The Challenges and Rewards of Researching Women for Writing and Family History
In-person and Online
This event is free and can be attended online or in person. Program Summary Please join the NYG&B as we welcome Allison Gilbert and A’Lelia Bundles in conversation with NYG&B President D. Joshua Taylor as they...
Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora MacDonald
In-person and Online
Join the NYG&B and the National Trust for Scotland for a look at Pretty Young Rebel: The Life of Flora MacDonald. We will be joined by author Flora Fraser to discuss her captivating biography of the remarkable...
From Malaig Bheag to Manhattan: The Story of Transnational Gael, "Angus The Yank"
In-person
Thousands of Scottish Gaels emigrated to North America in the 1920s. Some of those returned to Scotland and brought back with them newly adopted ways, customs and stories of their adventures across the Atlantic. In...
In-person and Online
In celebration of New York City Tartan Week, join us for a fascinating discussion with Dr. Joseph John Morrow, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and Alan Beck, President of The Robert Burns World Federation. Learn more about...
Finding Your German Ancestor's Place of Origin
Online
Finding Your German Ancestor’s Place of Origin is a free, online event held via Zoom. Not sure where your German ancestors came from? Join the NYG&B and special guest Dana Palmer as we learn how to determine your...
Empire State Exploration: Central New York
Online
Join the NYG&B and a guest expert for an online exploration of resources for tracing ancestors from Central New York from the 1800s to the 1900s. An array of records and repositories await those tracing ancestors...
Book Talk - Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism by Brooke Kroeger
In-person and Online
Join us for a look at Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism. The book is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work....
Lost Stories: How the NYC Fire of 1776 Illuminates Unfamiliar Lives of the American Revolution
In-person and Online
This event is free and can be attended online or in person. On September 21, 1776, five days after the British occupied New York City, a devastating fire burned down about one-fifth of the City. This mystery brings...