Bob Miller

Hi, my name is Bob Miller and I'm from Western, New York. I was born at Buffalo and grew up in Niagara Falls, where I attended Maple Avenue Elementary and North Junior High School. Later my family moved to Lewiston and I graduated from Lewiston-Porter Central School, class of 1970. While in High School I pledged and joined Gamma Delta Psi Fraternity, Alpha Omega Chapter.

After high school I attended Niagara University for undergraduate work in Political Science and Sociology and Graduate School at Drew University in urban government.

A few of my favorite things are Schwinn Bicycles, Vernor's Soda Pop, and my Lionel trains

I have also been active at one time or another in the following: Guttenberg Lodge, No. 737, of Free and Accepted Masons, Saratoga Battle Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, St. Andrews Society, Knights of Pythias, Albany City Lodge #540 , Schriners, Cyprus Temple, my Synagogue, Temple Israel of Albany, New York and Camp Givah located in the Helderberg Mountains.

......................................and some of the places I've worked.

• Jays' Drug Store, Lewiston, New York
• Loblaws Supermarket, Lewiston, NewYork
• Hibbard's Custard Stand, Lewiston, New York
• Frontier House Restaurant, Lewiston, New York
• Showboat Resturant, Buffalo, New York
• Aquarium of Niagara Falls, New York
• NYS, Office for the Aging, Albany, New York
and many, more jobs.

For both genealogy and interest in history, here are some sites that I've found particularly helpful;

• The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. Once you've signed on you can search and download documents. Always surprising what you may find. Internet Archive
• Old Fulton New York Postcards is a site provided by one lone volunteer who has devoted himself to this great endeavor. More than postcards he has scanned thousands of old newspapers from across New York and beyond. Using a simple keyword query you can search them and often times find more than you bargained for. Old Fulton Newspapers
• FamilySearch is the site operated by the Mormon Church. It provides simple ways to search their massive collection.Family Search
• Ancestry of course is well known through their site and DNA testing. They also offer access to their partners, Fold3 for military records and Newspapers for historical papers. Ancestry
• Tribal Pages provides a Free Family Tree Maker to build a Family Tree online. You can invite family and relatives to view or update it allows you to easily create a family tree and add folks to it. Each individual has a comment box where you can store information and share it you want. It also as great reports that can be saved as PDFs. Tribal Pages
• Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War which has links to many Civil War sites. Civil War Information
• i Witness Niagara a site which celebrates the local history of Niagara Falls, NY. Niagara Falls Local History
• History of Power, Niagara Falls which showcases the use of the power of the Falls going back to 1759. History of Power
• Niagara Falls Railroads a History. It is more directed at Canada but does includes the New York side as well. NF Railroad
• Niagara Falls Historical Photograph Collection. HistoricalPhotos
• Welcome to Forgotten Buffalo which as they say is historic and hip. Forgotten Buffalo
• Brewing in Buffalo and Western New York. Brewing
• For those interested Forgotten New York City. NYC
• The Old Mohawk-Turnpike Book, I believe this follows the Kings Highway, Rt. 5. Mohawk Turnpike

Some useful links: Summer of "69" Lewiston, NY, Buffalo, New York , Styles of Architecture in Buffalo, NY, WXBW AM Radio, Buffalo Braves, Buffalo Sports Museum Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills, Niagara Falls Photos, Ginger Strand, Inventing Niagara

And to honor my great grandfather, Lothar Jacob Ulrich, 1858-1920, Brewmaster Niaraga Falls Brewing Company a link to page with pictures I've collected. Niagara Falls Brewing

And for parents, the Lamentations of the Father, Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles, by Ian Frazier

If you want, you can email me at: Bob Miller at Yahoo

 

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