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 52​
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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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No. 1 June 2025
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p. 2 Upcoming WNYGS & Community Events
p. 3 President’s Message
p. 4 The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System (CCLS): The CCLS Road Trip: June 1 to August 31, 2025 by Megan Disbro, Digital Services Librarian
p. 12 Dressmakers, Seamstresses, and Tailors by Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, PhD
p. 14 The Story of the Fenton Historical Society and The Fenton History Center Museum and Hall House Research Center by Janet Wahlberg (3848), Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Fenton History Center
p. 17 Maple Grove Cemetery: Town of Carroll, Chautauqua County, NY by Barbara Cessna, Town of Carroll Historian
p. 19 In Memoriam: Robert Rheinheder & Richard Eaton
p. 20 New Additions to the June Partridge Zintz Memorial Library of the Western New York Genealogical Society: April 2024 to May 2025 by Rhonda Hoffman (3495L), Genealogy Specialist, B&ECPL
p. 24 Digitize New York is Coming to Western New York
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Volume 51
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No. 4 March 2025
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p. 74 Upcoming Events
p. 75 President’s Message
p. 76 Spring 2025 Library Programs
p. 77 Upcoming New Special Interest Groups (SIGS)
p. 77 In Memoriam: “Jolene” Hawkins (2800L)
p. 78 In Memoriam: Lynda Zaky Wood (3560L)
p. 80 Bennet Family Cemetery: Every Family Has a Story by Tanya Kenevich
p. 83 In Memoriam: Maureen E. Gleason (3587)
p. 84 Classified: “Hidden” Grosvenor Room Collections by Rhonda Hoffman (3495L), Genealogy Specialist, B&ECPL
p. 88 New Grosvenor Room Acquisitions
p. 89 The Glenn R. P. Atwell Collection
p. 89 Spring Into Action: Join Us as a WNYGS Volunteer
p. 90 Have You Visited The New York Heritage Digital Collection?
p. 91 Saving History One Page at a Time by Peter Ames (3375), Town of Niagara Historian
p. 92 Helpful Free Online Resources by Gabrielle Kandefer (4082), Chair: NextGen/FTM SIGS
p. 93 Check Out WNYGS New Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
p. 94 Statement on Behalf of WNYGS to NYS Legislators by Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, PhD, President, WNYGS
p. 96 New Members
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