Troy Irish Genealogy Society

04/30/2026

Webinar on May 11 for a look at the Albany Diocesan Cemeteries partnership with NYG&B. Info and sign-up at

Monday, May 11 from 07:00pm EDT - 08:00pm EDT Online Presented By Kalyn Loewer, Manager, Digital Collections, Anna Gardner, Coordinator Digitize New York, and Kelly Grimaldi, Director of Education and Program Development, Albany Diocesan Cemeteries Sponsored by New York Genealogical & Biographical S...

04/24/2026

🌳 Curious about where you come from? Stop by Troy Public Library and spend approximately 30 minutes getting help opening the doors to your family history! The Capital District Genealogical Society will be here with experienced volunteers who will help you figure out where to find the genealogy information you’re looking for. Drop in anytime—no appointment needed. All experience levels welcome! 🗂️✨

📅 Saturday, May 2 | 11am–4pm | Main Library

04/23/2026

TIGS We will be discussing priorities - and especially updates for and stability issues with the website troyirish.org

Topic: TIGS April 2026 meeting
Time: Apr 23, 2026 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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03/31/2026

New death records from St Bernard’s parish, Cohoes

St. Bernard’s Church, Ontario Street in Cohoes Established in 1847 – Closed Feb 5, 2009 The information on burials from St. Bernard’s Church was researched and developed by Dan Burns, a former resident of Cohoes and parishioner of St. Bernard’s. Dan started researching local newspapers to fi...

03/28/2026

Researching your family’s New York history will soon be a lot easier. Thousands of records from the state library and archives will be made available in digital format through a collaboration with FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world.
MORE: https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/nys-expanding-ancestry-records-access-via-digitization/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WTEN

03/06/2026

This meeting is via Zoom. Registration is required. Registration is open: https://tiara.ie/monthly-meetings/

03/03/2026

https://irish-us.org/events/irish-hands-american-waterways-erie-canal-song-and-story

Derek Warfield of the Wolf Tones will provide an interactive talk entitled “Irish Hands, American Waterways: The Erie Canal in Song and Story.” Warfield - a founding member of the Irish band the Wolf Tones and globally recognized historian, singer, songwriter, and mandolin player - will both tel...

02/11/2026

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Saratoga County Heritage Hunters will have a table there. Come by and visit us among others.

02/10/2026

Bill was a founding member of TIGS in 2003. He was our Project Manager and worked tirelessly to coordinate scanning, transcribing and getting record on line for all of us. He was a South Troy guy with an endless devotion to Genealogy. He will be missed...

View William F. "Bill" McGrath's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

01/09/2026

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This Saturday! We are kicking off our 2026 local history series with a talk by volunteer and researcher Joe Pyle. He will present his research about Colonel Derrick Lane, a soldier in the American Revolution, and his burial in Oakwood Cemetery. The talk will also include a general discussion of public and family burial grounds in Troy and Lansingburgh and the US Rural Cemetery movement.

Saturday, January 10
2 PM
Main Library (100 2nd St, Troy, NY 12180)

Registration required. Call 518-274-7071 or visit https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=4294&BranchID=1000000131&Branch=Main%20Library&EventID=578168&PK=

12/02/2025

The TPL Main Library will be opening its doors on Sunday, December 7th, for the 43rd Annual Victorian Stroll at 11AM for ⭐Victorian Strollin’ Through the Library!⭐ Read on for our schedule of events:

📸 11AM-1PM: FREE Professional Holiday Portraits in front of our Grand Fireplace
🎶 12PM-1PM: Live classical holiday music by Duo Evol, featuring flute and cello
📕 1PM-2PM: Special appearance by City of Troy Mayor Carmella R. Mantello who will do a reading of the famed story The Night Before Christmas

Happy Strollin’, and we hope to see you there!

11/15/2025

Discovering Where Your Irish American Ancestors Lived on the Emerald Isle: A Case Study
Presentation by TIGS members Kate & Mike Lancor (Old Friends Genealogy)

at IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2025 1:00-3:00 PM
21 Quackenbush Square
Albany, New York 12207
518-427-1916

☘️What are the details you will need to know about your immigrant Irish ancestors before searching Irish records.
☘️Websites that house Irish records (e.g. civil, censuses, land, religious ,maps and more). Free vs. subscription websites.
☘️Where to start your searchof Irishrecords andhow tonavigate from
one website to thenext.
☘️Producing historic and modern-daymaps of your ancestral Irish
townlands.
☘️Using DNA matches to confirm your genealogy search results.
☘️Photos of Kate and Mike with their DNA cousins in Ireland.