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Category Archives: Local History
Tips on Tracing Family Lines that Include Enslaved Ancestors
1. Interview ancestors. Collect and analyze family stories. 2. Obtain vital records. 3. Research in census records beginning with the most recent available. Look through 3-4 pages before and after your ancestors, and note families with the same last name … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged African-Americans, Genealogy, Slavery
Milton Rogovin, 1909-2011
Social documentary photographer, supporter of leftist causes, and Buffalo resident Milton Rogovin died on January 18th. He was ostracized for his political beliefs and his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) For fifty years he captured images of what … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Milton Rogovin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2011
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. After a long struggle, the law was signed in 1983. Observance began in 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Dr. Martin Luther King, Famous Visitors to Buffalo
Famous Look-Alikes: Part Two
Here are our famous look-alikes and who the Grosvenor Room staff think they resemble: Robert Downey Jr. Source: Men of Buffalo. Chicago: Marquis, 1902. http://tinyurl.com/4w77npu. Online @ http://www.archive.org/
Famous Look-Alikes
Do any of your ancestors look like someone famous? Check out the portraits below that we found in the Grosvenor Room collection. Who do you think they look like? Check back tomorrow to see who Grosvenor Room staff think they … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Celebrities, Famous, Look-Alikes
New Online Resources for the New Year
Civil War Soldiers Data – The New York State Military Museum has put the annual reports of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York pertaining to Civil War soldiers online, organized by regiment. These reports include basic military service … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged Civil War, Genealogy, Genealogy Guides, Local History
Happy Kwanzaa!
Did you know that Buffalo has one of the largest celebrations of Kwanzaa in the United States? Its celebration here is so prominent that Maulana Karenga, the holiday’s creator, has visited Buffalo during its celebration for most years since 1967. … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Local History
Tagged African American History, Buffalo, Kwanzaa, Local History
It’s AM&Azing!
If you’ve lived in Buffalo, you probably remember the AM&A’s Christmas windows on Main St. in downtown. The day after Thanksgiving families would pile into their cars or public transportation to view the mechanical wonders. Not to be outdone, nearby … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged AM&A's, Christmas
A Buffalo Weather Bibliography
Annual Meteorological Summary of Buffalo, New York – U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Buffalo QC 984.N6 U62. Buffalo weather data for the years 1906-1939. Monthly summaries of data such as temperature, precipitation, and wind is given as … Continue reading
Posted in Local History
Tagged Buffalo, Local History, Weather
Snowy Buffalo Days Gone By
Check out this photo of a snow plow trying to make its way down a Buffalo street following a blizzard! This clipping is in the “Weather” scrapbook, one of many in the Grosvenor Room’s scrapbook collection.
Posted in Local History
Tagged Scrapbooks, Snow, snowplow
