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Current projects: 1860-61 Schenectady city directory, assorted reports from the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, plus more things too astonishing to discuss.

Please bear with us as the remainder of the site is converted to the new design, and stay tuned for more changes!

• August 23, 2010: Added the beginning of the biographies from Nelson Greene's History of the Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, including indexes by county and name.
• August 23, 2010: Added Chapters 121-135, which completes the two historical volumes of Nelson Greene's History of the Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 12, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 62,113.
• August 2, 2010: Added Chapters 106-120 of Nelson Greene's History of the Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 2, 2010: Converted the Union College section to the new design.
• July 15, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 61,207.
• July 13, 2010: Added Chapter 105 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 12, 2010: Added Chapter 104 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 11, 2010: Added Chapter 103 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 10, 2010: Added Chapter 102 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 6, 2010: Added Chapter 101 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 5, 2010: Added statistics from the 1821 New York State Census of Electors.
• July 4, 2010: Added statistics from the 1807 New York State Census of Electors.
• July 2, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 60,704.
• June 13, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 59,832.
• April 26, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 57,588.
• April 5, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 56,834.
• March 23, 2010: Added Chapters 98-100 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• March 12, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 55,749.
• February 23, 2010: Added Chapter 97 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• February 22, 2010: Added Chapters 95-96 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• February 18, 2010: Added Chapter 94 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• February 14, 2010: Updated the Wills section and converted it to the new design.
• February 10, 2010: Added Chapters 92A-93 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• February 8, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 55,185.
• February 3, 2010: Added Chapter 92 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 31, 2010: Added Chapter 91 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 22, 2010: Added Chapter 90 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 21, 2010: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 54,905.
• January 21, 2010: Added Chapter 89 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 20, 2010: Added Chapter 88 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 12, 2010: Added Chapter 87 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 6, 2010: Added Chapter 86 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• January 3, 2010: Added Chapters 84-85 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 31, 2009: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 54,577.
• December 28, 2009: Added Chapter 83 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 26, 2009: Updated the financial and demographic statistics from the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas to the 2010 edition.
• December 26, 2009: Added Chapter 82 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 13, 2009: Added Chapter 81 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 12, 2009: Added Chapter 80 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 5, 2009: Added Chapter 79 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 3, 2009: Added Chapter 78 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• December 3, 2009: Finished a large set of updates to the People and Families pages.
• November 29, 2009: Added Chapter 77 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• November 24, 2009: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 53,933.
• November 2, 2009: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 53,543.
• October 24, 2009: Finished updating the sports pages in the community information section and converting them to the new design.
• October 19, 2009: Finished updating the history pages in the community information section and converting them to the new design.
• October 13, 2009: Finished updating the library pages in the community information section and converting them to the new design.
• October 8, 2009: Finished updating the education pages in the community information section and converting them to the new design.
• October 6, 2009: Finished updating the church pages in the community information section and converting them to the new design.
• September 29, 2009: Updated the business and transportation pages in the community information section and converted them to the new design.
• September 25, 2009: Added more information to the demographic statistics in the Census section.
• September 21, 2009: Fixed a problem with the way the menus displayed in some browsers.
• September 19, 2009: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 52,842.
• September 15, 2009: Updated the political pages in the community information section.
• September 1, 2009: Added Chapter 76 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 30, 2009: Completed the list of illustrations and maps in Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 26, 2009: Added Chapter 75 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 25, 2009: Added Chapter 74 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 23, 2009: Added Chapters 71-73 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 21, 2009: Added Chapter 70 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 20, 2009: Added Chapter 69 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 19, 2009: Added Chapters 67-68 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, completing the first volume and beginning the second.
• August 18, 2009: Added Chapters 62-66 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 17, 2009: Added Chapter 61 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 16, 2009: Added Chapter 60 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 13, 2009: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 52,285.
• August 12, 2009: Added Chapter 59 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 10, 2009: Added Chapter 58 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 9, 2009: Added Chapter 57 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• August 6, 2009: Added Chapters 55-56 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 30, 2009: Added Chapters 19-54 of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
• July 30, 2009: The complete text of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs is now online.
• July 30, 2009: Numerous fixes behind the scenes as the entire site is reloaded.