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14625 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 3, 2007
1:09 am
Deputy County Executive Fisher weighs in on the history of the Canal District, retelling the story of Daniel, a fugitive slave captured by a bounty hunter in...
14626 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 5, 2007
1:51 pm
If you haven't gone, this is a way cool bike tour: Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:21:21 -0400 From: "Hostelling International - Niagara Frontier Council" ...
14627 S Starks
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Sep 6, 2007
6:36 pm
Prosit! Cooking With Beer Demonstration & Tasting "On Tap"at the Broadway Market On Saturday, September 8 at 11:00A.M. Sandy Starks will host the latest in a...
14628 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 9, 2007
7:02 pm
Hi, gang, Many of you use the rare and fragile 1872 Atlas of Buffalo to research houses, buildings, and neighborhoods. It can be found only at the Central...
14629 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 9, 2007
9:24 pm
Some vintage Buffalo restaurant menus are online at the New York Public Library website: ...
14630 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 9, 2007
9:51 pm
Postscript: I did some poking around and found that the 1872 Hopkins atlas and the 1880 Beers Erie County atlas are both online at the New York Public Library...
14631 Jerome P. Puma
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Sep 9, 2007
10:41 pm
Some folks have posted messages about St. Aloysius School in the past, and today I noticed a small ad in the Metro News for a school reunion for all classes...
14632 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 9, 2007
11:46 pm
Coming up, an event organized by the Pan American Expo Collectors Club, the Buffalo Swap Meet: ...
14633 Sharon Centanne
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Sep 10, 2007
12:28 am
Thanks, Cynthia! I already found out exactly which parcel of land was owned by which ancestor in my family's Old East Side neighborhood. My Schauf family had a...
14634 Sharon Centanne
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Sep 10, 2007
12:28 am
Thanks for the info, Jerry. I have a webiite I put together with some friiends about St. Aloyisius Church and School of 157 Cleveland Drive, Cheektowaga, NY. ...
14635 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 10, 2007
1:11 am
Cool, huh? ... *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com ...
14636 Craig Carlyle Clarke
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Sep 10, 2007
2:30 am
Some names there I've never heard before... like the Oak Bluffs Club. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
14637 John P. Braungart
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Sep 10, 2007
11:07 am
... Cynthia and all - Not to nitpick, but as I've said before, the 1894 City Atlas is also on line, at the County Highway Division's site: ...
14638 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 10, 2007
12:23 pm
Hi, John, The digitized 1894 atlas is a great resource. I think I was the first person to bring it to the attention of this and other lists. I've had links...
14639 Jerome P. Puma
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Sep 10, 2007
1:06 pm
This would be the school in Cheektowaga. Jerry . ... about ... reunion ... classes....
14640 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 10, 2007
6:12 pm
On NPR right now: a discussion of a new book on the Lackawanna Six, by Dina Temple Raston. This is the book: ...
14641 John P. Braungart
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Sep 11, 2007
12:51 pm
... Cynthia - Please never use the terms "County" and "money" in the same sentence. Under the current regime, if the money isn't going to vested interests,...
14642 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 11, 2007
2:21 pm
Great to get the inside story. I, too, wish the atlas digitization program could have proceeded. When it comes to getting Buffalo literature (I use the term...
14643 Kevin Hayes
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Sep 11, 2007
2:37 pm
John, can you tell us more about the technology you used to digitize? I'm curious about how much effort it is, how much it costs, challenges and so on. ...
14644 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 11, 2007
3:48 pm
Not to speak for John, but here are the digitizing guidelines from the National Archives: ...
14645 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 12, 2007
2:07 pm
Of possible interest... ... *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com ...
14646 tm950@...
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Sep 12, 2007
8:14 pm
Hi folks.? One of my co-workers belongs to a gaming group, that is a group of 10-20 people who play board games from 6 pm to Midnight.? They usually meet on...
14647 John P. Braungart
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Sep 12, 2007
10:15 pm
... Kevin - My office had a large scanner (don't remember the make - I've been gone about five years now) that fed the pages slowly and uniformly into and...
14648 Sharon Centanne
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Sep 13, 2007
12:22 am
Thanks, Jerome. I just heard from their school secretary. Thanks for helping get the word out. Who on this list went to St. Aloysius? Anyone other than Kathy...
14649 AStep17427@...
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Sep 13, 2007
2:07 am
In a message dated 9/12/2007 8:22:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, centans@... writes: Who on this list went to St. Aloysius? Anyone other than...
14650 Cynthia Van Ness
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Sep 13, 2007
2:12 am
Considering what that scanner must have cost, it is a shame that they have not been able to scan more maps online for public benefit. ... ...
14651 BrightOne
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Sep 13, 2007
2:17 am
How about SPoT downtown? It's usually pretty quiet about that time during the week, and they'd probably appreciate the business. Jeanine _____ From:...
14652 tm950@...
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Sep 13, 2007
2:27 am
thanks, I'll pass it on! TJ TJ @<<:::::>>@<<:::::>>@<<:::::>>@<<:::::>>@<<:::::@ My Karma Ran Over Your Dogma @-------}---------}---------- "You won't...
14653 Chris Andrle
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Sep 13, 2007
2:32 am
There are two basic types of large format scanners, drum and flatbed. Large drum scanners, up to36 inches wide aren't all that expensive and are fairly easily...
14654 John P. Braungart
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Sep 13, 2007
11:01 am
... The scanner cost the county in the neighborhood of (IIRC) about $5,000. And we DID scan many more maps than just that atlas. Before I got back out onto a...
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