Hudson Valley Research: The West Side
Guides and General Resources
- Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40
The Dutch Schools of New Netherland and Colonial New York
Researched and compiled by William Heard Kilpatrick, this text was released by the United States Bureau of Education in Bulletin 1912, No. 12. It surveys the various schools establish by Dutch colonists in New Netherland beginning in the early 17th century and concluding with the advent of the...
The Annals of Albany
This volume, published in 1869 by Joel Munsell, contains a detailed history of Albany up to 1848. Notable chapters include the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, 1614 to 1646, the Celebration of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 1788, and the Scene of the Revolution in Albany. Chapters include: •...
Bi-Centennial History of Albany
This 1886 volume, published by George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney, contains a detailed history of Albany from 1609 to 1886. It includes histories of both the county and city of Albany, descriptions of United States buildings and institutions in Albany County, as well as descriptions of state...
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1774–1842
This volume consists of the complete Vosburgh transcription complied by the NYG&B, plus a searchable index created by the Mongomery County Department of History and Archives (Fonda, New York) Index Introduction to Vosburgh Transcriptions Baptisms, 1774–1842 Marriages, 1774–1842 View the full...
Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, Albany, NY
This book is a calendar--a chronological itemization of documents--and, according to the author, was modeled after the “Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, preserved in the State Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office”. It draws from the Dutch MSS, with the author noting that these...