Really, this is a commercial. For the last few years I have had a link to some genealogy books from Amazon.com (over at the left). I get a very small percentage if you go any buy anything, be it books or other items. So far in 3 1/2 years I have earned less than a …
Christmas is coming. An idea for a gift is a new book of photos named, “I Love Rochester, NY.” The book by Rulon E. Simmons has photos of local landmarks, skylines, and neighborhoods. It also has photos of the 1991 ice storm, buildings coming down at Kodak, panoramas of downtown 4th of July fireworks displays …
On Sunday, November 13th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm several local authors will be available to autograph their books. This event will take place at the Greece, NY Museum, 595 Long Pond Rd. 14612. Each author will sell their own books accepting only cash or checks (sorry no plastic). Do some early holiday shopping …
I was sitting at Wegmans waiting for a prescription and they had a nice book to look at sitting on their end table. It was: Finger Lakes Panoramas. It is a large size book (12X9) and has some great large photos of the Finger Lakes Region. I looked in Wegmans book section and they had …
Last month there was a book published on the history of the Rochester Public Library. Rochester Public Library: 100 Years of Service, 1911 – 2011 was written by a team of staff from the library and retirees. It features over 250 photographs, many never before published. The book not only covers the Central Library but …
There is a new book out this week named Rochester’s Latino Community. It is one of those books in the Images of America collection. There are many similar books for Rochester and many suburban towns in the Images of America collection. This new book has 128 pages with pictures on every page and a short …
There is an article on the Democrat & Chronicle website about Yankee Peddler Bookshops which is celebrating 40 years selling used books. There are two branches; one in Sodus and another in Rochester at Village Gate. There used to be many used book stores in the Rochester area but many have been killed by the …
I’ve said it before that I have used the upcoming genealogy program “Who Do You Think You Are?” as a running joke. It first was going to be broadcast in April 2009 and then summer of 2009. Then it showed up on NBC web pages as starting in the fall of 2009 but never actually …
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.) …
I have used the American version of Who Do Think You Are? as a running joke. It was supposed to be on NBC in April 2009, then summer 2009, then fall 2009 and when last heard from it is supposed to start in Jan. 2010. Now there is a clue that it may actually happen …