Albany, Albany County, New York Genealogy

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Biography

 * Albany illustrated: illustrated souvenir of Albany and vicinity, commerce, trade and industries, historical, descriptive and biographical sketches, with views and portraits (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms, 1987. Microreproduction of original published: [Albany?] : The Argus Co., [1892?]). HeritageQuest Online edition; ;
 * Geschichte der Deutschen in Albany und Troy: nebst kurzen biographien von beamten und hervorragenden buergern: illustrirtes handbuch wissenswerthen inhaltes (Biographical sketches of officals and prominent German people in Albany and Troy) (Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms, 1987. Microreproduction of original published: [Albany?] : Albany Taeglicher Herold, [1897?]). ;.
 * David Addison Harsha, Noted living Albanians and state officials: a series of biographical sketches (Tucson, Arizona : W.C. Cox Co., 1974. Microreproduction of original published: Albany, N.Y. : Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1891). ;.

Business Records and Commerce

 * Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1899 (FHL)
 * Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1920: one hundred years of faithful service, June 10th, 1920 (FHL)
 * History and development of the Albany Home Building Co., Albany, N.Y.: December, 1912 (FHL)
 * Home Savings Bank of the city of Albany: its history and achievements, 1872-1922, fifty years of faithful stewardship, May 4, 1922 (FHL)
 * Industrial Albany: manufacturing and distributing advantages (FHL)

Cemeteries

 * Albany City cemeteries, 1941 (FHL)
 * Burial records, First Dutch Reformed Church, 1934 (FHL)
 * Burials in Albany: p.56-58, 1710-1736 (First Reformed Church) (FHL)
 * Cemetery records, Albany (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran &amp; Evangelical Protestant Church) and New Woodstock, New York, 1962 (FHL)
 * Proceedings of the Common Council, and the various religious corporations of the city of Albany, relative to the State Street burial grounds, 1867 (FHL)

Albany Rural


 * The Albany Rural Cemetery: its beauties, its memories, 1893 (FHL)
 * Albany Rural Cemetery: proprietors and lot location, 1874-1879 (FHL)
 * Individual interment records (card file), 1965 (FHL)
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 942240
 * map: Hometown Locator

Beth Emmeth (Jewish)


 * Old Beth Emmeth Cemetery, Old Retreat Rd, 1985 (FHL)
 * Cemetery office (518)436-9761
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 943766
 * map: Hometown Locator

Eagle Hill

aka St. Paul's German Lutheran


 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com

Graceland


 * Cemetery records, Graceland burial grounds (FHL)
 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 951452
 * map: Hometown Locator

Memory's Garden


 * Cemetery office (518) 869-9506
 * Findagrave.com

Census
1860


 * The matched mortality and population schedules of 1860 census of Albany city and county, New York, pub. 1987

1910


 * Albany, New York 1910 census enumeration district maps

1920


 * 1920 census map for Albany, New York (FHL)

Centennial Celebrations, etc
See also Church Directories, History and Records


 * Albany's tercentenary: America's oldest city, 1624-1924, historical narrative souvenir (FHL)
 * Albany, a cradle of America: founded 1614, chartered 1686 (FHL)
 * The capital centenary: report of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the state capital in Albany : January 3, 1797-January 6, 1897 (FHL)

Church Records
See Albany, New York Church Records Wiki page.

History
, Oldest surviving European settlement from the original thirteen British colonies.

Indian names: Pem-po-tu-wuth-ut (Mohegan), Sche-negh-ta-da (Iroquois)

Fomer town names: Castle Island (1540), Fort Nassau (1614), Fort Orange (1624), Beverwyck (1652)

1664: When English took the area, the name was changed to Albany in honor of the, later James II, King of England.

1674: The Dutch took Albany from the English.

1675: The English retook Albany as the result of Third Anglo-Dutch War.

22 July 1686: Formally chartered as a city.

1797: Albany became the state capital.

J. Munsell, Collections on the History of Albany, from its Discovery to the Present Time: with Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased (Albany, New York: 1867) Google Books digital copy, Other Libraries

Jewish Records

 * Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, New York, 1838-1938, 5598-5698 (FHL)

Archives, Libraries, and Museums
New York State Library Cultural Education Center Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12230 Phone: 518-474-5161 Fax: 518-474-5786 All periods and aspects of New York state history from colonial times to present; printed family histories with emphasis on NY, PA, NJ, and New England, DAR, Loyalist records, census, periodicals, probate, military, church and vital records.


 * Melinda Yates, Gateway to America: genealogical research in the New York State Library, 2nd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: University of the state of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Library, 1982). ;.
 * New York State Library card catalog file of vital records in the History and Genealogy section ([Albany, New York : New York State Library, Photoduplication Department, 1979?]). ; . Microfiche of hand and typewritten cards.
 * New York State Library (Albany, New York), Surname card index ([Albany, New York : New York State Library, Photoduplication Unit, 1979?]). . Surname catalog of the American History and Genealogy section of the New York State Library.

Additional Guides


 * Estelle M. Guzik, Genealogical resources in the New York metropolitan area (New York, N.Y.: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1989). ; . Also includes Albany. Emphasis on Jewish sources.
 * Duncan O. McCollum, Guide to records relating to the Revolutionary War in the New York State Archives (Albany, NY : University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., Office of Cultural Education, State Archives and Records Administration, 1994). New York State Library/Archives/Museum Catalog online .pdf edition; ; . Government administration, claims and payments, land bounties, forfeited estates, pensions, finance, and correspondence.