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7 New Members!
April 3, 2025 | Tom LaClair
JCNYGS welcomes seven new members who recently joined via the new website. They are:– Joyce Nicholas from Antwerp, New York. She is 100 percent Polish American and a second-generation beginning researcher. The two names are BECZKOWSKI and BANAS.
– Debra Cole from Redwood, New York. She researches MANNING and HUNTER ancestors from Ham…
Happy 220th, Jefferson County!
April 3, 2025 | Tom LaClair
Happy 220th, Jefferson County! In the year in 1805, Jefferson County was formed. An Act was passed on March 28, 1805, which erected Lewis and Jefferson Counties. Henry Coffeen led a movement to have this area partitioned from Oneida County. It was named in honor of the then-President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The first Board of Super…
April 2025 Newsletter Out Now!
April 3, 2025 | Tom LaClair
JCNYGS members can now access the 24-page April 2025 Informer on this website. Please login at your convenience and take a look. Printed copies have been mailed to all members as well.