The Terryville Family History Center in Port Jefferson has announced its appointment openings for February. Monday – Feb 1 – 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday – Feb. 15 – 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday – Feb. 24 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. To reserve any of these times slots, please call 631-642-2096 or…
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January time slots available at Family History Center
The Terryville Family History Center has recently announced its appointment slots available for January. Time slots available are: Monday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Wednesday Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Wednesday Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and…
MyHeritage continues Facebook Live Sessions
MyHertitage.com will be offering more Facebook Live Sessions in December. Even if you can’t make it to the live events, you can still watch all recorded Facebook Live sessions in the videos section of the MyHeritage Facebook page. No advance registration is required for these sessions: you can join them straight from the Facebook page….
December time slots for Family History Center
The Terryville Family History Center in Port Jefferson has announced updated appointment openings for December. Dates in December are: Wednesdays, Dec. 9 and 23 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. , Wednesdays, Dec. 16 and 30 at 11 a.m. and Monday Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Please email ny_terryville@familyhistorymail.org or call 631-642-2097…
Ancestry offers remote access for library patrons
Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access to Ancestry Library Edition now through the end of March 2021 to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just go to your home library website, go to the database section and look to see if your library subscribes to Ancestry.com…
Free webinars offered on ‘Giving Tuesday’
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society will present four free webinars on Tuesday, Dec. 1 as part of Giving Tuesday. The sessions will stream live on the NYG & B website and on its Facebook page from 4-8 p.m. No registration is necessary. The sessions are: *Release Your Inner Sherlock! Exploring Genealogy for the…
New time slots available at Family History Center
The Terryville Family History Center in Port Jefferson has announced appointment openings for the end of November and for December. Dates in November are November 23 at 2 p.m. and November 25 at 11 a.m. Dates in December are: Wednesdays, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. and Mondays,…
German Genealogy Group adds new records
The German Genealogy Group has recently added two new databases to its website. It has added an index to the baptism, marriage and funeral records of Christ Church in Manhasset. In addition, the group has added an index to Bronx naturalization records. To search these new collections, go to: www.germangenealogygroup.com and click on Database Searches…
Free access to death records this weekend
Now through November 2, the genealogy website MyHeritage.com will be offering free access to its death-related historical record collections. There are over 150 collections in this category containing over 500,000,000 records. These include cemetery and burial records, death records and obituaries. Normally these collections are free to search but require a paid subscription to view…
Terryville Family History Center open limited hours
There are still several time slots available at the Terryville Family History Center in October and November. The following dates have both 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. time slots open: Monday, October 26, Wednesday, October 28, Wednesday Nov. 11 , Wednesday, Nov. 18 and Wednesday, Nov. 25. If you request the first hour of a…