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CDGS Members - In addition to our most recent presentation video June meeting) we have posted two Bonus 30 minute Videos. One is about the Orphan trains that brought children from New York to the Midwest. The other is titled "Madhouse" and is about  Asylums in New York.  All the video presentations are located in the "Members Only" section of our website.

Digitize New York Seeks Volunteers for Local Project
To help preserve important records and improve access for people conducting New York family history research, the NYG&B launched Digitize New York in 2023. Through this initiative, the NYG&B partners with organizations across New York State to digitize records and make them available online. Digitize New York focuses on local record sets in need of preservation that have never before been digitized and are unlikely to have been preserved online elsewhere.
Many record holders, including historical societies, churches, town hall offices, and others hold at-risk documents they are unable to digitize themselves. Through Digitize New York, organizations can either submit their records for preservation at one of the NYG&B’s Digitization Centers or request a digitization kit that empowers them to preserve and upload records at their own sites—at no cost to participating organizations. As part of their agreement with an organization, the NYG&B will make digitized materials available as part of their online collections. Organizations can decide whether they want to make digitized records further accessible, which can include adding them to their own online collections.
The Albany Diocesan Cemeteries is participating in Digitize NY, and they are looking for volunteers to help scan cemetery lot owner & interment cards. Scanning is taking place at two Capital District locations: St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands and Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna. You will be trained.
Volunteers are asked for a time commitment of two – three hours per week as can be scheduled at the location of your choice. It’s pretty basic, there is a scanner station set up at each location and you will be given the cards to be scanned. You place the cards on the scanning pad and press a button. If you are interested, please contact Matthew Desrochers using the email mathew@adcemeteries.org.

July 26, 2025

1 pm at Clifton Park Halfmoon Library and on Zoom

David Powell

A Widow's Story,

a Quest for her Husband's Revolutionary War Pension

Learn how the pension system was created and how it operated.