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May 2024 RGS Member Meeting - RGS Election, State of the RGS, & Poster Session
5/21/2024

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)
  • Middle Eastern Roots (Stacey Daly)
  • Madama Farming and Villa Harvesting (Andrew Paris)

Location: Nazareth University
4245 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14618






June RGS Member Meeting - Annual RGS Picnic
6/18/2024

We invite you to join us at the Webster Museum and Historical Society for the RGS Annual Picnic. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own picnic meal,  beverage, and outdoor chair to network with fellow members and share your genealogical and family research experiences. Volunteers from the Webster Museum and Historical Society will offer a guided tour of the museum and answer any questions you have about the history of Webster, New York.


Webster Museum and Historical Society - Website: https://webstermuseum.org/​ 

RGS Annual Picnic, June 2023 @ Historic Buckland Farmhouse


Location: The Webster Museum and Historical Society
18 Lapham Park
Webster, NY 14580