Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York Genealogy

Cemeteries
Rensselaer County Cemetery database http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/cemetery.htm

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

c/o Saint John's Catholic Church 50 Herrick Street, Rensselaer, NY 12144 Phone (518) 465-0482


 * Findagrave.com

New Rural Cemetery

330 3rd Ave Ext, Rensselaer, NY, (518) 434-0638


 * Findagrave.com

Beverwyck Cemetery

Washington Ave, Rensselaer, NY


 * Findagrave.com

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Rensselaer City History Research Center. See also Historianfor additional information about holdings.

Rensselaer City History Research Center Rensselaer City Hall Second Floor 62 Washington Street Rensselaer, NY 12144 Phone: 518-694-3126 Fax: 518-449-4756

The Center has city and county histories, maps, city directories, school yearbooks, family histories, books on Colonial history and New York State, books on American Indians, Dutch families, and other items related to the city. photographs and newspaper clippings files, copies of church records, and other historical and genealogical items.


 * See the City of Troy page for a list of several archives and libraries with good local history collections in Troy.
 * Hart-Cluett House Museum is run by the Rensselaer County Historical Society (see below). Phone: 518-244-6846

Societies
Rensselaer County Historical Society 57 Second Street Troy, NY 12180 Phone: 518-272-7232 Fax: 518-273-1264 E-mail: [mailto:info@rchsonline.org info@rchsonline.org]

Research Library of the Rensselaer County Historical Society has diaries, city directories, county histories, family histories, town and village histories, photographs, etc.

City Clerk
City Clerk 62 Washington Street, Fl 2 Rensselaer, New York 12144 Phone: 518-462-4266 Fax: 518-462-0890

City Historian
City Historian See also Historian for additional information. Rensselaer City Hall 62 Washington Street Rensselaer, NY 12144 Phone: 518-694-3126 Fax: 518-449-4756