Albany, Albany County, New York Genealogy

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Albany County Organization
Albany County's civil records start the following years:

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Albany County are kept, see the Albany County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts
, Oldest surviving European settlement from the original thirteen 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 Duke of Albany (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.

Resources
All titles, unless otherwise indicated, are (FHL) entries.

Archives and Libraries

 * Gateway to America : genealogical research in the New York State Library, pub. 1980 (FHL)
 * Genealogical resources in the New York metropolitan area (FHL)
 * Guide to records relating to the Revolutionary War in the New York State Archives (FHL)
 * New York State Library card catalog file of vital records in the History and Genealogy section (FHL)
 * Surname card index (FHL)

Biography

 * Albany illustrated: illustrated souvenir of Albany and vicinity, commerce, trade and industries, historical, descriptive and biographical sketches, with views and portraits, pub. 1892 (FHL)
 * Geschichte der Deutschen in Albany und Troy: nebst kurzen biographien von beamten und hervorragenden buergern : illustrirtes handbuch wissenswerthen inhaltes, pub. 1897 (FHL)
 * Noted living Albanians and state officials: a series of biographical sketches, pub. 1891 (FHL)

Business 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

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 Directories, History and Records
Due to very lengthy section, please see separate page on the subject.

Jewish History and Records

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