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Livingston County historian highlights newspaper digitization, cemetery kiosks and expanded online records
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Howard Watson, Livingston County historian, told the Board of Supervisors that the historian's office completed a Rochester Regional Library Council grant to digitize more than 75,000 newspaper pages and installed interpretive kiosks at two poorhouse cemeteries.
Howard Watson, Livingston County historian, told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 22 that the historian's office completed several projects in the past year, including a newspaper digitization project funded by a $6,500 grant from the Rochester Regional Library Council.
Watson said the project digitized more than 75,000 newspaper pages spanning roughly 1801 through 1924 across about 63 titles and that the material has been added to the New York State Historic Newspapers search site. He said the county's holdings are now available on…
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