Albany, Albany County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Albany County  Albany

Biography

 * Albany illustrated: illustrated souvenir of Albany and vicinity, commerce, trade and industries, historical, descriptive and biographical sketches, with views and portraits (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms, 1987. Microreproduction of original published: [Albany?] : The Argus Co., [1892?]). HeritageQuest Online edition; ;
 * Geschichte der Deutschen in Albany und Troy: nebst kurzen biographien von beamten und hervorragenden buergern: illustrirtes handbuch wissenswerthen inhaltes (Biographical sketches of officals and prominent German people in Albany and Troy) (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms, 1987. Microreproduction of original published: [Albany?] : Albany Taeglicher Herold, [1897?]). ;.
 * David Addison Harsha, Noted living Albanians and state officials: a series of biographical sketches (Tucson, Arizona : W.C. Cox Co., 1974. Microreproduction of original published: Albany, N.Y. : Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1891). ;.

Business Records and Commerce

 * Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1899 (FHL)
 * Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1920: one hundred years of faithful service, June 10th, 1920 (FHL)
 * History and development of the Albany Home Building Co., Albany, N.Y.: December, 1912 (FHL)
 * Home Savings Bank of the city of Albany: its history and achievements, 1872-1922, fifty years of faithful stewardship, May 4, 1922 (FHL)
 * Industrial Albany: manufacturing and distributing advantages (FHL)

Cemeteries

 * Albany City cemeteries, 1941 (FHL)
 * Burial records, First Dutch Reformed Church, 1934 (FHL)
 * Burials in Albany: p.56-58, 1710-1736 (First Reformed Church) (FHL)
 * Cemetery records, Albany (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran &amp; Evangelical Protestant Church) and New Woodstock, New York, 1962 (FHL)
 * Proceedings of the Common Council, and the various religious corporations of the city of Albany, relative to the State Street burial grounds, 1867 (FHL)

Albany Rural


 * The Albany Rural Cemetery: its beauties, its memories, 1893 (FHL)
 * Albany Rural Cemetery: proprietors and lot location, 1874-1879 (FHL)
 * Individual interment records (card file), 1965 (FHL)
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 942240
 * map: Hometown Locator

Beth Emmeth (Jewish)


 * Old Beth Emmeth Cemetery, Old Retreat Rd, 1985 (FHL)
 * Cemetery office (518)436-9761
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 943766
 * map: Hometown Locator

Eagle Hill

aka St. Paul's German Lutheran


 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com

Graceland


 * Cemetery records, Graceland burial grounds (FHL)
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 951452
 * map: Hometown Locator

Memory's Garden


 * Cemetery office (518) 869-9506
 * Findagrave.com

Census
1860


 * The matched mortality and population schedules of 1860 census of Albany city and county, New York, pub. 1987

1910


 * Albany, New York 1910 census enumeration district maps

1920


 * 1920 census map for Albany, New York (FHL)

Centennial Celebrations, etc
See also Church Directories, History and Records


 * Albany's tercentenary: America's oldest city, 1624-1924, historical narrative souvenir (FHL)
 * Albany, a cradle of America: founded 1614, chartered 1686 (FHL)
 * The capital centenary: report of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the state capital in Albany : January 3, 1797-January 6, 1897 (FHL)

Church Records
See Albany, New York Church Records Wiki page.

History
, Oldest surviving European settlement from the original thirteen British colonies.

Indian names: Pem-po-tu-wuth-ut (Mohegan), Sche-negh-ta-da (Iroquois)

Fomer town names: Castle Island (1540), Fort Nassau (1614), Fort Orange (1624), Beverwyck (1652)

1664: When English took the area, the name was changed to Albany in honor of the, later James II, King of England.

1674: The Dutch took Albany from the English.

1675: The English retook Albany as the result of Third Anglo-Dutch War.

22 July 1686: Formally chartered as a city.

1797: Albany became the state capital.

J. Munsell, Collections on the History of Albany, from its Discovery to the Present Time: with Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased (Albany, New York: 1867) Google Books digital copy, Other Libraries

Jewish Records

 * Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, New York, 1838-1938, 5598-5698 (FHL)

Archives, Libraries, and Museums
New York State Library Cultural Education Center Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12230 Phone: 518-474-5161 Fax: 518-474-5786 All periods and aspects of New York state history from colonial times to present; printed family histories with emphasis on NY, PA, NJ, and New England, DAR, Loyalist records, census, periodicals, probate, military, church and vital records.


 * Melinda Yates, Gateway to America: genealogical research in the New York State Library, 2nd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: University of the state of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, 1982). ;.
 * New York State Library card catalog file of vital records in the History and Genealogy section ([Albany, New York : New York State Library, Photoduplication Department, 1979?]). ; . Microfiche of hand and typewritten cards.
 * New York State Library (Albany, New York), Surname card index ([Albany, New York : New York State Library, Photoduplication Unit, 1979?]). . Surname catalog of the American History and Genealogy section of the New York State Library.

Additional Guides


 * Estelle M. Guzik, Genealogical resources in the New York metropolitan area (New York, N.Y.: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1989). ; . Also includes Albany. Emphasis on Jewish sources.
 * Duncan O. McCollum, Guide to records relating to the Revolutionary War in the New York State Archives (Albany, NY : University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., Office of Cultural Education, State Archives and Records Administration, 1994). New York State Library/Archives/Museum Catalog online .pdf edition; ; . Government administration, claims and payments, land bounties, forfeited estates, pensions, finance, and correspondence.

Societies
Albany South End Historical Society 20 Second Avenue Albany, New York 12202 Phone: (518)463-0249 Collection: Materials relating to the City of Albany, especially the South End of the city. These include City Directories, maps, photos, artifacts and manuscripts. Information on prominent houses and South End residents is also collected.