Current projects: Index to the 1940 Census, 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!
- May 16, 2013: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 100,232.
- April 20, 2013: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 98,937. Surnames from Thomas Reimer's index to Schenectady German-language newspapers are now online through Horwedel.
- April 2, 2013: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 97,387. Surnames from Thomas Reimer's index to Schenectady German-language newspapers are now online through Greisler.
- February 16, 2013: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 95,113, including more than 700 entries from Thomas Reimer's index to Schenectady German-language newspapers (surnames A through Forst).
- January 28, 2013: Added Plates 7 and 8 to the Book of Plans of the New York State Barge Canal.
- January 27, 2013: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 19% completed.
- January 26, 2013: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 18% completed.
- January 22, 2013: Finished updating the New York State Assembly and Senate districts on the Politics pages for Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties in the Community Information section.
- January 20, 2013: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 93,035, including 30 more days of the Daily Gazette and the last few months of the Mechanicville Express.
- January 12, 2013: Finished updating the New York State Assembly and Senate districts on the Politics page for Schoharie County in the Community Information section.
- January 10, 2013: Finished updating the New York State Assembly and Senate districts on the Politics pages for Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery and Schenectady Counties in the Community Information section.
- January 5, 2013: Updated the Community Information pages to reflect the new Congressional districts.
- January 1, 2013: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 17% completed.
- December 31, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 91,735.
- December 30, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 16% completed.
- December 29, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 14% completed.
- December 28, 2012: Updated links in the Churches section.
- December 27, 2012: Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York is now fully online.
- December 26, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 97% completed.
- December 25, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 91% completed.
- December 24, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 86% completed.
- December 23, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 80% completed.
- December 22, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 77% completed.
- December 16, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 91,189, including another 24 days from the 1899 Daily Gazette.
- December 14, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 72% completed.
- December 9, 2012: All of the rescanned images from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- December 7, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 70% completed.
- December 5, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 68% completed.
- November 22, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 90,627.
- November 22, 2012: Added links to several collections of Union College alumni.
- November 11, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 63% completed.
- November 10, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 55% completed.
- November 7, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 54% completed.
- November 5, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 51% completed.
- November 4, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 47% completed.
- November 4, 2012: Updated and expanded the main Van Vranken Family page.
- November 3, 2012: Updated and expanded the main Sanders, Van Antwerp, Van Patten and Veeder Family pages.
- November 2, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 90,122.
- November 1, 2012: Updated the People, Education, Libraries and Transportation pages for Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties in the Community Information section.
- October 31, 2012: Updated the Business and History pages for Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties in the Community Information section.
- October 27, 2012: Four more of the revised scans from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- October 24, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 41% completed.
- October 23, 2012: Added Plates 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the Book of Plans of the New York State Barge Canal.
- October 19, 2012: Updated and expanded the main Clute, Fonda, Mabee and Schermerhorn Family pages.
- October 18, 2012: Added Plate 2 to the Book of Plans of the New York State Barge Canal.
- October 15, 2012: Introduced the Canals section and some test pages for the Book of Plans of the New York State Barge Canal.
- October 12, 2012: Six more of the revised scans from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- October 7, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 37% completed.
- October 5, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 89,531.
- October 3, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 30% completed.
- September 29, 2012: Three more of the revised scans from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- September 27, 2012: Three more of the revised scans from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- September 25, 2012: The first six of the revised scans from Early Photographs of Schenectady are now available.
- September 20, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 27% completed.
- September 19, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 24% completed.
- September 12, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 22% completed.
- September 10, 2012: Updated and expanded the main Bradt Family page.
- September 9, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 16% completed.
- September 8, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 12% completed.
- September 7, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 8% completed.
- September 7, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 88,975.
- September 6, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now 7% completed.
- September 5, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York are now going online, with 5% completed.
- August 15, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 88,440, including another 6 weeks of the Daily Gazette and 2 months of the weekly Spotlight.
- July 27, 2012: Updated contact information for municipal clarks and historians from the League of Women Voters government booklet.
- July 21, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 87,123, including another 3 weeks of the Daily Gazette.
- July 2, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 86,374, including another 11 days of the Daily Gazette.
- June 20, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 13% completed.
- June 18, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 85,831, including another 2 weeks of the Daily Gazette.
- June 2, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 10% completed.
- June 1, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 85,204, including another 2 weeks of the Daily Gazette.
- May 20, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 8% completed.
- May 19, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 7% completed.
- May 18, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 84,617, including another 3 weeks of the Daily Gazette.
- May 1, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 83,788.
- April 24, 2012: Enumeration District 47-3 from the 1940 Census (remainder of the Town of Duanesburg) is now online, and the index now contains 2,694 names.
- April 20, 2012: Enumeration District 47-2 from the 1940 Census (northern district of the Town of Duanesburg) is now online, and the index now contains 1,903 names.
- April 16, 2012: The enumeration district listings from the 1940 Census for the Village of Delanson and the Town of Princetown are now online, along with an index.
- April 4, 2012: The 111 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions have been completed.
- April 4, 2012: 106 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online.
- April 3, 2012: 96 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online.
- April 2, 2012: 78 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online.
- March 29, 2012: 51 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online, and the map from the National Archives is now included with the Scotia districts.
- March 28, 2012: 48 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online.
- March 27, 2012: 41 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions are now online; all the towns and villages plus 14 of the city districts.
- March 26, 2012: Began adding 1940 Census enumeration district descriptions. The first 16 (Duanesburg / Delanson and Glenville / Scotia) have been completed.
- March 26, 2012: Converted the 1930 Census pages to the new design.
- March 17, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 82,780, including another 17 days of the Daily Gazette.
- February 28, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 4% completed.
- February 27, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 81,891, including another 24 days of the Daily Gazette.
- February 6, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 80,778, including another 15 days of the Daily Gazette.
- February 2, 2012: Finished updating the Churches pages for the eight counties in the Community Information section.
- January 28, 2012: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 3% completed.
- January 28, 2012: Finished updating the Business pages for Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties in the Community Information section with statistics from the 2010 Census.
- January 27, 2012: Finished updating the People page for Washington County in the Community Information section with statistics from the 2010 Census.
- January 26, 2012: Finished updating the People page for Warren County in the Community Information section with statistics from the 2010 Census.
- January 16, 2012: Finished updating the People pages for Hamilton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties in the Community Information section with statistics from the 2010 Census.
- January 15, 2012: Finished updating the People pages for Schenectady and Fulton counties in the Community Information section with statistics from the 2010 Census.
- January 5, 2012: Updated the literacy statistics on the Education pages in the Community Information section, as well as the Schenectady County school apportionment rates.
- January 4, 2012: Updated the school district report cards and special education reports on the Education pages in the Community Information section to 2010.
- January 1, 2012: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 79,669, including another week of the Daily Gazette and 13 months of the Spotlight. Names from V to Z have been redivided to reduce the page size.