News for Historians

Save the Date!

Happy New Year! We look forward to the annual GAHWNY Conference on September 21, 2024, in Perry. Save the date and look for registration and program information this summer. Note that this will be an election year, so if you would like to become involved in GAHWNY, let us know!

Posted January 2024
 

Consider the Source NY and Diversity & Collaborative Institutes 

Missed the events? Check out Consider the Source NY and watch a video about the initiative, which aims to connect educators (K-12 teachers and school librarians) and local historians. The project also creates regional centers to coordinate the digitization of historical records and add them to the statewide portal New York Heritage.

Posted May 2022

Tips for Town Historians

Aurora Town Historian Robert Goller shares how his office has been documenting the coronavirus pandemic and how you can, too! Even if you have not begun yet, Robert offers some easy ways to get started. This video is a great refresher for every town, village, and county historian out there.

 

GAHWNY Mission Statement

The Government Appointed Historians of Western New York (founded in 2008) is dedicated to the promotion, research, interpretation and preservation of history relating to the western portion of the State of New York.

The purpose of this organization is to provide assistance and support to its membership, which consists of all officially appointed local government historians: city, county, town and village historians; all duly appointed deputies/assistants of the same, and representatives appointed by the Seneca, Tonawanda or Tuscarora Nations within Western New York, which is comprised of the counties within the Niagara, Southern Tier, and Finger Lakes Regions of New York State.

The goal of this organization is to provide an administrative service that produces a website, an annual meeting, and programming that encourages the betterment of historians within Western New York through education and training.
 

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2024 Conference

September 21, 2024
Perry, NY

Information and registration coming summer 2024
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Dues: Please consider becoming a member for 2024.

GAHWNY Executive Board 2023-2024

Executive Council Chair
Cindy Amrhein, Wyoming County Historian

Executive Council Vice Chair
Tina Thompson, Henrietta Town Historian

Secretary
Holly Watson, Livingston County Historian

Treasurer
Valerie Griffing, Nunda Town Historian