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The Hudson County Genealogical Society Holy Name Cemetery Index Project Underway

AUGUST 29, 2008 – JERSEY CITY, NJ. — Holy Name Cemetery on West Side Avenue in Jersey City, NJ is THE cemetery for Roman Catholics in the area and The Hudson County Genealogial Society now has well underway its project of compiling volunteer data of burials there into a publicly accessible database that will be available on its web site.

Volunteers who wish to contribute data they have collected over the years to the project can download a Microsoft Excel template, enter the information and submit it back to the HCGS to be merged into the database. Over 50 surnames have been completed to date and submitted.

For more information or to contribute to the project visit the project page on the Hudson County Genealogical web site at www.hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org/projects/hnc-index.html

About the Hudson County Genealogical Society

The Hudson County Genealogical Society, a 501 (c)(3) New Jersey Non Profit Corporation, was formed in October 2007 to promote the study of genealogy and the history of Hudson County. The goal of the society is to collect, preserve and index this information in cooperation with local libraries and internet resources, to encourage adherence to the highest standards of research and documentation, to offer educational programs such as lectures, seminars and workshops and to promote the observance of Family History month.

For more information visit us online at: http://www.HudsonCountyNJGenealogy.org or email info@HudsonCountyNJGenealogy.org


Calendar

December 13, 2008

Speaker: Gary D. Saretzky, Archivist, County of Monmouth, Coordinator, Internship Programs, Rutgers History Department will present "Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Photographers: Hudson County" > More Info

January 10, 2009

Speaker: Dan McDonough presenting "The Hudson County Burial Grounds and Snake Hill Cemetery."
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February 14, 2009

Speaker: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak avid genealogist and author of Honoring Our Ancestors: Inspiring Stories of the Quest for Our Roots, In Search of Our Ancestors: 101 Inspiring Stories of Serendipity and Connection in Rediscovering Our Family History, and They Came to America: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors, will be presenting "Trace Your Roots with DNA."
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March 14, 2009

Speaker: Beverly Yackel of the Monmouth County Genealogy Society Speakers Bureau, will be presenting "Getting Organized"


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