5/21/2024
6:45 PM - 8:45 PM EST


Location: Nazareth University , 4245 East Ave, Otto A. Shults Community Center, Rochester, NY 14618

Rochester Genealogical Society Annual Meeting & Election of New Board Members

Agenda for the RGS Annual Meeting

• State of the RGS - Eric Vaughn
• RGS Board of Directors Election- John Albertini 
• RGS Announcements - Bill Troicke
• Poster Presentations - RGS Members

2024-26 Slate of Officers
Tawnya Post, Candidate for First Vice President

• Education: MS Business, Executive Program, Saunders College, RIT
• Career: Paychex; professional genealogist since 2021 (www.postmoderngenealogy.com)
• Experience: Member, Association of Professional Genealogists; contract coordinator for Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy; lifelong resident of Western New York; currently researching her Chapman family line with ties to Western New York and Vermont.
• Statement: How would you serve RGS as First Vice President? I would bring my life-long passion for both genealogy and education to the role of First Vice President.

Todd Andrea, Candidate for Treasurer

• Education: BS Business Administration, SUNY Brockport
• Career: Tax search specialist, clerk US Postal Service; professional genealogist since 2022 (www.genvalleygenealogy.com); Legacy Tree Genealogists
• Experience: NYRGS Treasurer since July 2023; CG (Certified Genealogist); born and raised in Rochester; currently researching German immigrant ancestors who came to Rochester in 1853.
• Statement: How would you continue to serve RGS Treasurer? I would continue to serve RGS by managing the society's funds, paying the bills on time, and trying to balance the budget.

Ann Schauber, Candidate for Membership Secretary

• Education: Associates Degree, Information Technology, Monroe Community College
• Career: Systems Analyst at Excellus BCBS, retired after 35 years; contract work for Excellus and CoreLink (Fargo, ND)
• Experience: NYRGS Membership Secretary since 2015; grew up in Irondequoit; has been doing genealogy since 2006; and in 2011, met a cousin she didn’t know she had on a bus trip to Toronto.
• Statement: How would you continue to serve as RGS Membership Secretary? I would continue to serve RGS as Membership Secretary as needed by the President and Board of Directors.

John Caufield, Candidate for Historian/Genealogist

• Background: Masters, Public Administration, SUNY Brockport
• Career: Public Safety; retired COO, Monroe Ambulance.
• Experience: Volunteer, Family Search Center & Family Finders Genealogy Club, Central Library; family in Rochester since 1840s; currently researching Irish roots of his family and that of his wife.
• Statement: How would you serve RGS as Historian/Genealogist? I would serve RGS by maintaining the surname list, by digitizing and improving access to our records, and by working with members to build and strengthen the RGS.

 
Poster Presentations

• Filling in the Gaps of your Ancestor’s Life Story (Chris Booth)
• The Roots- Patriots and Pioneers (Linda Whitney)
• Mauk DNA Project (Donald Sigwalt)
• From Boston to Albany to Detroit: Sam Coverly’s Journeys Across New York State in 1821 and 1822 (John Albertini)
• How newspapers opened my genealogical research. (Eric Vaughn
• Correcting the Record (Adam Hill)
• The Smiths of Geneva, NY (Deborah Grande)