Church Memorials & Family
Names
If your ancestors scrimped
and saved to donate a church memorial which carries the family
name, wouldn't you like to know about it? There is a lot
of information on these memorials such as family names, date and
place of birth or death, titles and positions held, records of
service in our nations various wars, etc. Doesn't this information
add "flesh" to that ancestors bones beyond the standard
birth, marriage and death dates? Doesn't this information give
you a better picture of that family member you never
knew?
Many researchers who have connections to the
Troy area that go back several generations, may never have been
in these local churches and will never know that their family
names have been memorialized. More importantly, this information
is in danger of being lost in many churches that are scheduled
to be closed or consolidated.
In order to capture this important information
for genealogy researchers everywhere, the Troy Irish Genealogy
Society has developed the Church Memorial Project which will create
a data base of all names mentioned on any type of memorial
located inside or outside a church. This project will be
ongoing and churches will be constantly added to the record series.
If anyone is interested in helping on this project,
contact Bill McGrath at: seamus@nycap.rr.com
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