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
Cemeteries
• 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
- [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 ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 3.
Church Records
- 1694-1720 - Pearson, Jonathan. "Extracts from the Doop-Boek, or Baptismal Records of the Reformed Protestant Church of Schenectady, N.Y.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 18 (1864):148-150, 231-237, 357-361; Vol. 19 (1865):69-73, 315-317; Vol. 20 (1866):217-220; Vol. 21 (1867):128-131. Searchable database at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
- 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
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
Archives, Libraries and Museums
Societies
City Clerk
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
City Historian[2]
Don Rittner
620 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
Email: historian@schenectadycounty.com
Also serves as Schenectady County Historian
Vital Records
Other Records
- 1662-1800 Schenectady, NY: First Settlers, 1662-1800 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)
References
- ↑ 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
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