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Genealogy Resources for Albany County, New York

Albany County was one of the original counties of New York State when counties were established in 1683. The following counties were formed from Albany County: Washington County (1772), part of Montgomery County (1772), Charlotte County (1772, renamed Washington in 1784), Tryon County (1772, renamed Montgomery in 1784), Columbia County (1786), Rensselaer County (1791), Saratoga County (1791), part of Schoharie County (1795) and Schenectady County (1809). The County Seat is Albany.

Albany County encompasses approximately 523 square miles* in the State of New York.

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1797, a historical sketch (illustrated) St. Mary's Parish, Albany, N.Y. and souvenir of its centennial celebration 1897
A Copy of the grants to the Van Rensselaer and Livingston families together with a history of the settlement of Albany
A catalogue of the officers and members of the Pearl Street Baptist Church of the city of Albany, March 1, 1866
A collection of historical records of the State Street Presbyterian Church of Albany, New York
A hand book for the Albany Rural Cemetery with an appendix on emblems
A historical discourse on the Reformed Prot. Dutch Church of Albany
A history of the Putnam family in England and America recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N.Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn
A record of the births, marriages and deaths of the descendants of John Conger of Woodbridge, N.J. through his grandson, Job Conger, of Woodbridge, N.J. and Albany Co., N.Y
A sermon delivered on Sabbath morning, Jan. 4, 1846, containing sketches of the history of the Second Presbyterian Church and congregation, Albany during thirty years from the period of their organization
A sermon on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the diocese of Albany
A statistical report of the county of Albany for the year 1820
A true representation of the plan formed at Albany in 1754, for uniting all the British northern colonies in order to sic their common safety and defence
Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1899
Albany Savings Bank, 1820-1920 one hundred years of faithful service, June 10th, 1920
Albany authors a list of books
Albany bi-centennial historical memoirs
Albany illustrated illustrated souvenir of Albany and vicinity, commerce, trade and industries, historical, descriptive and biographical sketches, with views and portraits
Albany's historic street a collection of some of the historic facts and interesting traditions relating to State Street and its neighborhood
Albany's part in the World War
Albany's tercentenary America's oldest city, 1624-1924, historical narrative, souvenir
Albany, New York a beautiful and attractive city in which to live, a most advantageous city in which to do business
Albany, New York some of its interesting places and how to see them
Albany, a cradle of America founded 1614, chartered 1686
Albany, birthplace of the Union commemorating America's oldest community, the growth of an idea, and an institution dedicated to the advancement of each
Albany, past and present
An autobiography of the Protestant Family Welfare Society of Albany
Annals of Albany
Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States especially as they relate to the family of Killian K. Van Rensselaer, representative from Albany in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Congresses
Anniversary memento sic the Child's Hospital, Albany, N.Y.
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
Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the First Church in Albany established as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1642
Early Irish in old Albany, N.Y. with special mention of Jan Andriessen, De Iersman Van Dublingh
Education in Albany an opportunity and business
Emmanuel Baptist Church of Albany 100th anniversary
Episodes in Albany's tercentenary existence
Gazetteer and business directory of Albany and Schenectady Co., N.Y. for 1870-71
Grace Church, Albany the story of one hundred years, 1846-1946
Historic Albany a manual of Albany
Historical and architectural guide to the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany
Historical sketch of the Burns statue the McPherson legacy to the city of Albany, erected in Washington Park, September 30, 1888
History of Grace Church, cor. Clinton Ave. and Robin St., Albany, N.Y.
History of the Albany Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1852-1927
History of the Albany Penitentiary
History of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany, N.Y. lists of its officers, and a complete catalogue of its members from its organization
History of the police service of Albany from 1609 to 1902 from ancient and modern authoritative records, illustrating and describing the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police department of to-day, with reminiscences of the past, biographies and accounts of leading criminal cases and trials
Home Savings Bank of the city of Albany its history and achievements, 1872-1922, fifty years of faithful stewardship, May 4, 1922
Illustrative and descriptive Albany, N.Y.
Industrial Albany manufacturing and distributing advantages
Know Albany survey
Last words of a pastor to his people two discourses delivered to the Third Presbyterian Church, Albany, December 21, 1854, and January 7, 1855, the last two Sabbaths of a ministry of eighteen years with a history of the Third Presbyterian Church, Albany
Members of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in the city of Albany, 1836
Minutes of the court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady being a continuation of the Minutes of the court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck
New England in Albany
Old Albany and a look into the future
One hundred anniversary celebration, 1867-1967, Our Lady of Angels Parish, Albany, New York
One hundred years of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany, New York
Our two hundred and fifty years a historical sketch of the First Reformed Church, Albany, N.Y.
Philologiensis Philologian Literary Society, 1873-1908, Albany High School
Photographic gems and guide of Albany, N.Y.
Pioneer cathedral a brief history of the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany
Proceedings of the Common Council, and the various religious corporations of the city of Albany, relative to the State Street burial grounds
Recollections of Albany and Hudson
Semi-centennial exercises of the Albany Law School held May 29, 1901
Silver anniversary, 1888-1913, of the Church of the Redeemer (Evangelical Lutheran) Southwest Corner Western and Lake Avenues, Albany, New York, April 20-23, 1913
Souvenir views of Albany, New York
St. John the Baptist, Green and Westerlo Sts., Albany, N.Y.
The Albany Rural Cemetery its beauties, its memories
The First Presbyterian Church founded in 1763, Albany, New York commemorative discourses on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the present edifice, corner State and Willett Streets, 23 May, 1909
The Heroic portrait statue of Major General Philip Schuyler presented to the city of Albany by George C. Hawley in loving memory of his wife, Theodora M. Hawley
The Hudson River route New York to Albany, Saratoga Springs, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Adirondack Mountains and Montreal, with descriptive sketches of cities, villages, stations, scenery, and objects of interest along the route illustrated with maps
The Hudson-Fulton celebration Albany, N.Y., 1909
The Livingstons of Livingston Manor being the history of that branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which settled in the English province of New York during the reign of Charles the Second and also including an account of Robert Livingston of Albany, the nephew, a settler in the same province, and his principal descendants
The Negro population of Albany, New York a survey
The Public parks of the city of Albany, N.Y. an illustrated pamphlet, containing a brief outline of the history of development of these pleasure grounds, and statistical information relative thereto
The Quarter century anniversary celebration of the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Wyckoff in the Second Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, November 3, 1861
The Semi-centennial services of St. Paul's Church, Albany, N.Y., 1877
The Van Benthuysen genealogy descendants of Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen, of Benthuizen, Holland, who settled in Albany, N.Y., male and female lines, also, genealogies of certain branches of the Bleecker, Conde, DeForest, Lansing, Myer, Turk, Truex, Van Buren, Van Epps, Van Patten, Van Slyck and other families of Dutch and Huguenot origin in New York
The capital centenary report of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the state capital in Albany January 3, 1797-January 6, 1897
The church family called Clinton Square Presbyterian of Albany, N.Y. a historical sketch
The diverse backgrounds of old Albany a concise history of nationality groups from Albany's beginnings to the time of the Erie Canal
The heroes of Albany a memorial of the patriot-martyrs of the city and county of Albany who sacrificed their lives during the late war in defence of our nation, 1861-1865 with a view of what was done in the county to sustain the United States government and also brief histories of the Albany regiments
The history of the city of Albany, New York from the discovery of the great river in 1524, by Verrazzano, to the present time
The manufactures of Albany their history and present magnitude
The settlement and early history of Albany
The true glory of Zion an historical discourse reviewing thirty-five years of work and worship in the meeting house formerly standing at the corner of State and High Streets, Albany, N.Y.
Unveiling of the equestrian statue of General Philip H. Sheridan Capitol Park, Albany, New York, October 7, 1916
William James of Albany, N. Y. (1771-1832) and his descendants with notes on some collateral lines
Year book and church directory Calvary Evangelical Church

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