Colonie, Albany County, New York Genealogy

Historical Facts
Town seat: Newtonville


 * Colonie Town Hall
 * 534 Loudon Road
 * Newtonville, New York 12128

(518) 783-2700

Email: colonie@colonie.org

Villages: Colonie, Menands

Communities: Boght Corners, Crescent Station, Dunsbach Ferry, Karner, Latham, Lisha Kill, Loudonville, Maywood, Mohawk View, Newtonville, Roessleville, Shakers, Stanford Heights, Verdoy.

Evergreen Memorial Park
Located at 2150 Central Ave, Colonie, NY


 * FindaGrave

Lisha's Kill Reformed Church Cemetery
Located at Rte 5 Eastbound lane, near 2090 Central Ave, Schenectady.


 * Distantcousin.com

Our Lady of Angels (Catholic) Cemetery
Cemetery Office located at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, (518) 463-0134.

St Agnes (Catholic) Cemetery
Located at 48 Cemetery Ave, Menands, NY


 * Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Records for 1868-1882 have been transcribed by the Troy Irish Genealogical Society. The Diocesan Cemetery Office for Albany County is at St Agnes Cemetery, Menands. Phone (518) 463-0134.

St John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
Located at 303 Sand Creek Road, Colonie, NY. Contact the cemetery office at (518) 459-8044


 * Newyorkgravestones.org

St Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
Located next to Guptills Arena Rt 9 Latham. Contact the office of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2410 Fourth Ave., Watervliet, N.Y. 12189

Dutch Reformed

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department. Boght, Becker Dutch Reformed Church, Colonie, Albany, New York computer printout; births or christenings, 1784-1896 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976)
 * William Burt Cook, transcriber. Baptismal and marriage records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Boght, Colonie, N.Y (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms, 1987). Index to Baptismal and marriage records Baptismal and marriage records
 * William Burt Cook, transcriber. Transcript of the baptismal and marriage records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Boght, Albany County, New York, 1782-1899 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977)
 * William Burt Cook, transcriber. Transcript of the baptismal and marriage records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Boght, Albany County, New York, 1784-1899 (Washington, District of Columbia : Reproduction Systems, 1971).
 * Howard I. Becker, transcriber. Transcript of the marriage and baptismal records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Boght, Colonie, N.Y. : marriages 1784-1900, baptisms 1784-1896 (1954).

Archives, Libraries and Museums
William K. Sanford Town Library 629 Albany–Shaker Road Loudonville, NY 12211-1196 Phone: 518–458-9274 Email: wkslibry@uhls.lib.ny.us Collection: Small collection of reference works, city directories, maps, oral history tapes, newspaper clipping file with an emphasis on the town of Colonie and surrounding localities, including some local church records and a few family histories.

Societies
Historical Society of the Town of Colonie Memorial Town Hall Newtonville, NY 12128-0508 Phone: 518-782-2593 E-mail: [mailto:historian@colonie.org historian@colonie.org]

Town Clerk
Colonie Town Clerk Memorial Town Hall 534 Loudon Road Newtonville, NY 12128 Phone: 518-783-2734 Email: deltortoe@colonie.org The Town of Colonie can provide uncertified copies of Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates for genealogy research purposes if the event occurred within the Town.

Town Historian
Colonie Town Historian Town of Colonie Town Historian Memorial Town Hall Newtonville, NY 12128 Phone: 518) 782-2593 Email: historian@colonie.org Hours: Call for an appointment