Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Schenectady County  Schenectady

Cemeteries
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery E-Mail: ifirstpr@nycap.rr.com.

• First Reformed Church Cemetery Phone: 518-377-2201

• Congregation Gates of Heaven Cemetery (Jewish) American Jewish Archives E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu Directions to the cemetery Schenectady Historical Society has a copy of the records Phone: 518-374-0263.

• Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery Phone: 518-372-1992

• Park View Cemetery (518) 346-3217. Mailing address is P.O. Box 914, 12309.

• St Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery (518) 374-3163

• Names on Tombstones and Tablets Located in the Churchyard and Church of St. George's Church (Episcopal) - Schenectady, N.Y. at St. George's Church - free.

• St. John the Baptist Cemetery Cemetery office Phone: 518-372-8805

• St. Joseph's Cemetery (new) Phone: 518-372-8805

• St. Joseph's Cemetery (old) Phone: 518-372-8805

• St Mary’s Cemetery 738 McClellan Street, Schenectady, NY AKA: Czestochwskiej Cemetery (518) 374-2423.

• Vale Cemetery Phone: 518-346-0423 Cemetery office 907 State St., Schenectady, NY

• Zion Lutheran Cemetery The records are kept at Vale Cemetery Phone: 518_346-0423.

Church Records

 * 1694-1723 - Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1723, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.


 * 1694-1756 - Marriages, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1756, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.


 * 1694-1768 - "First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, N.Y. Marriage Record," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1694-1764: Vol. 73, No. 1 (Jan. 1942):36-63; 1765-1768: Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1942):106-108. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.


 * 1767-1788 - Annual Register of Births (1767-1788) - St. George's (Episcopal) Church, Schenectady, NY at St. George's Church - free.


 * 1771-1850 - Marriages at St. George's Church (Episcopal), Schenectady, NY - 1771-1850, courtesy: RootsWeb - free; also arranged alphabetically by bride.


 * Cormack, Marie Noll. Index of Mothers Mentioned in Baptisms of First Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, N.Y. 1989. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

City Clerk
City Clerk Eileen Versaci Office of the City Clerk City Hall, Room 107 Schenectady, NY 12305 Phone: 518-382-5195 Fax: 518-382-0030 E-mail: [mailto:cityclk1@nycap.rr.com cityclk1@nycap.rr.com]

City Historian
City Historian Don Rittner 620 State Street Schenectady, NY 12305 E-mail: [mailto:historian@schenectadycounty.com historian@schenectadycounty.com]

Also serves as Schenectady County Historian