Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Genealogy
| Schenectady, New York | |
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 Schenectady County's location in the state of New York | |
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| Founded | 1765 |
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| Seat | Schenectady |
| Website: www.cityofschenectady.com/ | |
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery E-Mail: ifirstpr@nycap.rr.com.
• Early Schenectady cemetery records First Reformed Church of Schenectady, Luckhurst, Charlotte Taylor (from old catalog).
• Congregation Gates of Heaven Cemetery (Jewish) American Jewish Archives Email: AJA@cn.huc.edu Directions to the cemetery Schenectady Historical Society has a copy of the records Phone: 518-374-0263.
• Holy Name of Jesus Cemetery Phone: 518-372-1992
• Saint Georges Episcopal Church Cemetery
• Names on Tombstones and Tablets Located in the Churchyard and Church of St. George's Church (Episcopal) - Schenectady, N.Y. at St. George's Church - free.
• St. John the Baptist Cemetery Cemetery office Phone: 518-372-8805
• St. Joseph's Cemetery (new) Phone: 518-372-8805
• St. Joseph's Cemetery (old) Phone: 518-372-8805
• St Mary’s Cemetery 738 McClellan Street, Schenectady, NY AKA: Czestochwskiej Cemetery (518) 374-2423.
• Vale Cemetery Phone: 518-346-0423 Cemetery office 907 State St., Schenectady, NY
• Zion Lutheran Cemetery The records are kept at Vale Cemetery Phone: 518-346-0423.
Census[edit | edit source]
- [no date] - "A List of the Freeholders of Schenectady, Before the Grant of Gov. Dongan, From Rev. J.F. Schermerhorn's MSS.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1872):71. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 3.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1694-1720 - Pearson, Jonathan. "Extracts from the Doop-Boek, or Baptismal Records of the Reformed Protestant Church of Schenectady, N.Y.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 18 (1864):148-150, 231-237, 357-361; Vol. 19 (1865):69-73, 315-317; Vol. 20 (1866):217-220; Vol. 21 (1867):128-131. Searchable database at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
- 1694-1723 Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1723, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.
- 1694-1723 Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1723, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.
- 1694-1756 Marriages, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1756, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.
- 1694-1756 Marriages, Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady 1694-1756, courtesy: Betty Fink - free.
- 1694-1768 - "First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, N.Y. Marriage Record," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1694-1764: Vol. 73, No. 1 (Jan. 1942):36-63; 1765-1768: Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1942):106-108. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 73.
- 1771-1850 Marriages at St. George's Church (Episcopal), Schenectady, NY - 1771-1850, courtesy: RootsWeb - free; also arranged alphabetically by bride.
- Cormack, Marie Noll. Index of Mothers Mentioned in Baptisms of First Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, N.Y. 1989. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
City Records[edit | edit source]
To locate additional published and transcribed records for Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Genealogy check:
- Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). Archive.org; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Archives, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
City Clerk[edit | edit source]
City Clerk[1]
Eileen Versaci
Office of the City Clerk
City Hall, Room 107
Schenectady, NY 12305
Phone: 518-382-5195
Fax: 518-382-0030
Email: cityclk1@nycap.rr.com
City Historian[edit | edit source]
City Historian[2]
Don Rittner
620 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
Email: historian@schenectadycounty.com
Also serves as Schenectady County Historian
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
- 1662-1800 Schenectady, NY: First Settlers, 1662-1800 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Schenectady Digital History Archive, Schenectady County, City and Town Clerks, Historians and Historical Societies at http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/contacts.html, accessed 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Schenectady Digital History Archive, Schenectady County, City and Town Clerks, Historians and Historical Societies at http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/contacts.html, accessed 9 December 2011.
Places[edit | edit source]
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