Lake Placid-North Elba (New York) Historical Society Opens New Office

The following excerpt is from the January 22, 2013 edition of the Lake Placid News.

Glass-plate negatives from the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society
Glass-plate negatives from the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society

LAKE PLACID [New York] – The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society recently opened a new office at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts Annex on Saranac Avenue, making the organization more accessible.

The society operates The History Museum at the Lake Placid train station from Memorial Day weekend to Columbus Day but has not had year-round office space until now.

“Historically, the directors always just worked from home in the off season part time and then full time in the summer,” said Jennifer Tufano, director of the historical society who moved into the Annex in October. “What we found is that the work in the off season has become just as busy as during the summer season. Even though the museum is closed, we’re still writing grants and working on collections.”

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About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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