Albany County NY Genealogy

USA (1,379,301) > New York (69,866) > Albany County (2,129)


record type help


If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool.

Albany County Records by City/Town

Albany Genealogy (1,145)
Altamont Genealogy (77)
Berne Genealogy (94)
Bethlehem Genealogy (56)
Coeymans Genealogy (65)
Cohoes Genealogy (101)
Colonie Genealogy (76)
Delmar Genealogy (45)
East Berne Genealogy (37)
Feura Bush Genealogy (34)
Glenmont Genealogy (32)
Green Island Genealogy (47)
Guilderland Genealogy (101)
Knox Genealogy (52)

Latham Genealogy (41)
Menands Genealogy (40)
New Salem Genealogy (32)
New Scotland Genealogy (52)
Newtonville Genealogy (32)
Ravena Genealogy (41)
Reidsville Genealogy (30)
Rensselaerville Genealogy (59)
Slingerland Genealogy (30)
Unionville in Albany County Genealogy (32)
Voorheesville Genealogy (34)
Watervliet Genealogy (94)
West Berne Genealogy (30)
Westerlo Genealogy (63)

Overview of Albany County Records

  • Albany County was created in 1683 and was an original county for the state of New York.
  • The New York State Department of Health has copies of birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1880 to the present for records outside of the city of Albany. Individual town or city clerks also have copies of birth, marriage, and death records.
  • The Albany County Hall of Records has land records starting in 1630, tax rolls starting in 1850, naturalization records starting in 1827, and marriage records starting in 1870.
  • The Albany County Surrogate Court has probate records.
  • The Albany County Clerk has divorce records starting in 1847.
  • The Albany City Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1870 for those that lived in the city of Albany.
  • Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.