Dick's Genealogy & History Corner

Rochester Passenger Arrivals

Dick Halsey — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:37:08 +0000

If you would have asked me about arrivals at the Port of Rochester last week, I would have said that very few records survive. I do have this one web page of records of arrivals for July – Sept. 1866 but had not heard of any other passenger arrivals. I discovered that FamilySearch has a ...

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Kodak News; June 10 – 14

Dick Halsey — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:48:19 +0000

History still in the making… Kodak plans to shut down its cellulose acetate base manufacturing operations next week. Light sensitive chemicals are spread on the acetate base to make photographic film. The acetate base is made in building 53 in Eastman Business Park. Kodak has an inventory of years worth of acetate base and are ...

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MCLS Library App

Dick Halsey — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:36:52 +0000

The Monroe County Library System announced the release of a new app called MCLS Mobile for hand-helds and tablets. MCLS says that: MCLS Mobile is a free mobile app for use on devices using the Apple and Android operating systems, including iPhones, iPads, Droids, and most tablets. MCLS Mobile allows you to search the catalog, ...

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Top Songs of 1963; #11

Dick Halsey — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:09:02 +0000

The next song to hit the top of the record charts in 1963 was “Sukiyaki” by Kyu Sakamoto. The original title of the song was ”Ue o Muite Aruko” (I Shall Walk Looking Up) but was changed for English speaking countries. The song tells the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is ...

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Kodak News; June 3 – 7

Dick Halsey — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:58:16 +0000

History still in the making… Kodak announced on Monday that it has reached a new agreement with 20th Century Fox to supply motion picture film to its movie and television studios through 2015. Although demand for movie film is down, Kodak said it continues to manufacture billions of linear feet of film each year. At ...

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FamilySearch Family Tree – Printing

Dick Halsey — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:26:18 +0000

You can now print both a family group sheet and a pedigree sheet from FamilySearch Family Tree. In a person view there are 2 links off to the right (see image, below). Clicking one of the printing options will open a new window in your browser that is a PDF file. For you to view ...

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New Local Cemetery Records

Dick Halsey — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:56:07 +0000

I recently added a new cemetery transcription list to the GenWeb of Monroe County website. It is for the Stone Road Cemetery which is a Jewish Cemetery which in NOT on Stone Road. When it opened about 1895 it was then Stone Road but that changed in 1935 when Stonewood Avenue opened. Portions of the ...

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Kodak News; May 27 – 31

Dick Halsey — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:05:55 +0000

History still in the making… Kodak wants to set up a environmental trust fund to settle claims by both the Federal and NY State governments. The claims by those governments amount to over $96 million including a $10.1 million fine for toxic silver contamination of sediments in the Genesee River. The trust fund would be ...

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Dedication at Maplewood Cem. on June 8th

Dick Halsey — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:00:57 +0000

Maplewood Cemetery in the Town of Henrietta is having a dedication of new lots on June 8th at 10 a.m. Maplewood is the only active cemetery in the Town of Henrietta and has been running out of space for new burials. The cemetery has been working on adding spaces since 2006. The new lots will ...

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Memorial Day

Dick Halsey — Mon, 27 May 2013 06:02:01 +0000