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• Region 11 Spring Meeting on April 18, 2026

  • When
    Saturday, April 18, 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Yates County Office Building Auditorium located in the basement; 417 Liberty St, Penn Yan.

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  APHNYS – Region 11 Spring Conference
  

  PLEASE CONFIRM YOU WILL BE ATTENDING BY APRIL 1, 2026. Registrations close on that date.
  Note your lunch order must also be placed by April 1.

  LOCATION: Yates County Office Building Auditorium
  located in the basement; 417 Liberty St, Penn Yan.
  Parking is available in this complex and is a short walk to the Yates History Center.
  DATE/HOURS: Saturday, April 18, 8:30-3:00
  CONTACT: Len Kataskas (Len.Kataskas@yatescountyny.gov)
  ORGANIZERS: Len Kataskas (Yates County Historian), Gene Bavis (Walworth Town Historian/Region 11 Coordinator), Rosa Fox (Huron Town Historian/Region 11 Deputy Coordinator), and Jane Milem (Wayne County Historian).

  Presenters: Tricia Noel, Director of Yates History Center. The “Burned Over District”; Anastasia Sopchak, Research Historian and Engagement Associate, and Pomeroy Education Program Lead, William G. Pomeroy Foundation. "Pomeroy Education Program. Empowering Students Through Grant-Funded Historical Marker Research Projects"; Aaron Noble, Senior Historian for Political and Military History, New York State Museum. "250th Celebration Update"

  Tour: Yates County History Center
  

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• Region 10 Spring Meeting April 18, 2026

  • When
    Saturday, April 18, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Oxford Memorial Library, 8 Fort Hill Park, Oxford NY

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  APHNYS – Region 10 Spring Conference
  

  PLEASE CONFIRM YOU WILL BE ATTENDING BY APRIL 12, 2026. Registrations close on that date.

  CONTACT: Karen Ferguson (APHNYS Regional Coordinator) at historian@townofkirkwood.gov
  

  Meeting Schedule:

  
  9:30 AM Doors Open - Check-in, Coffee & Pastries
  

  9:45 AM Welcome & Introductions

  9:50 AM Oxford Memorial Library History Presentation & Tour
  Vicky House, Town of Oxford Historian
  
  10:25 AM "Using Photography to Document Your Community's History"
  Henry Drexler, Chenango County Historian

  11:10 AM "Stitched Together: A History of the Norwich Knitting Company & Walt Disney"
  Jessica Moquin, Executive Director, Chenango County Historical Society

  11:55 BREAK

  12:00 PM Lunch & America 250 Round Table Discussion

   1:00 PM Update: Short Walking Tour of Oxford (Optional)
  Vicky House, Town of Oxford Historian
  
  

  
  

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• REGION 7 SPRING MEETING, MAY 2, 2026

  • When
    Saturday, May 02, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Kilts Farm 172 Kilts Rd. Fort Plain, NY

  The Kilts Farm represents a unique collection of architecture and tools of many 18th century trades used by the Palatine German settlers to the Mohawk Valley. The Battle of Stone Arabia was fought a few miles from the Farm in 1780.

  
  

  To register, please contact Karen Cuccinello, Region 7 Coordinator & Town of Summit Historian, at karenc@midtel.net or 518-287-1945. 

  
  

  Agenda:

  • 10am - Introductions 
  • 10:30am - Overview of the Kilts Farm by Kilts volunteer staff 
  • 11am - Tours of the buildings in the complex, including the 1835-1845 White Greek Revival house, blacksmith shop, shoe shop, new world Dutch barn, cemetery and red farm house
  • Noon - Lunch on your own at the White Greek Revival house
  • 12:30ish - Continue tours of the buildings
  • 1:30ish - Gather at the White Greek Revival house for any Q & A and wrap-up

  
  

  Donations to the Kilts Farm are greatly appreciated.

  All historians and members of historical societies are welcome to attend. For more information and directions visit their website https://www.kiltsfarm.org.

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