Rensselaer County

Two new online databases for Troy, New York

Our friends at the Troy Irish Genealogy Society have recently added two new digital databases to their already impressive collection.

Rensselaer County Search Tips

The area that is now Rensselaer County was originally home to Mohican Indians. In 1610, Dutch vessels plied the waters of what would become known as the Hudson River and surveyed the area; thirteen years later, a group of eighteen Walloon families became its first European settlers.

Rensselaer County, New York Guide

This guide for Rensselaer County contains a detailed list of resources for those researching families that lived there. The guide includes a map of municipalities, a brief county history, as well as links to county, local and regional repositories, resources, and societies.  A selected bibliography is also available, along with other links that researchers will find highly valuable.

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