Rensselaer County Genealogy
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Rensselaer County Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Fed. Census Archives
1790-1940 United States Federal Census World Vital Records
1881-present New York Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1881-present New York Death Certificates (order here) Archives
1881-present New York Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
Abstracts of wills of Rensselaer County, New York : in the office of the Surrogate at Troy, New York, 1791-1850
Abstracts of wills proved in the Court of Common Pleas of Rensselaer County, New York, from 1794 to 1822 ... Family History Library
American Genealogical Biographical Index Databases World Vital Records
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Death Records of Rensselaer County, New York, 1847-1851 NEHGS
Deaths of Rensselaer County, New York, 1847-1851 Family History Library
Deed records, 1791-1901; index, 1791-1960 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Gazetteer and business directory of Rensselaer County, N.Y., for 1870- 1871 Family History Library
Gazetteer and business directory of Rensselaer County, N.Y., for 1870-71
Guide to historical resources in Rensselaer County, New York, repositories Family History Library
History of Rensselaer Co., New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers Family History Library
History of the seventeen towns of Rensselaer County, from the colonization of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the present time Cornell University Library
Index to naturalizations, 1843-1857 Family History Library
Inscriptions from Rensselaer County, N.Y., gravestones, v. 1 Family History Library
Interments on Rensselaer County Farms
Landmarks of Rensselaer County, New York
Marriage index, 1908-1935; vol. 1-10 Family History Library
Naturalization certificates, 1844-1869; index, 1844-1872 Family History Library
Naturalization certificates, 1844-1872 Family History Library
Naturalization records, vol. 9, 1900-1906 : index to naturalized persons-Rensselaer County, New York vol. 1-10, 1824-1908 Family History Library
New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 Family Search
New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 Family Search
New York Marriages, 1600-1784
New York Marriages, 1686-1980 Family Search
New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935 Family Search
Probate records, 1791-1921; index to probate records, 1794-1916 Family History Library
Rensselaer Co. Cemeteries
Rensselaer Co., New York cemetery inscriptions Family History Library
Rensselaer Co., New York, census records, 1915, 1925 Family History Library
Rensselaer County Cemeteries New York Gravestones
Rensselaer County Cemetery Database
Rensselaer County Court naturalizations, v. 3, book of oaths, 1814-1843 Family History Library
Rensselaer County Court naturalizations, vols. 1-2 only Family History Library
Rensselaer County Will Testators Index Sampubco
Rensselaer County, NY, City Directory, 1870/71, 1886, 1890, 1893, 1898, 1901 New York State Library
Rensselaer County, New York Records, 1908
Rensselaer County, New York land ownership maps, 1854 and 1861 Family History Library
Rensselaer County, New York, cemetery inscriptions master index Family History Library
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 1933,
Some Rensselaer County gravestone inscriptions
State census records of Rensselaer County, New York, 1855 Family History Library
State census records of Rensselaer County, New York, 1865 Family History Library
State census records of Rensselaer County, New York, 1875 Family History Library
State census records of Rensselaer County, New York, 1905 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
United States Obituary Collection
United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906 Family Search
Various Cemeteries Jane Devlin
Vital records of Rennselaer County, New York--births, 1846-1850 Family History Library
Vital records of Rensselaer County, New York--deaths, 1847-1851 Family History Library
Vital records of Rensselaer County, New York--marriages, 1846-1850, 1874-1881 Family History Library
Wills of Rensselaer County, New York, abstracts of all wills, 1794-1850 Family History Library
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