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Welcome to the Rensselaer Co., NYGenWeb! I am your county coordinator, Debby Masterson. Please understand that I only have information about my own ancestry. If the information you seek is not on this website I will try to suggest alternate places to look, but that is all I can do. I live in Florida and do not have access to sources in Rensselaer County. There are professional researchers familiar with county resources that will be glad to assist you for a fee. |
PLEASE NOTE: If you find a link that doesn't work, or you email someone and your mail bounces, please email me and let me know so I can address the problem. Thanks! |
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Rensselaer County, NY was created 7 February 1791 from Albany County, NY. It
was named for the Dutch pearl merchant and first patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer
(c1585-1643) of Amsterdam, who never came to America.
Table of Contents
About GenWeb World, North America, US, NY and Rensselaer Co |
Advice for Beginners For those new to genealogy |
African Americans Updated 22 Jul 2014 |
Baptisms Updated 4 Dec 2017 |
Bibles Updated 23 Jan 2014 |
Biographies Updated 24 Mar 2016 |
Births Updated 16 July 2011 |
Business, Commerce & Industry Updated 12 July 2011 |
Cemetery Database ![]() Over 93,000 names! Updated 16 Feb 2018 |
Census Transcriptions Updated 16 July 2011 |
Church & Synagogue Addresses Updated 28 March 2012 |
Church Records Updated 10 Nov 2016 |
Cities, Towns & Villages Updated 17 July 2014 |
Clerks Updated 7 Nov 2013 |
Colonial Records Pre-1776 records for the future Rensselaer County |
County Mailing List Moderated by Pat Connors |
Deaths Updated 23 Feb 2016 |
Deeds Updated 16 July 2011 |
Diaries and Letters Updated 1 July 2010 |
Dutch Genealogy Helpful links to Dutch research. Created 22 Apr 2014 |
Freedom of Information Laws How FOI legislation can help YOU |
Funeral Homes Updated 16 July 2011 |
Genealogical Societies Updated 8 Nov 2013 |
Historians Updated 23 Sep 2015 |
Historical Societies Updated 8 Nov 2013 |
Huguenot Genealogy French Protestant forebears |
Irish Genealogy Helpful links to Irish research. Updated 7 Jan 2014 |
Libraries Updated 9 Nov 2013 |
Lineage Societies Updated 10 Nov 2013 |
Lookups Updated 10 Jan 2014 |
Loyalist Records Updated 1 Aug 2011 |
Maps Updated 1 Aug 2011 |
Marriages |
Mayflower Families Updated 21 July 2011 |
Municipal Historians Updated 20 July 2011 |
Native Americans Mahican, Schaghticoke and others |
Naturalization Records Find your emigrant ancestor |
Newspaper Extracts Updated 13 July 2011 |
Newspapers Past and present |
Obituaries Updated 08 Mar 2016 |
Origins of Place Names Updated 1 May 2010 |
Palatine Genealogy Germans who came in 1710 |
Photo Gallery Updated 31 Jan 2017 |
Place Names Includes bodies of water |
Potpourri Updated 4 Aug 2011 |
Queries Updated daily, by YOU! |
Rensselaerwyck Settlers 17th century |
Researchers for Hire Updated 16 Apr 2012 |
Soldiers & Sailors Updated 3 Sep 2016 |
State Resources Accessing NY State records |
Surname Registry Updated 26 Feb 2015 |
Tax Lists Hoosick and Schaghticoke for 1779 |
Tithes 1758-1771 |
Town and Village Clerks Updated 18 July 2011 |
Town and Village Historians Updated 20 July 2011 |
Troy's 100 Years Covering 1789-1889 |
Vital Records Updated 6 Aug 2011 |
Websites of Interest Updated 7 Aug 2011 |
Where to Write for Vital Records Updated 18 July 2011 |
Wills & Probate Updated 23 Feb 2016 |
Links to Rensselaer County's Neighbors
Albany County, NY To the west of us, across the Hudson River |
Bennington County, VT To the northeast of us |
Berkshire County, MA To the east of us |
Columbia County, NY To the south of us |
Saratoga County, NY To the northwest of us, across the Hudson River |
Washington County, NY To the north of us |
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Linda Jeane Van Buren Lin was the Rensselaer Co. Coordinator from 2002 to 2013. It is largely because of her love of genealogy and dedication to this website that the Rensselaer Co. GenWeb is one of the best websites at GenWeb. She will be missed, but never forgotten by the numerous people from all over the world that she has helped find their ancestors. |
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