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Wayne County NYGenWeb HAS MOVED! all files from the Rootsweb server to the new server space of New York State GenWeb. Many of you are aware that this sudden move to new hosting space was and is still being made by hundreds of GenWeb sites across the U.S. For a long time after this necessary move, some of the links at page bottoms won't work as we must change each one of them individually. In the meantime, please use your back button.

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September 2009

Deaths Recorded in the The Record (Sodus) and Other Local Newspapers 1996-2009 - Vital Records Section: updated 9/24/09 with dates from mid-October 2008 through mid-June 2009

New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 3 - Family Bios Section: updated 9/19/09

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 2 - Vital Records Section: updated 9/19/09

Simeon Brant Biography updated with 3 More Brant Family Sketches - Family Bios Section: 9/19/09

Deaths Recorded in the The Record (Sodus) and Other Local Newspapers 1996-2008 - Vital Records Section: updated 9/12/09 with dates from January through mid-October 2008


June 2009

New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 3 - Family Bios Section: updated 6/20/09

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 2 - Vital Records Section: updated 6/10/09

Portrait of Libby Rapp Brooks of Lyons - Family Bios Section: added 6/19/09

New information about Rose Civil War Soldier Birney Briggs - Military Section, Soldier Buried in Rose Cemetery: updated 6/19/09

Update to Contant/Farnsworth Family Photos - Family Bios Section: updated 6/19/09

Pulver/King Update to 1850 Sodus Marriages- Vital Records Section: updated 6/19/09

More Surnames Added to Family Files Available at the County Historian's Office - Vital Records Section: updated 6/19/09

Links to Other Sites Checked and Updated : updated 6/19/09


February 2009

Many New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 8 - Family Bios Section: updated 2/3/09

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 2 - Vital Records Section: updated 2/3/09


January 2009

1889 Offficers of Palmyra Presbyterian Church - Town of Palmyra Section: added 1/20/09

1913 Directory of Village of Williamson - Town of Williamson Section: added 1/20/09

Bio of Pvt. James R. Hickey of Palmyra - Family Bios Section: added 1/14/09

Historical Info added to Brig. Gen. John Swift Cemetery - Cemeteries Section: 1/13/09

Bio of Price Witter Kinney of Lyons - Family Bios Section: added 1/7/09

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 5 - Vital Records Section: updated 1/3/09

Ambrose F. Grow's Reminiscences of Galen - Town of Galen Section: added 1/3/09

Conine/Calhoun Update to Lyons 1849 Marriages - Vital Records Section: added 1/3/09


December 2008

Pupils of Sodus School No. 4, District 22, 1927-1928 - Town of Sodus Section: added 12/31/08

Teachers of Sodus 23 School Districts - Town of Sodus Section: added 12/31/08

Sodus NY Academy Graduates 1859-1902 - Town of Sodus Section: added 12/31/08


July 2008

Update to The Erie Canal in Wayne County - Historical Articles Section: updated 7/21/08

Many New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 3 - Family Bios Section: updated 7/20/08

New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From Out-of-State Resources Pt. 6 - Family Bios Section: updated 7/20/08

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 5 - Vital Records Section: updated 7/19/08

Many New Additions to Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 10 - Family Bios Section: updated 7/15/08

Town of Macedon Cemeteries Map - Cemeteries Index Page: added 7/13/08

Lake Shore News, August 30, 1923 - Town of Wolcott: added 7/10/08

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 7 - Vital Records Section: updated 7/10/08


June 2008

Wolcott Courier, May 31, 1905 - Town of Wolcott: added 6/26/08

Lake Shore News, February 19, 1931 - Town of Wolcott: added 6/9/08

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 6 - Vital Records Section: updated 6/8/08


May 2008

Death Records from Norton Funeral Home, Sodus NY, updated with years 1932 - 1949 - Vital Records Section: added 5/31/08


April 2008

Deaths Recorded in the The Record (Sodus) and Other Local Newspapers 1996-2007 - Vital Records Section: added 4/21/08

Deaths Recorded in the The Record (Sodus) and Other Sodus Newspapers 1950-1989 - Vital Records Section: added 4/20/08

Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 10 - Family Bios Section: updated 4/20/08

Lot Map of Marion Cemetery - BIG FILE, 4.5 MB! The big squares are section numbers, the lot numbers are at the ends. Link from cemeteries page, first page of Marion Cemetery readings, and Marion Cemetery update. Added 4/20/08

Names Index to Deaths in The Wayne County Alliance Newspaper, 1889-1897 - Vital Records Section: added 4/20/08

Death Records from Norton Funeral Home, Sodus NY, 1882-1889, 1897-1949 - Vital Records Section: added 4/20/08

Deaths Recorded in the Wayne County Mail Newspaper, 1990-1995 - Vital Records Section: added 4/11/08

Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 10 - Family Bios Section: updated 4/10/08

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 6 - Vital Records Section: updated 4/10/08

Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 10 - Family Bios Section: added 4/5/08

Contributors to Early 20th Century Lyons NY Church Cookbook - Townships Section, Town of Lyons: added 4/5/08

Ancestral Sightings - From In-State Resources Pt. 9 - Family Bios Section: updated 4/5/08

Obituaries of Wayne County Residents, Part 7 - Vital Records Section: updated 4/5/08




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