Volume 17, Issue 4 Newsletter of the Finger Lakes Chapter, ACBS December 2007
 
UPDATED December 25th 2007 page 6
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Boat / Transportation Museum
Planned in Skaneateles
 In the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, the Creamery was a vital part of the Skaneateles community, providing a centralized milk-processing facility for the area. Over the years the Creamery was also a thriving butter-making business, and an ice cream processor for the Best Ice Cream Co. and later, the Borden Co. In the early 1990s, the Skaneateles Historical Society acquired the nearly 100-year-old derelict building, renovated it, and established a new home for the Society and a museum for the community.
 Today, the Creamery is one of Skaneateles’ primary cultural centers, housing a growing local history museum, a busy community room, facilities for research and care of historical records and archives, and the site of monthly programs of local historical interest. But the Society is rapidly outgrowing the Creamery. Recently, through a generous donation, the Society was able to acquire the Creamery’s old boiler plant, gaining much-needed space for expansion and growth. That expansion will be used to reflect and preserve the history of Skaneateles commerce and transportation, highlighting local wooden boat design and manufacturing.
 Architectural plans have been drawn up to renovate the boiler plant, connect it to the Creamery via a new wing, and generally enhance the local neighborhood along Skaneateles Creek. Now, effort is underway to generate funding, develop detailed renovation plans and implement improvements as fundraising permits. Contributions to the project are being sought from all parts of the Skaneateles community. The Chapter’s Board of Directors has voted to make a $1500. contribution to the project over the next three years. Individual tax-deductible contributions can be made using the enclosed donation form.

Olin Stephens April 2, 2003

The recent letter about Olin Stephens made a great point about an amazing man. Those of us dedicated our beloved square boat–the Lightning get to thank him in person every 10 years at our anniversary regattas. As a tribute to our history, the ILCA has purchased and is donating Lightning Hull # 1 to The Mystic Seaport Museum in August during our Woman’s, Junior’s, Master’s North American Championships in Connecticut. Anyone wishing to support this donation, may send to contributions to: ILCA P.O.Box 10747 Murfreesboro, TN 37129. Those Masters over the age of 55 with a total crew age of 130 years and invited to get a boat and join us!

The International Lightning

Get The Best Of Both Worlds
Without Compromising Either One

The Lightning, a 19 foot trailerable centerboard sloop, was originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an affordable family day-sailor and racing boat. She has evolved into one of the most popular and competitive one-design racing classes in the world. Awarded ISAF International Class status, the Lightning is sailed in more than 13 countries and in the Pan American Games, and the class provides a professionally-managed association that is among the largest in all of one-design sailing. The Lightning’s rig is simple, but offers sophisticated sail shape controls. The hull features a unique hard chine design that combines the stability that provides sail-carrying power, with flat bottom sections that promote planing. The International Lightning Class Association protects the boat’s design and licenses custom and private builders to build boats under its administration. A list of Lightning builders is available from the ILCA upon request.

Dinghy Responsiveness,
Sportboat Performance
The Best Of Both Worlds

Whether racing or daysailing, the Lightning offers a combination of performance and stability that eludes most one-designs. The Lightning’s hard chine and 130 lb centerboard give her the stability and power of a small keel boat going to weather in strong winds and allow her to carry a very large spinnaker for breathtaking offwind rides.

There’s room in the cockpit for two couples or a family to daysail, but the Lightning is easy to ramp launch and light enough to trailer with ease. In the event of a capsize, she can be righted and sailed dry by her crew.

Skaneateles Lake (New York)

“Skaneateles is certainly one of the gems of the Finger Lakes, especially when viewed from points near its southern end. Here, the closeness and steepness of the trough walls create the impression of a glacial fjord, and the unique, greenish tint of its clear water further enhances the image because it so resembles ocean water in appearance.” (From Roadside Geology of New York by Bradford B. Van Diver, Mountain Press, 1985, p. 203.) Alternate spellings in historical literature: Skaneatelis, Scaneatles, Skaneatles, Skanetelas, Skaneatlas, Skaneatelas, Skaneatele, Skan-e-a-ties, Skeh-ne-a-ties (Onondaga for Long Lake). You can hear the correct pronunciation for “Skaneateles” (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)

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Over 1900 links to Genealogy sites
The Genealogy Home Page
US Census Bureau
The following Skaneateles and Onondaga County links were provided courtesy of William Hecht:

1860 Onondaga County Maps
1875 Onondaga County Maps
Air Photo
Skaneateles
Skaneateles - Roosevelt Hall
Bob’s
Ruston’s
Skaneateles lakefront
Map of Village of Skaneateles
Map Directory
Mottville map
Town Map
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Map illustration 2

Note: This database contains over 22,300 records compiled from the old newspaper announcements indexed at the Skaneateles Historical Society offices by Jim Dougherty and Ted Prindle. Records from The Columbian date from 1831 through March 1853. Records from the Democrat date from 1843 through 1880. Records from the Free Press date from 1881 through 1899. Records from The Skaneateles Press dated from 1900 through 1919.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARCHIVES

Visit our Archives Directory and view the files in text format with your browser. The download time is fast and you can save the entire individual files easily to your hard drive to search with your favorite text editing or spread sheet program. The Archives contain a readmefirst.txt file which describes the individual database files that you can view and download.

Note: This database contains 3,000 records compiled by Harold Witter. St. Mary’s Cemetery was dedicated in 1856. See additional notes at the top of the data file.

The Lakeview Cemetery Archive

Note: This database contains over 7,900 records provided courtesy of the Village of Skaneateles Cemetery Board. These records date from 1796 through 1988. We have provided a link on the search engine page so that you can also view the entire database file in plain text format