From Albany-
The great-great-grandsons of two Civil War soldiers are searching for a memorial to the 169th New York Infantry Regiment that was a stained-glass window in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Menands for nearly a century.
For Bill Connelly of Northumberland and Steven Wiezbicki of Fort Collins, Colo., the window is a tie to their ancestors who fought with the famed 169th, which also was known as the Troy Regiment.
When churches close, items of religious significance may stay in the building, be transferred to a sister congregation, put in storage or sold. In rare instances, materials may become available when a church is demolished.
Tracking down the window from St. Margaret's has been difficult for Connelly and Wiezbicki because the one-story brick Episcopal chapel was sold 28 years ago to Cornerstone Christian Church. The nondenominational congregation, also known as the Road to Damascus Church, paid $45,000 for the building on Brookside Avenue, just west of Menands Village Hall. The window was removed sometime after 1984.
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