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11/29/2008
Added Mission Statement page to Join OBHS section.
11/25/2008
Updated and revised the Bookstore page.
11/23/2008
Corrected Menu which had omitted Calendar.
Updated Calendar with notice of annual holiday celebration, adding new graphic.
11/22/2008
Updated You Can Help Us and Membership pages.
11/21/2008
Updated By-Laws Updated page and Javascript for new tooltips.
11/16/2008
Updated Oyster Bay Town History and Local Legacies pages.
11/14/2008
Updated Historic Documents page; minor adjustments to several previously updated pages.
Updated Genealogical Inquiry page.
11/13/2008
Updated 18th Century Garden and Related Websites pages.
11/12/2008
Added new E-W House photo to Museum Directions page.
Updated Museum E-W House page, adding photo of house in transit.
Updated Kid's Tour and Old Fashioned Country Fair for Children pages.
11/12/2008
Updated Photo Gallery Slides and Captions pages.
11/10/2008
Created new homepage (not online until more pages reworked).
11/9/2008
Reworked several more pages, changing logo, background, updating copy.
11/8/2008
Replaced images of AP Koenig center and Franklin Perrell with cleaner versions.
Added donation info to Calendar posting for Perrell talk.
Added image to Exhibit posting on Calendar.
Updated Building Fund page with new info, fund-raising brochure.
Emailed subscribers.
Attempted unsucessfully to compress 15MB brochure.
Added credit line for Blocklyn to Freeholder Index and Contents pages.
Created new logo, adding tagline to old elements.
Began reworking pages for consistent layout.
11/7/2008
Added Google webmaster tools; created html and xml sitemaps.
Created custom 404 (page error) page for better navigation.
11/6/2008
Checked and replaced or removed all links on Related Websites page.
Updated You Can Help page.
Made new OBHS advertising banner.
Updated In the News page.
11/5/2008
Updated Freeholder Preview page, broke Freeholder Index into and Index and Contents page.
Updated all Freeholder links.
Reworked Photo Gallery into two pages, a slideshow hosted on PhotoBucket and a captions page.
Created an Exhibit page, populated with a description of The Roosevelts ... It's Wasn't All Politics.
Created a Building Fund page for the Angela Koenig Research & Collections Center.
Updated Directions page with current map.
11/2/2008
Adjusted additional pages for integration on one server.
Added Freeholder Index page, including Table of Contents and Index using Google Docs.
11/1/2008
AOL closes OBHS website formerly located at http://members.aol.com/OBHistory
Webpages formerly hosted there are modified and merged into the OBHS website at https://oysterbayhistory.org
Many pages modified for function, fact, and to update links.
10/25/2007
Posted Calendar notices for Exhibition Opening and Annual Holiday Party. Emailed subscribers.
8/2/2007
Updated Books Orderform to match online Bookstore.
7/2/2007
Revised cost of maps to include increased mailing costs.
Created OBHS Alerts Google mailing list for Docs and Freeholder subscribers.
Emailed Docs and Freeholder subscribers.
6/30/2007
Added Raymond Spinzia article, Those Other Roosevelts: The Fortesces to the Freeholder Online section; updated Freeholder Online page, updated Docs Online page, added alert box to homepage; updated Freeholder Preview page.
6/5/2007
Added By-Laws page with homepage menu link, PDFs of previous and proposed by-laws.
3/24/2007
Added link to "John Hammond Pens a New Guide to The Historic Cemeteries of Oyster Bay" article from Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News page.
11/17/2006
Added link to "Helping Hands Preserve Historic Well House" article from Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News page.
11/08/2006
Posted notice of Exhibit Opening lecture, "Exhibit Opens with Lecture by Tiffany's John Loring" on Calendar.
https://oysterbayhistory.org/calendar/2006/11/exhibit-opens-with-lecture-by-tiffanys.html
10/15/2006
Free Freeholder offer page with four images, 9 paragraphs copy, shopping cart with four buttons, homepage alert with graphic, Calendar update with graphic, page counter, email to subscribers.
10/12/2006
Notice of Spinzia lecture for Calendar with graphic, hyperlinks. Email subscribers.
10/11/2006
Mock-ups for Exhbit Opening, Holiday Party, email
10/9/2006
removed railroad links on homepage and elsewhere, added redirects
updated Freeholder preview page with current (Summer 2006) content
reworked membership page with current officers, trustees, new members, and membership prices
changed membership prices on printable application
changed pages for Freeholder to link to Bookstore
changed membership page to enable online payment
reworked homepage to feature paying sections (memberships, bookstore, donations)
added donation function to building fund page
enabled new blog Calendar with RSS subscription
set up Yahoo! Group for Calendar subscribers
10/8/2006
Added shopping cart to membership page to permit online payment.
Added Donation button to Building Fund page.
Removed Railroad page and links.
10/7/2006
Updated membership pages to show new members, trustees, officers, etc. and to update membership fees.
2/1/2006
Re-instated John Hammond on home page.
Updated homepage with current Prez and OB History blog.
Updated bookstore with Summer and Fall editions of Freeholder.
10/11/2005
Changed homepage tease to feature Stephen Walker's What Kind of Noise Annoys Oysters?
Added Newsday article about the book, Oysters to Sing About.
7/28/2005
Added notices for Black Tie dinner and Exhibit Opening to Calendar, adding Passport to Historic Oyster Bay links.
Added alert box to Homepage for new page about TR Statue and Building Fund. Added sponsorship form as PDF for Statue.
Added promo to Passport.
7/15/2005
Archived Calendar, added notice of Plein Air event.
3/13/2005
Updated homepage, removing tease for Oyster Bay Architecture, replacing it with one for John Hammond's book and the Bookstore.
Reworked the Bookstore, adding images, changing layout for clarity.
Changed shopping cart to add $5.00 S&H to orders through $20; $7.00 through $35; $10 after.
Reworked Order Form to change S&H to $5.00 min, $10.00 max.
3/1/2005
Changed publications page to online Bookstore, adding new publications.
2/26/2005
Added article 02/25/05 Enterprise-Pilot article LIRR Presents OB Station Keys to TOB to In the News section.
Added Donation via PayPal buttons to homepage, Help Us!, and Building Fund pages.
Added section about Building Fund to Help Us! page.
Reworked homepage layout.
2/19/2005
Added 02/18/05 Newsday article, LIRR donates historic train station to town.
Updated homepage to remove Holiday greetings (about time).
Archived Calendar.
12/16/2004
Added 12/17/2004 Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot article about preserving architecture.
12/12/2004
Added 12/12/2004 Newsday article, A display of architectual heritage.
12/3/2004
Added Claire Bellerjeau article on Townsend jug.
Changed Freeholder preview.
11/19/2004
Added 2 articles to In the News.
Removed Holiday meeting for meetings as directed.
Put it back with note that there will be no Candlelight Evening this year.
11/16/2004
Archived Calendar.
Added Architecture of Oyster Bay description and events to Calendar.
Added homepage tease for AOB, posted Holiday notice.
Added AOB article to In the News page.
7/5/2004
Archived July 4 events.
7/2/2004
Added July 4 Passport to Historic Oyster Bay events to Calendar.
6/14/2004
Archived Annual Meeting.
6/6/2004
Updated Calendar for Annual Meeting.
Updated Officers/Trustees list.
6/3/2004
Removed Auction banners from homepage and Calendar.
Archived May events on Calendar.
5/12/2004
Archived Monical Randall's 20/20 lecture.
5/4/2004
Updated Art of Oyster Bay auction pages to add details and images from the invitation.
Updated Calendar to correct description of auction.
5/3/2004
Archived April events.
4/20/2004
Posted Art of Oyster Bay Auction with banner ads on Genealogy Forum, PC Forum, Installations Plus homepage, Webshop, OBHS homepage and Calendar, Raynham Hall Calendar.
4/18/2004
Removed Thompson homepage Memorial.
4/14/2004
Archived second 20/20 lecture.
4/1/2004
Archived March Calendar listings.
3/31/2004
Archived first 20/20 lecture.
3/31/2004
Posted 20/20 lectures.
Posted Meet the Artist Reception notice, updating Auction description, and info about Art of Oyster Bay.
Overhauled Genealogy Forum, archiving old messages, reworking layout, features.
Created homepage tease for auction.
Removed Holiday notice
12/9/2003
Archived Calendar of Events.
Posted notice of rescheduled Lecture and Auction.
Posted Connoisseur's Banquet.
Posted Holiday closing notice on homepage.
7/18/2003
Posted John Hammond's "The Early Settlement of Oyster Bay". Linked it to the existing Town History, the homepage, and the Freeholder Online page.
Revised the homepage graphic for 350 Year's of History in Art
6/19/2003
Updated Calendar of Events.
Posted 350 Years of History in Art page and linked it to homepage graphic.
3/19/2003
Removed Doing/Viewing tease from homepage, added panorama.
3/13/2003
Updated Freeholder Preview page.
3/12/2003
Added May 20/20 Lecture to Calendar of Events.
Added Subscription feature to Calendar of Events.
3/10/2003
Updated Calendar of Events, 20/20 Lecture, and Related Websites pages.
12/1/2002
Added Holiday greeting and closing to homepage.
Fixed Sagamore Hill National Historic Site link on Related Websites page; thanks to Ranger Scott Gurney!
Removed dead links and fixed broken links on Related Websites page.
11/7/2002
Removed Oyster Festival link on homepage
Added Fall Exhibit cartoon tease.
Posted Fall Exhibit page with cartoon pop-up.
Revised Calendar of Events.
8/18/2002
Added Oyster Festival link to homepage.
6/28/2002
Updated Membership page with current board membership.
5/30/2002
Updated Calendar of Events.
3/20/2002
Updated Calendar of Events.
3/8/2002
Updated Calendar of Events to include 2002 20/20 Lectures
Updated Freeholder preview page.
2/19/2002
Updated Calendar of Events
Corrected Pennybridge link on Railroad page. Thanks Sam!
2/6/2002
Added Townsend, Underhill and Seaman sites to the Related Websites page.
1/16/2002
Added OBHS Looks at Year 2001 from the Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News section.
12/21/2001
Registered Banfi tour pages in search engines.
12/05/2001
Added Italian-American Series Tours Banfi from the Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News section.
11/30/2001
Added Long Islanders On a Quest for Local History from the NYT to In the News section.
10/26/2001
Removed Oyster Festival link.
Updated Calendar of Events to highlight Italian Immigrant Experience.
9/6/2001
Added link for current Oyster Festival news to homepage.
Added Suggestion Box feature to homepage.
8/21/2001
Added Keep Our History Alive to In the News section.
8/20/2001
Updated membership application.
Updated genealogy inquiry page.
Updated calendar of events.
Added Welcome Locomotive Steam Engine 35 article to In the News Section
8/18/2001
Updated membership page.
7/11/2001
Updated Calendar of Events to include tentative Italian Immigrant Experience events in October and November.
7/8/2001
Added Oyster Bay Historical Society Recaptures Italian Immigrant Experience article to In the News section.
7/1/2001
Revised fees for genealogical research.
6/15/2001
Added The Train's Comin' in! article to In the News section.
5/15/2001
Updated Related Websites page. Thanks to .
11/1/2008
Added Privacy Policy.
Updated the contents of this update page.
Rated OYSTERBAYHISTORY.ORG with ICRA as General.
Moved update and copyright pages to new domain.
4/12/2001
Updated description of Green-Wood Cemetery outing on Calendar of Events, adding illustration.
4/7/2001
Updated 20/20 lecture page (once more).
Added Engine 35 Chugging Nearer to In the News section.
4/6/2001
Updated Calendar of Events and 20/20 lecture page (again).
3/24/2001
Updated Calendar of Events, home page, and 20/20 lecture page.
3/3/2001
Oops: updates to this page since 4/12/2000 lost due to disk error.
Replaced broken MapQuest map on Directions page with inline interactive MapBlast map.
4/12/2000
Corrected technical error on town history page.
4/4/2000
Added Local Legacy Project page, marking it NEW on home page link.
4/3/2000
Added second article about Local Legacy project -- Oystering in Oyster Bay -- from Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News.
4/1/2000
Updated home page to use 40th anniversary logo.
Updated Calendar of Events.
3/31/2000
Updated travel directions page to indicate location of Long Island railroad station.
3/28/2000
Updated Calendar of Events, adding 40th anniversary celebration and providing additional details for 20/20 lectures.
Added article about Local Legacy project -- Oystering in Oyster Bay -- from Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot to In the News.
3/21/2000
Updated Calendar of Events to add this year's 20/20 lecture series.
3/19/2000
Revised publications page to reflect current availability and pricing.
Corrected admission charges for Children's Educational Program.
12/18/99
Posted holiday closing notice.
8/16/99
Updated URL for Northport Historical Society.
7/18/99
Updated Freeholder Preview page.
Added Andrew C. Batten's article Long Island Loyalists: The Misunderstood Americans to the Preview Online section.
7/16/99
Updated list of Trustees and Board Members and new members.
Added Bookmarking to home page.
7/15/99
Updated Calendar of Events.
5/20/99
Updated the Genealogical Inquiry Form.
3/22/99
Updated the list of Trustees and Board Members.
Revised Calendar for correct Revolutionary War Encampment date.
Updated Freeholder Preview page for current issue.
3/21/99
Corrected topic of Andrew Batten's 4/13 20/20 Lecture.
Revised 20/20 Lecture series page to include more information on Raynham Hall and to reflect 1999 events.
2/21/99
Updated Calendar of Events thru December, 1999.
8/01/98
Revised You Can Help page to add hyperlinks to existing departments and to request links from others operating websites.
Added new department, In the News, posting article from the New York Times.
Revised layout of homepage.
Added links to Oyster Bay, Long Island website to How to Get Here and Related Web Sites pages.
Updated Copyright Notice and Membership pages.
Revised and updated Calendar of Events.
7/29/98
Updated hyperlinks on Related Websites and How to Get Here pages.
7/25/98
Updated membership page to show new members, revised boards.
7/22/98
Added photos to each of the articles in the Freeholder Sampler.
Added lithograph to Antique Car Show page.
7/19/98
Added eleven documents to Historic Documents Online section, completing currently transcribed series.
7/18/98
Posted Spinzia's Freeholder article, Artistry in Glass.
7/17/98
Posted Hammond's Freeholder article, Commodore Swan; Magnani's article, "Old Ironsides" visits Oyster Bay; Myles' article, The Conestoga Wagon; Sayward's article, The Oyster Bay Connection.
Added new section, Freeholder Online, revising links to point to it and revised Homepage to show it.
Updated Neighborhood Night page.
Updated Calendar of Events.
Updated Freeholder Preview page.
7/13/98
Updated links and descriptions for the Nassau and Suffolk sites of the NYGenWeb Project.
Added date for Masonic document in Historic Documents section.
6/26/98
Added two more documents to Historic Documents Online section.
6/25/98
Added two more documents to Historic Documents Online section.
6/23/98
Updated Neighborhood Nights page.
6/21/98
Updated Calendar of Events.
Added another Webmaster's footnote to Historical Documents page.
Added credits to Historical Documents page.
Added Documents update subscription function.
Added six more documents to Historic Documents Online section.
Updated Related Websites page to include genealogical links.
Updated Genealogical Inquiry Form to suggest posting to the Forum and using the WebGen Project.
6/06/98
Updated Calendar of Events.
4/25/98
Updated Calendar of Events.
Added Webmaster's footnote to Historical Documents page.
3/23/98
Revised Photo Gallery graphics.
3/14/98
Added or revised captions in the Photo Gallery for the Baseball Team, Child with Lamb, and Sagamore Water Company.
3/13/98
Added page describing the Antique Auto Show.
3/12/98
Corrected date and time of Antique Auto Show.
2/21/98
Updated Calendar of Events.
1/25/98
Revised Photo Gallery to use thumbnail index images and to add captions to most photos.
Added two more documents to our Historic Documents Online section.
1/1/98
Added this What's New page.
Added Newsday's website, Long Island Our Story, to our page of Related Websites, and removed several dead links.

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