Find Your Troy, NY area ancestors, Irish or Not!
Other Resources
Historic Newspaper Resources
- New York State Historic Newspapers
- Fultonhistory.com
- Elephind – resource for worldwide historic newspaper archives
- West Troy Advocate abstracts coming soon!
Maps
- Rensselaer County Survey Map – 1854 (Library of Congress)
- City of Troy Survey Map – 1858 (Library of Congress)
- Rensselaer County Map – 1861 (Library of Congress)
- City of Troy, West Troy, Green Island – 1869 (New York Public Library)
- Index Map City of Troy – 1881 (New York Public Library)
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, City of Troy – 1885 (Library of Congress)
- Road Map of Albany and Troy – 1898 (New York Public Library)
- Census Enumeration District Maps – Troy – 1940 (National Archives)
- Troy Geological Survey Maps – 1893 (UNH Dimond Library)
Websites
- CapitalCeltic.com
- Capital District Celtic Cultural Association, Inc
- Cliff Lamere’s Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy
- Capital District Genealogy Society
- Connors Genealogy – Troy, NY data
- Genealogy Explained: Military Records
- Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
- Internet Resources – Donna Vaughn
- Irish American Heritage Museum
- Millionmilesecrets.com/guides/how-to-plan-genealogy-trip/
- New York Family History School
- New York History Blog
- New York State Library Archives
- Rensselaer County Historical Society
- RootsWeb.com – Rensselaer County Resources
- Upstate New York Genealogy
- Watervliet Historical Society and Museum