Agenda
Items
Ideas
for our Website
1.(Donna
Vaughn) Donna is
working on a section
that will be devoted
to Green Island,
she has a source
that was written
up for the bicentennial
of the village and
will be referencing
that as well has
her own knowledge
of GI.
2.
(Lynn Carey-Grice)
The connection between
the village of Emly,
Co.Tipperary in Ireland
and Troy, NY was
tabled until Lynn
Grice can attend.
3.
(Lynn Carey-Grice)
Some discussion was
held on transcriptions
of old newspaper
articles. This is
open to all of us
and how to do it
was the main concern.
The article would
need to be copied
at the source (library,
etc.) and then scanned
into your computer.
If you do not have
a scanner it would
entail typing as
a word document then
copy, paste and save
as HTML was offered
up by those present
with computer knowledge.
These articles would
be used as reference
on our website.
4.(Mike
and John, Lynn Sisk)
The next agenda item
was a suggestion
by several list members
including Mike McAlonie,
who was present,
that we have a section
on the website devoted
to West Troy/Watervliet.
Mike, in general,
would like to compile
a list of photographers,
including this area
and Troy, with their
years in business
and address. He hopes
this might help in
identifying old photos
for list members.
This began a lively
discussion by Lizette
who would like to
do an article on
Waterfront Activity
in the area. This
too would be posted
to the website and
she welcomes any
list member to volunteer
information.
5.
(Marialice) The next
item was Troy Resources
and of course they are
discussed quite a bit
on the list and Bill McGrath
has consistently offered
up further information.
It was suggested that
Bills “articles” be
posted as a web feature.
6.
(Pat Connors) Purcell’s
Funeral Home was
a topic as a fire
was mentioned. Seems
everything goes up
in smoke, alluding
to records that are
lost in fires. I
personally have spoken
with relatives and
they do not know
what became of the
records. Some of
the list members
have received personal
E-mail from Mrs.
Purcell’s’ granddaughter,
Melissa, in response
to requests for
information. With
that Lizette questioned
how we would compile
a list of funeral
parlors that existed
in Troy. Not sure
if we came up with
an answer.
7.
(Marialice) Next agenda
item was a request from
Marialice that each of
us on the list do our
best to give a time frame
with our stories posted
to the list. This discussion
led to other “little” details,
such as changing
the subject line
on our responses
to the list, eliminating
forwards and the
use of Reply to All.
We agreed and I volunteered
to print out some
of the great “Recollections” that
have been posted
as we do not have
an archive. Perhaps
one day we will
so some personal
publishing from these
items. Jeanne Keefe
suggested we tape
record the meetings
for inclusion in
future personal publishing
for the group, this
was tabled for a
future discussion.
8.
(Mary Dunn) Next
agenda item was to
identify many places
in Ireland that sent
significant numbers
of people to Troy,
as well as the rough
time periods of those
migrations. By this
time in the meeting
there were a lot
of different discussions
taking place. Lizette
made note that the
internet has sites
available showing
where families migrated
from and where to.
Frank informed the
group that Irish
web sites show name
patterns in Ireland
and where they migrated
to.
9.
(Pat Connors) Pat has
graciously gotten the “TIGS” website
up and running and was
looking for a volunteer.
I can assure Pat that
there were several volunteers
who are not quite computer
literate, other than E-mail.
However, Jeanne Keefe
has offered her services
on a temporary basis.
Jeanne is quite capable,
in fact is in charge
of another web site currently
for a professional group
that she belongs to. She
will take over the reins
and has offered to train
Mike McAlonie and myself
in the mysteries of
web site hosting.
Structure
of Notes (Kris)
I had put this
up as an agenda
item to get some
input as to
what people
are looking
for following
our meetings. At
the meeting
I was told that
my “summaries” were
A-Okay with
the group, so
I will continue
to post them.
Looking forward
I will do my
best to follow
the agenda items
as posted prior
to the meetings.
Keep in mind
this is an informal
group and at
times there
have been 3
or 4 conversations
going on at
one time. Hopefully
without losing
the flavor
of the group
we will become
a little more
orderly and
notes will
be easier kept. I
may even limit
my intake of
Budweiser to
concentrate
more fully!!
Future
Field Trips (Donna)
By this point
in the meeting
Bill McGrath had
arrived and
as usual had
ideas to share.
The Watervliet
Arsenal has
a museum of
documents from the
area; we will
look into visiting
as a group.
The Mohawk
Hudson Industrial
Gateway Building
in South Troy was
mentioned as
a source of
information for
the Burden
Iron Works.
Jeanne mentioned
the Albany
Catholic Diocese
Archives and
will look into
it for us.
Future
Business
We
will meet next on March
20 th at the Grove at
6:15. We will continue to
look for varied meeting
places.
New
Business
We
will continue to
look into meeting
places such as the
Troy Library and
look for other suggestions
for the group.
Jeanne
Keefe and Pat Connors
should contact one another
concerning the web site.
Mike McAlonie and Kris
Ayotte should contact
Jeanne Keefe to arrange
training sessions at
Jeanne’s
convenience.
Bill
McGrath has suggested
that we have an extra
table at our meetings
for a show and tell.
Members have been
bringing some interesting
items to the meetings
and passing them
around, pictures,
articles, books,
etc.
When
Jeanne has taken
over the website
we will continue
to seek a permanent
volunteer from the
list. Items that
have been posted
to the list would
be compiled and sent
to the web for posting.
Marialice
is interested in putting
together “Murders
in Troy” from
obituaries in early
papers. This brought
up copyright laws,
Homeland Security
and HIPPA concerns
from Jeanne, so
need to be looking
into further before
we post. Credits
and citations would
have to be given.
Kris
Cooney-Ayotte
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