Berne, Albany County, New York Genealogy

United States &gt; New York &gt; Albany County &gt; Town of Berne

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

Resources
All titles, unless otherwise indicated, are Family History Library Catalog (FHL) entries.

Berne and Beaverdam

 * Beaverdam Cemetery (FHL)
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com

Lutheran

 * History of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, by Chester H. Traver, pub. 1911 (FHL)
 * St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (FHL) Baptisms, marriages, communions and deaths 1792-1934
 * Record of baptisms and marriages, by Rev. Adam Cminse of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Guilderland, New York, 1784-1873 (FHL) Baptisms with birth dates and marriages 1784-1873
 * Records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh (FHL)
 * Records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, edited by Royden Woodward Vosburgh (FHL) Vol. 1: Baptisms 1790-1838 Marriages 1794, 1808-1809 Confirmations 1792-1838 Vol. 2: Baptisms 1836-1874 Marriages 1850-1875 Deaths 1867-1875 Memberships
 * Saint Paul Lutheran Evangelical, Berne, Albany, New York computer printout; births or christenings, 1790-1874 (FHL)

Reformed Dutch
also known as First Reformed Dutch Church of Berne


 * Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Beaver Dam in the town of Berne, by Royden Woodward Vosburgh (FHL) Baptisms 1763-1861 Marriages 1787-1877 Memberships 1767-1871
 * The Second Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Bern [sic] (located near Thompson's Lake), by Kathleen Turner, pub. 1984 (FHL) Members 1826-1891 Baptisms 1826-1869, 1884 Marriages 1829-1877 Deaths 1829-1895
 * Beaver Dam Dutch Reformed Church, Berne, Albany, New York computer printout; births or christenings, 1763-1861 (FHL)
 * Church records of Beaverdam (now Berne) Reformed Church, 1763-1802 (FHL) Baptisms, 1763, 1768-1800 Marriages 1787-1800 Elders and deacons 1771-1802 Members 1767-1800
 * Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Berne (formerly Beaverdam) (FHL) Baptisms 1763, 1768-1800 Marriages 1787-1800 Membership records 1767-1809

History

 * Our heritage, Town of Berne Bicentennial Commission, pub. 1977 (FHL)