Find Your Troy, NY area ancestors, Irish or Not!
The following list of local resources has been compiled by Donna Vaughn.
NYS Archives
Index to Vital Records (to get a record number)
Located at the Empire State Plaza, Madison Ave., Albany, NY (in the building with the Museum and the Library)
www.archives.nysed.gov/research/birth-marriage-death-records
New York State Department of Health – Vital Records
www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm
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
518-436-3663
www.albanycounty.com/Government/Departments/AlbanyCountyHallofRecords/GENEALOGY.aspx
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
www.rensco.com/departments/county-clerk/
Rensselaer County Historical Society Research Library
www.rchsonline.org/library/
57 Second St. Troy
518-272-7232
LDS Family History Center
411 Loudon Rd
Loudonville, Albany, New York, United States
518-463-2566 Call ahead to confirm hours
www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/New_York_Family_History_Centers#Albany
Saratoga County Genealogy
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysarato
Libraries
Albany Public Library
161 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
518-427-4300
www.albanypubliclibrary.org/research/history/albany
Troy Public Library
100 Second St., Troy, NY 12180
518-274-7071
www.thetroylibrary.org
www.thetroylibrary.org/pdf/FindAncestors.pdf (pdf)
Watervliet Library
1501 Broadway, Watervliet, NY
518-274-4471
www.watervlietpubliclibrary.org
Cohoes Library
169 Mohawk Street, Cohoes, NY 12047
518-235-2570
www.cohoespubliclibrary.org
Schenectady Library
99 Clinton Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
518-388-4500
www.scpl.org/resources_services/internet_links/genealogy_localhistory.html
New York State Library, Genealogy Section
222 Madison Ave, Seventh Floor, Albany, NY 12230
518-474-5355
www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm
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).
Genealogy Societies
JOIN A LOCAL SOCIETY- JOIN A MAILING LIST – ATTEND A MEETING!
Troy Irish Genealogy Society
www.troyirish.org
Rensselaer County Historical Society
www.rchsonline.org
Capital District Genealogical Society
www.capitaldistrictgenealogicalsociety.org
Heritage Hunters of Saratoga County, NY
PO Box 270
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
www.saratoganygenweb.com/gwsarhh.html
Saratoga County Historical Society
www.brooksidemuseum.org