Rensselaer County NY Genealogy
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Rensselaer County Records by TypeBirth Records (39)Cemetery Records (544) Census Records (130) Church Records (238) City Directories (220) Court Records (2) Death Records (79) Histories and Genealogies (57) Immigration Records (7) Land Records (6) Map Records (55) Marriage Records (94) Military Records (10) Minority Records (2) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (219) Probate Records (22) School Records (68) Tax Records (2) 
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Rensselaer County Records by City/TownBerlin Genealogy (72)Brunswick Genealogy (98) Buskirk Genealogy (38) Castleton-on-Hudson Genealogy (66) East Greenbush Genealogy (86) East Nassau Genealogy (39) Grafton Genealogy (72) Greenbush Genealogy (45) Hoosick Genealogy (74) Hoosick Falls Genealogy (87) Lansingburgh Genealogy (156) Nassau Genealogy (104) North Greenbush Genealogy (59) |
Petersburgh Genealogy (74) Pittstown Genealogy (93) Poestenkill Genealogy (63) Rensselaer Genealogy (76) Sand Lake Genealogy (51) Schaghticoke Genealogy (101) Schodack Genealogy (66) Stephentown Genealogy (98) Troy Genealogy (616) Valley Falls Genealogy (42) West Sand Lake Genealogy (57) Wynantskill Genealogy (51) |
Overview of Rensselaer County Records
- Rensselaer County was created in 1791 from Albany County.
- The New York State Department of Health has copies of birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1880. Individual town or city clerks also have copies of birth, marriage, and death records.
- The Rensselaer County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1908, land records starting in 1791, divorce records, court records starting in 1791, naturalization records starting in 1830, and maps.
- The Rensselaer County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1794.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.