Troy, Rensselaer County, New York Genealogy

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Cemeteries
Nail Factory Cemetery

New Mount Ida Findagrave.com

Oakwood Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery in Troy is the 10th largest cemetery in the United States containing about 60,000 graves. Records from 1897-1903 have been transcribed so far.


 * Index to interments, books of interments, plot books FHLC


 * Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Old Lansingburgh Cemetery Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Inscriptions from Lansingburgh Cemetery FHLC

Old Mount Ida Cemetery Rootsweb.ancestry.com


 * Troy Burial Records Burial records for all people who died and were buried in Troy, New York 1833-1891 and 1919-1928.

Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Rootsweb.ancestry.com

Catholic Cemeteries


 * St Peter’s Cemetery FHLC


 * St John’s Cemetery (518) 463-0134

Formerly the parish cemetery of St. Augustine Church, Lansingburgh Cemetery Road, Troy FHLC


 * Findagrave.com


 * St. Jean de Baptiste Cemetery

Formerly the parish cemetery of St. Jean de Baptiste, Troy 968 Spring Avenue Extension, Troy, NY 12180 Phone (518) 463-0134


 * St Mary’s Cemetery (518) 463-0134 FHLC


 * Findagrave.com


 * St Joseph’s Cemeterygravestone images
 * Burials without headstones
 * Findagrave


 * Saint Augustine's Catholic Cemetery, 25 115th Street, Troy, NY 92182 Phone (518) 235-3861‎

Saint Nicholas's Ukrainian Cemetery

The cemetery is located in Watervliet. This is the cemetery for the Saint Nicholas's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vandenburgh Ave., Troy, NY 12180 (518)-274-5482

Vital records, obituaries, and tombstone inscriptions in Troy newspapers FHLC

Vital records of Rensselaer County, New York-deaths, 1847-1851 FHLC

Cemetery inscriptions and epitaphs from Troy and elsewhere in Rensselaer County, New York FHLC

Church Records

 * 1868-1923 Marriages, Church of Ascension 1868-1923, Troy part 1 of 2 at USGenWeb Archives - free.


 * 1868-1923 Marriages, Church of Ascension 1868-1923, Troy part 2 of 2 at USGenWeb Archives - free.

Newspapers

 * Times Record (Troy, N.Y.). 1943-1977. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).
 * Troy Record. 1943-1977. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).

Archives, Libraries and Museums
The following have good local history collections:


 * Troy Public Library 100 Second Street Troy, New York 12180 Phone: 518-274-7071 Genealogy and Local History


 * Emma Willard School Archives Emma Willard School 285 Pawling Avenue, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 833-1300 Fax: (518) 833-1815 The Archive collects records about the Emma Willard School (formerly the Troy Female Seminary) dating back to 1814.


 * Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives

Troy 276-8340


 * Russell Sage College Archives

Troy 270-2249

Hart-Cluett House Museum is run by the Rensselaer County Historical Society (see below). Phone: 518-244-6846 Email: troyref@thetroylibrary.org

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.

Vital Records
The Troy government website offers advice on ordering birth and death records.

Marriage
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 * 1864-1865 City of Troy Marriages 1864-1865 at NYGenWeb - free.


 * Burden Iron Works Marriage Records at Troy Irish Genealogy Society - free.

Death
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 * 1901-1902 Information on Deceased Troy, NY Area Individuals Identified in the 1902 &amp; 1903 Troy City Directories at Troy Irish Genealogy Society - free.