TOMPKINS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Interested in your family's history? Not quite sure where to start? Join the The Tompkins County Genealogy Society. The Genealogy Society was formed in 2018 to support genealogists researching their families in Tompkins County and elsewhere. The Society brings together a network of researchers, facilitates access to resources and best practices, and provides programming that draws upon research expertise and personal experiences. They meet monthly to share resources, ideas and create time and space to trace their own family histories.

Contact: spbissen@gmail.com

Facebook Group: Tompkins County Genealogical Society

Meeting: Third Wednesday of each month in the Second Floor Conference Room of the Tompkins Center for History & Culture

CORNELL HISTORICAL RAILROAD SOCIETY

The Cornell Railroad Historical Society is both a local organization and is also a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. We are interested in railroads, chiefly, but not exclusively railroads of the United States, their operations, equipment, history. We tend to concentrate on local railroads, most of which involved Ezra Cornell in their early days, especially the Lehigh Valley Railroad. We take our name from Ezra, since we are not officially connected with the university of his name. Our meetings are open to the general public, but we welcome anyone to become a member, either of our local group, or also of the National organization. Our meetings, held on the second Tuesday of each month, feature presentations on such things as rail history, rail travel, model railroading and rail collectibles.  Our July meeting is a picnic held at a location adjacent to a rail line in this region and we do not meet in August. Members receive a newsletter ten times a year.

Contact: hobosong@ottcmail.com

Meeting: Second Tuesday of each month in the Second Floor Conference Room of the Tompkins Center for History & Culture