Old
Business
1.
Donna Vaughn is working
on an article devoted
to Green Island.
It will be a timeline
of events and people
that shaped the village.
She has several source
documents that she
will be using for
reference. When completed
she will be forwarding
to Jeanne for posting
on the site.
2.
Lynn Grice is working on the "Village
of Emly" in
Ireland and its
strong connection
to Troy. Many Irish
from that village
came and settled
in Troy. Reference
was made to Emly
in a TV article and
gravestone inscriptions
by Lorretta Niel
indicate a strong
number of immigrants
to Troy from Emly.
Emly has a monument
that references
their Troy contingent.
When
completed it will
be on our site for
members to add names
and/or histories.
3.
Much like item 1
Mike is working on
information on West
Troy. This item was
submitted by list
member John? and
Lynn Sisk so their
input would be appreciated.
4.
Mike is working on
the list of local
photographers. The
question was raised
as to whether or
not we could photocopy
pages of city directories
at the library. Interesting
conversation since
Jeanne is a Librarian.....
5.
Lizette is working
on waterfront activity
in the area, inclusive
of influx of people,
housing, unionization
etc. Input from list
members would be
greatly appreciated.
She is searching
old newspapers, etc
for information.
6.
Marialice wondered how she got
to be our resource person?
Actually all she did was mention
the wonderful job Bill
McGrath has done posting resources
to the list. The site should
have a quick link of contacts
with hours, content, etc. We
dicussed a "Notice
Board" where
these would be listed
as well as upcoming
events, new information,
etc.
7.
Lizette came to the
meeting with much
information concerning
funeral parlors in
the area. She was
chastised by Jeanne
for using a highlighter
on her copies...she
has learned her lesson
and will not do that
again (right Lizette).
The list is in Jeanne's
capable hands.
8.
Kris has been saving
interesting memories
from the list for
printing and memoralizing
down the road. I
am imploring the
list to E-mail the
early ones directly
to me at kris6851@aol as
I did not save all
of them. I know that
there were some great
ones posted before
we decided to save.
So PLEASE resend
them to me....
9.
Our goal will be to have a hand
held taperecorder at the
meetings. This means we need
some more attendance. If you
have a wonderful recollection
you would like to see
recorded come to the meeting
and for budget purposes (since
we do not have a budget) bring
a small blank "micro
cassette" with
you. We will do
our best to transcribe
for posting, but
also would like
to save the cassettes
for a TIGS Oral
Library.
10.
This was more difficult
as there is so much
information on the
WWW concerning immigration.
We proposed having
links on our site
to suggested sites
for practical purposes
11.
This was the topic
of the evening because
all of the above
depends on a successful
website. Good things
take time and we
predict in time a
great, resourceful
site for all of our
TIGS projects.
New
Business
Field
trips were again
discussed with the
mention of Hudson
River Industrial
Gateway, NARA in
Pittsburgh and The
Menelly Bell Foundry
bulding. New to me
was that there were
two Menelly Bell
factories run by
brothers, one in
Troy and one in West
Troy.
Jeanne
has offered to host
a group at the RPI
Architectural Library
for the purpose of
a class in scanning
photos and documents
to the computer.
Several of us are
VERY interested in
this venture. Details
to follow....(she
is a very busy lady
offering alot of
help).
An
archive of the list
was discussed with
the issues of privacy
coming up. Since
we are a relatively
small group and many
personal discussions
take place we have
to think it through.
We have tabled it
for now but do welcome
the groups thoughts
on this.
We
discussed the many and varied "corner
stores" that
were part of Troys
landscape. Great
topic for the list,
probably great memories
to share.
I
apologize for not remembering
which attendee enlightened
us to the fact that "Scotch
Hill" in
Troy was the area
of Thompson Street
and all the side
streets off of it.
We
had a few minutes of book discussion,
Morgain Llwelyn has several Irish
fiction books that are historically
correct, the titles being "1916" and "1921" as
well as "Echoes
of the Savage Land" (please
correct me if I
erred on this as
my notes are scratchy).
One
end of the table
enjoyed some memories
of collge classes,
while the other end
shared some old time
Troy names. Howard
was delightful and
his service picture
used as an advertisement
for WWII showed a
very handsome man..
Once
again the group shared
information and enjoyed
good company for
a couple of hours.
We ask that other
list members who
are able to please
mark your calendar
and try to attend
the next meeting.
We are trying to
find other locations
to meet and look
for suggestions.
For now we are planning
on Thursday 3/18/04
at 6:15 at the Grove
located across from
HVCC in Troy.
Kristin
Cooney-Ayotte