Hight, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
p. 11 Newly Released 1926 Census Assists Search for Irish Ancestors – by Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian
p. 12 Looking Back Fifty Years to 1976 – by Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, PhD (3625FL), President and Editor of WNYGS
p. 14 Orleans County Cemeteries by Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian
p. 16 Cemetery Volunteers Can Make a Difference by Pete Ames (3375), Town of Niagara Historian
p. 17 The Stuart and Caren Shapiro Jewish Genealogy Center of Buffalo – by Adina Olbrys, Archivist, Jewish Museum of Buffalo
p. 20 Classified : Researching Railroad Ancestors in the Grosvenor Room – by Rhonda Hoffman MLS (3495L) Genealogy Specialist, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
p. 24 NYG&B: New York Stories – Share Yours
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No. 4 March 2026
p. 74 Upcoming Programs, SIG Meetings, and Events
p. 75 President’s Message
p. 76 Spring 2026 Central Library Program
p. 77 Classified: Select Sources for Researching Western New York
Revolutionary War Soldiers by Rhonda Hoffman (3495L), Genealogy Specialist, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
p. 82 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Nicolle (Beyer) Beatty, President, Tent 110, DUVCW
p. 84 Western New York in 1776 – “The Most Desert Part of This
Continent”by Robert L. Emerson, Executive Director, Old Fort Niagara
p. 88 Finding Patriots Buried in Allegany County, New York and Unearthing Their Stories by Joan Drake Sinclair, Co-chair of NYS DAR America 250 Committee
p. 93 The NIOGA Library System of Libraries: Local and Family History Resources - The Richmond Memorial Library by Jill Feine, Reference and Local History Librarian and Matt Clark, Reference Librarian, The Richmond Memorial Library
p. 96 Spring Into Action: Join Us as a WNYGS Volunteer​
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No. 3 December 2025
p. 49 Index – In This Issue
p. 50 Upcoming Programs, SIG Meetings, and Events
p. 51 President’s Message
p. 52 It Started in the Cemetery: The Story of Sheldon’s Pioneer Cemeteries and the Lives That Shaped a Town by Jeanne Mest (3695), Town Historian, Sheldon (Wyoming County), NY
p. 59 The Western New York Genealogical Society: Our Objectives
p. 60 The NIOGA Library System of Libraries: Local and Family History Resources: (Part I) The Lewiston Public Library (Niagara County) by Michelle Kratts, Adult Services Librarian, Lewiston Public Library
p. 64 In Memoriam: Patricia M. Sayler (703) of Cleveland, Ohio
p. 65 Update: The Glenn R. P. Atwell Collection by Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, PhD, President & Editor
p. 66 The Daughters of the American Revolution: Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future by Amy Lombardo, Regent, Abigail Fillmore Chapter, NSDAR
p. 67 Join the WNYGS Team
p. 68 Classified: African-American Resources, In the Grosvenor Room & Beyond: A Select List by Rhonda Hoffman (3495L), Genealogy Specialist,
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
p. 72 Donations & New Members
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No. 2 September 2025
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p. 26 Upcoming WNYGS & Community Events
p. 27 President’s Message
p. 28 Select German Genealogy Resources in the Grosvenor Room by Rhonda Hoffman (3495L)
p. 33 CLASSIFIED: Celebrate 200 Years of the Erie Canal with the Grosvenor Room by Libby Stengel, Local History Librarian, Buffalo & Erie
County Public Library
p. 36 Middleport, Niagara County, New York – A Friendly Community on the Erie Canal by Christa Lutz (3918), Village of Middleport Historian
p. 38 Das Haus, EinHaus, Und Der Stall, German Heritage Museum – Hamlet of Bergholz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County by Elaine Timm (2325), Member of the Board of Trustees, Das Haus Museum
p. 43 In Memoriam: Daniel Alan King, Historian, Brocton, NY
p. 44 Historic Concordia Cemetery - City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York by Bonnie Fleischauer, Public Information Officer, Concordia Cemetery & Concordia Foundation
p. 48 Poem: Dear Ancestor, Author Unknown
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