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. |
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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.
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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 |
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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