The Rochester Public Library has some new digital books online that may be of interest of those researching in the area. Blue book: Police Department of Rochester, New York, with complete biographical sketches of each member (1903). (Most the biographies in this book appear on this biography page but without the pictures of Police Officers.) …
On October 3rd there was an all day genealogy seminar at the Rochester Public Library to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the City of Rochester. The seminar was named Coming Home to Your Roots and was jointly presented by the Rochester Public Library and the Rochester Genealogical Society. The Library now has an overview video …
“Coming Home to Your Roots” October 3, 2009 — 9:00 am – 4:00 pm — Central Library downtown The Rochester Genealogical Society is co-sponsoring an exciting event with the Local History/Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County It is being held on the 2nd floor of the Rundel Building, as part …
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The Retrieval Department has been moved up to the second floor in the Local History Department.
Monroe County Library System has voted to discontinue many on-line databases including Heritage Quest.
The Rochester Public Library has added an on-line collection of old high school yearbooks.