Author: HSERL

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  • THE LAST WILL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

    This article is copied from a the HELM, Thursday, February 21, 1963.  This is one of the newspapers which HSERL has archived and which will be available to everyone in the very near future.   THIS MONTH we celebrate the birthday of the country’s first president, George Washington.  there is little new that can be […]

  • Missing Issues of East Rockaway Observer & Lynbrook Helm

    The Historical Society of East Rockaway & Lynbrook has been able to have a number of issues of the East Rockaway Observer and the  Lynbrook Helm  newspapers microfilmed and scanned. Because some of the issues are missing from each year copied, we will print those missing dates for you. The East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer 1983/ missing […]

  • Historical Society Seeks Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Athena Pictures

    The Historical Society of East Rockaway  & Lynbrook would like to obtain and preserve photographs of the devastating “superstorm” and blizzard that followed.  It is their intention to create an  archive of pictures that were taken of Sandy and Athena by local residents and to eventually display those photos. We are asking anyone with photographs […]

  • Submit your stories here!

    Have something interesting to share about our community’s history?  You can share it with us here!  Just click on the “Submit a Story” link to get started!  It’s that easy!  Your submission will be sent to our editors for approval.  Once approved, you will be able to see your post on this page! Thank you […]

  • Look what we found!

    This article was originally published on February 14, 1938.  What a great find!  Click the image to see the full article.

  • Heritage News:

      Download the  Heritage News January 2014 to March 2014 – HERITAGE NEWS JANUARY – MARCH 2014 Download the Heritage News Oct – Nov 2013 – HERITAGE NEWS October – Nobember 2013 Down load the Heritage News June -Sept 2013 – HERITAGE NEWS JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 2013 redux Download the Heritage News  Oct- Jan2012 – Heritage […]

  • Historic Houses

    History takes time.  That most certainly is not only an oxymoron but also an understatement. HSERL has succeeded in making history yet again. Three Lynbrook houses have been placed on the New York State of  Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic places You have read previously about the work of these  […]

  • New Featured Member

    This will highlight someone of interest to the organization

  • The Original Henri’s Restaurant

    This article was originally printed in the East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer on June 19, 1975. Here you would write a summary of the article, then post the image for people to see.  It would be ideal to have the image scanned large enough that it can be read when someone clicks on the image.