History,Lecture

he Holland Land Office is proud to present the Rochester area historian Rose O’Keefe. She will be speaking on the life and times of Frederick Douglass and his family while living in Rochester, NY. Rose is a well known authority on many of Rochester’s more famous citizen and is responsible for many of tours of Mt. Hope Cemetery in the city. The presentation is free to the public. Those interested can RSVP if they wish by calling the museum at 585-343-4727, emailing at hollandlandoffice@gmail.com, or by coming to the museum at 131 W.

The Holland Land Office Museum is also hosting on Thursday May 18th, Earl McElfresh from Olean, who will be presenting his tales of the Generals of the Civil War. This event is free to the public. His presentation entitled “Winning a War, Losing a Lost Cause: The Civil War Generals.” RSVPs are encouraged, but not required. RSVPs can be made by calling the museum at 585-343-4727, emailing at hollandlandoffice@gmail.com, or by stopping by the museum in person at 131 West Main St. Batavia, NY 14020.    

The Holland Land Office Museum will be hosting Toby Jewett, from Fort Niagara. His hour long talk will focus upon the War of 1812 and its impact on the Lake Ontario region. This event is free to the public and light refreshments will be served. Tickets: http://www.hollandlandoffice.com/.

Genesee County historian Mike Eula will present this free program. Although such Italian immigrants as Paolo Busti made their presence felt in Genesee County, New York as early as the late eighteenth century – in his case as the Holland Land Company’s Agent General orchestrating real estate transactions in Western New York on behalf of Dutch investors – it was not until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that large numbers of Italian immigrants began to make their appearance in Genesee County.