SOME LOCAL RESOURCES – Compiled by Donna Vaughn dkvaughn@nycap.rr.com
Index to the Vital Records
(To get the certificate number for a vital record)
NYS Archives
Located at the Empire State Plaza, Madison Ave., Albany,
(in the building with the Museum and the Library)
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_gen_vitalstats.shtml
Vital Records (NYS DOH)
http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/vitrec.htm
order from:
NYS Dept. of Health
800 N. Pearl St. 2nd Fl.
Menands, NY 12204
Albany County Hall of Records
95 Tivoli St. Albany
436-3663
http://www.albanycounty.com/departments/achor
Declarations and Naturalization (index on line), Index to wills, Marriage records (City of Albany only), Index to deeds and mortgages,
City directories, State & Federal Records
Rensselaer County Clerk’s Office
105 Third St. Troy
http://www.rensco.com/departments_countyclerk.asp
Renss. Co. Historical Society Research Library
http://www.rchsonline.org/library.htm
57 Second St. Troy
272-7232
Family genealogies, local histories, DAR records, church records, census records, early newspapers on film, city directories, amazing
collection, not just NYS
Volunteers from the Capital District Genealogy Society available on site, to help you (free).
LDS Family History Center
411 Loudon Rd
Loudonville, Albany, New York, United States
Phone: 518-463-2566 Call ahead to confirm hours
Hours: T,Th 10am-8pm, W 10am-2pm
Closed: Closed the last two weeks of the year
www.familysearch.org click on Library, then Family History Center
National Archives, Pittsfield
http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/
http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/public/resources.html
Silvio O. Conte National Records Center
10 Conte Drive
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201-8230
Telephone: 413-236-3600
Schenectady County genealogy:
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/
Saratoga County genealogy:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysarato/
LIBRARIES
Albany Public Library
161 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
427-4300
http://www.albanypubliclibrary.org/research/history/albany/
Troy Public Library
100 Second St. Troy 274-7071
Finding Aid as to what is available there in their Troy Genealogy Room:
http://uhls.org/troy/blog/pdf/FindAncestors.pdf
Watervliet Library
1501 Broadway, Watervliet, Telephone: (518) 274-4471
http://www.uhls.org/watervliet/
Cohoes Library 169 Mohawk Street, Cohoes - (518) 235-2570
http://www.ci.cohoes.ny.us/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=34&TPID=6412
Schenectady Library
99 Clinton Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
Tel: (518)388-4500
http://www.scpl.org/genealogy.htm
New York State Library, Genealogy Section
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm
Madison Ave (Empire State Plaza) Albany
JOIN A LOCAL SOCIETY- JOIN A MAILING LIST - ATTEND A MEETING!
Troy Irish Genealogy Society
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/MeetingPage.htm
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/MailingListPage.htm
Rensselaer Co. Historical Society
http://www.rchsonline.org/
Capital District Genealogical Society
http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/viewmember.asp?societyid=25
Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County, NY
PO Box 270
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
http://saratoganygenweb.com/gwsarhh.html
Saratoga Co. Historical Society
http://www.brooksidemuseum.org/
Schenectady County Historical Society
http://www.schist.org/