Berne, Albany County, New York Genealogy

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City Hall
http://www.berneny.org/ Town of Berne PO Box 57 Berne, NY 12023

Quick Facts
Fomer town names: Beaverdam

Before 1750: Settled by the Palatine German refugees. They were squatters on the Rensselaerwyck estate.

1795: Town of Berne founded, from Town of Rensselaerville.

1822: North half of the Town set off to create Town of Knox.

4 July 1839: Due to the control by the patroons, the mass meeting of the tenant farmers met and it led to the Anti-Rent War.

Villages, Hamilets and Communities
Berne | East Berne | South Berne | West Berne | Reidsville | Thompson's Lake | Warner's Lake | The Switzkill Valley | West Mountain | Huntersland

Cemeteries

 * Berne &amp; Beaverdam Cemetery
 * Newyorkgravestones.org

Church History and Records

 * Evangelical Lutheran
 * Reformed Dutch