Cohoes, Albany County, New York Genealogy

Quick Facts

 * 1630: The land was purchased from the local Indians, became part of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck.
 * Name origin: Dutch adaptation of Mohawk "Ga-ha-oose" for "place of the falling canoe"
 * 1848: Cohoes was incorporated as a village within the Town of Watervliet.
 * 1869: Chartered as a city.

Resources
All titles, unless otherwise indicated, are (FHL) entries.

Biography

 * The history of Cohoes, New York: from its earliest settlement to the present time, pub. 1877 (FHL)
 * Index to Coeymans and the past: by Edward D. Giddings, 1973 (FHL)

Business records and commerce

 * The City of Cohoes: its past and present history, and future prospects: its great manufactories (FHL)

Cemeteries

 * Colonie, Albany County, New York, Fonda, Lansing and Weaver burial plots and Van Schaick Family cemetery (FHL)

Calvary Cemetery
This cemetery was used by parishioners of St. Bernard's Church until 1936. It was permanently closed in 1958. Few gravestones are left. No church burial records exist for Calvary Cemetery. Some burial records have been reconstructed from obituaries from Fultonhistory.com. The obituaries are found in Findagrave.com.


 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 945486
 * map: Hometown Locator

Saint Agnes Catholic
Not to be confused with St. Agnes Catholic, located in Menards, next to Albany Rural Cemetery. Cemetery office (518) 463-0134


 * New York Gravestone Photo Project
 * FindaGrave
 * map: USGS GNIS FID 963243
 * map: Hometown Locator

Baptist

 * Directory: First Baptist Church, Cohoes, N.Y., 1918. ;
 * A Brief history of the First Baptist Church, Cohoes, New York. ;

Roman Catholic

 * Saint Joseph, Cohoes, New York, baptisms: September, 1868 to August, 2005. ;
 * St. Joseph, Cohoes, NY, marriages ... October 1867 to May 1999. ;

Directories
see also: Church Directories


 * The Albany and Troy blue book of selected names: for Albany, Troy, Cohoes, Lansingburgh [sic], Waterford, Bath, Greenbush, East Albany, West Troy, Green Island, Menands, Loudonville and Newtonville, containing the names and addresses of prominent residents, arranged both alphabetically and numerically by streets; also shopping guide, theatre diagrams, club members, and other valuable information, 1895. ;
 * Albany County officials illustrated directory, 1902-1903.;
 * The Troy directory: also Cohoes and Waterford, Watervliet and Green Island, N.Y. ... containing a general directory of the citizens; business directory; street directory; house directory; and city, county, and state registers. ;

History
see also: Business commerce


 * Where Hudson's voyage ended: an inquiry : Cohoes, and the origin of the name (FHL)

Maps

 * Map of Troy, Watervliet, Cohoes, Waterford and Green Island [New York]

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Cohoes Public Library 169 Mohawk Street Cohoes, NY 12047&gt;br&gt;Phone: 518-235-2570 E-mail: info@cohoespubliclibrary.org

City Clerk
Cohoes City Clerk 97 Mohawk Street Cohoes, NY 12047 Phone: 518-233-2141 Email: cityclerk@ci.cohoes.ny.us The City of Cohoes has birth, death and marriage records dating back to 1882.

City Historian
Historian (N/A)

Societies
Spindle City Historic Society 58 Remsen Street Cohoes, NY 12047 Email: Info@SpindleCity.net Articles from their newsletters and guides for tours are available on their website.