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.
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
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