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This article originally appeared on the New-York Historical Society New-York Historical educators conduct classes in real-time on Zoom, a web-based video conferencing tool that allows students and educators to interact online. Lessons are conte...

This article originally appeared on the I Love NY website. New York State is home to many world-renowned museums, cultural institutions, zoos, and other places that inspire. Due to coronavirus restrictions, most of the state's incredible attrac...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis in our local communities, country, and world. In response to concerns from the history community, AASLH has developed a new webinar series—AASLH conversations—to help practitioners and insti...

This article originally appeared on the DHPSNY website. DHPSNY’s webinars are a great alternative to face-to-face workshops. The webinars address emerging issues and best practices, with content scaled to apply to small- and medium-sized organi...

    DHPSNY Statewide Documentation Planning: Conversations on Local History ...

Do you wish your community had more of those wonderful blue-and-gold historical markers? Never fear, the William G. Pomeroy Foundation will insure you receive one for a properly-research structure, person, or event. The grant application opens i...

In late February 2020, Ancestry.com added three new collections of New York City vital record indexes. These new indexes are separate entities from the already-existing indexes on the website - this means there are now multiple New York ...

Join hundreds of family history researchers in the New York state capital, Albany, for the 2020 New York State Family History Conference (NYSFHC). You will enjoy three days of camaraderie and learning with genealogists of all experience level...

March is Women's History Month, which is especially significant in light of this year's nationwide centennial of Women's Suffrage. Historic Red Hook is requesting that residents with information (especially photographs) on topics ranging...

(L-R) County Clerk Bradford Kendall, Rhinebeck Village Historian Michael Frazier, County Historian Will Tatum, Clinton Town Historian Craig Marshal At the 2020 annual breakfast on February 26th, the Northern Dutchess Alliance (NDA) honored me...

NYC Cultural Organizations Unite to Celebrate Women’s Suffrage Centennial Women’s Suffrage NYC Centennial Consortium launches with exhibits, concerts, events, and more     (New York, NY – February 24, 2020) One hundred ...

30th Preservation Awards-Call for Nominations The Historical Society of Rockland County is proud to host the annual Rockland County Executive's Historic Preservation Merit Awards, now in their...

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This article originally appeared on the Times Union website on February 2, 2020. Ruth Piwonka, municipal historian for the village and town of Kinderhook, has been named this year’s recipient of the Martha Washington Woman of History Award, giv...

The Historians Podcast with Bob Cudmore – February 2020 This February —Home Again with Maria Riccio Bryce, stories from Malta historian Paul Perreault, Jim Kaplan on Thomas Paine historic sites in Yonkers and Peter Ward looks at the history of ...

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in connection with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, is seeking proposals from parties interested in conceptualizing and operating an approximately 15,000 SF cultural center ...

Mayor de Blasio, Speaker Johnson, NYC Census 2020, CUNY, More Than 160 Community Partners Convene for Complete Count Campaign Kick-Off and Release of Campaign Plan January 14, 2020 The largest municipal coordinated census campaign will spend...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Women and the Vote NYS announces that a new initiative, timed to coincide with the 19th Amendment Centennial, is being launched to develop a mobile-friendly online database with interactive ma...

PRESERVE NEW YORK A signature grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Preservation League of New York State, with additional support from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation GUIDELINES FOR 2020 Hist...

      NNI’s 43rd Annual Conference   “In 1991, workers discovered an African bu...