Dick's Genealogy & History Corner

WDYTYA to Return

Dick Halsey — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:24:10 +0000

The genealogy TV series “Who Do Think You Are?” was cancelled by NBC in 2012. For quite a while, there are have been rumors that the show would return on another network. Turns out that the rumors are true. WDYTYA will be airing on TLC starting on July 23. WDYTYA follows celebrities on an adventure ...

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Top Songs of 1963; #9

Dick Halsey — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:04:04 +0000

The next song to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “If You Wanna Be Happy” by Jimmy Soul. The song is based on the much realer song “Ugly Woman” that was recorded in the 1930s. The song tells that if you want to be happy that you shouldn’t take a pretty ...

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Partial NY Death Index Online

Dick Halsey — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:01:33 +0000

Without any notice, the NY State Department of Health has put part of their death index online. So far it is very limited with deaths from 1 Jan. 1957 to 28 Feb. 1963. Gail Fischer from the New York State Archives was a speaker at the September 2012 meeting of the Rochester Genealogical Society. During ...

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Kodak News; May 13 – 19

Dick Halsey — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:34:29 +0000

History still in the making… Kodak has agreed to sell its water system used in Eastman Business Park to Recycled Energy Development-Rochester, LLC RED-Rochester). In 2010 Rochester City Council issued a franchise to Kodak to sell water to tenants in the Park. RED-Rochester would own the water treatment and distribution facilities. If approved by the ...

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Talk about the History of Channel 13

Dick Halsey — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:17:51 +0000

This Tuesday evening Patrice Walsh of WHAM Channel 13 will give a talk on “Channel 13 Over the Years.” Patrice will tell how Channel 13 started, when the station went on the air and where the first studio was located. Patrice will also talk about the personalities on the air in the early days and ...

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Kodak News; May 6 – 10

Dick Halsey — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:39:56 +0000

History still in the making… The Federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday released information remuneration of Kodak CEO Antonio Perez for 2012. His base salary was about $1.15 million million but his total compensation added up to $3.46 million with bonuses and other benefits added in. Then if Kodak successfully emerges from bankruptcy ...

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Top Songs of 1963; #8

Dick Halsey — Sun, 05 May 2013 12:07:22 +0000

The next song to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March. The music was written by Franck Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Paul Mauriat (using the pseudonym Del Roma). It was adapted by Arthur Altman. The song is a translation of the ...

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New Newspapers added to Fulton History

Dick Halsey — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:25:02 +0000

Fulton History has added more newspapers to the millions of newspaper pages that were already on the website. All the added newspapers are from New York State. If you have visited there before, you can limit the search to only see new “hits.”On the bottom of the search box are selections for dates called “File ...

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Kodak News; April 29 – May 3

Dick Halsey — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:23:30 +0000

History still in the making… It was a busy week for Kodak. On Monday Kodak reported a first quarter profit of $283 million. Revenue was down a little less than 10% at $849 million. The quarterly profit includes a $535 million gain recorded on the sale of Kodak’s digital imaging patent portfolio. We reported here ...

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NY in the Spanish-American War

Dick Halsey — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:07:51 +0000

Rochester Public library has scanned a 3 volume set called “New York in the Spanish-American War.” This set is a report of the NY State Adjutant-General and was published in 1900. It gives a list of NY State Regiments that participated in the war and then gives a list of men in that unit noting ...

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