The Department of Health (DOH) in Albany has been awful about fulfilling vital records request. It doesn’t seem possible but this year they seem to be getting even worse. In May I wrote this long blog post about them over the years. I had linked to a TV report from Channel 6 in Albany. In …
In May Autumn Haag gave a short talk to the Rochester Genealogical Society She is from the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation at the Rush Rhees Library of the University of Rochester. I really wanted to talk to her about something I had on my ‘to-do” list but she had to leave …
After 45 years years of research I still don’t know the parents of my great great grandmother, Lovina (Travis) Morgan; 1825 – 1898. Her name is often written in documents as Lavina or Lavinia but it really is spelled Lovina. Theat is her signature after her husband, John Morgan, died in 1882. She was the …
I have had these funeral home records for about 30 years but forgot that I had them. They are the Daily – Fowler Home Records, 1888 – 1939, which is Brockport. The business started in 1883 (or 1888) by Austin D. Daily, who also sold furniture in Brockport. In 1897 Alonzo V. Fowler started working …