Genealogy of the Bradt Family of Schenectady County, New York

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Genealogy of the Bradt / Bratt Family of Schenectady County, New York

This page includes information we have collected about the Bradt family as well as links to other sites. Some of this material may relate to areas outside of Schenectady County.

We are unable to answer specific questions about the Bradt family beyond what we have made available here. Try the online forums listed below for more assistance, or use the Schenectady County Public Library's Ancestry subscription in the Karen B. Johnson Central Library.

Additional information about Bradt family members may be found in the People section.

Family Sites and other information
- Bradt Family Society
- Carl Johnson Family History
- Van Eps Family Genealogy (Channon Moon)
- Bradt DNA Project (Family Tree DNA)
- Bradt Genealogy (WikiTree)
- Bratt Bradt Genealogy and Bratt Bradt Family History Information (Geni)
Family and Individual Profiles, Articles, Books etc.
- Biographical Review: Greene, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties, New York (1899)
  - John Bradt
  - Nicholas Bradt
- First Settlers of Schenectady (Jonathan Pearson, 1873)
- History of the Schenectady Patent (Jonathan Pearson, 1883)
  - Bratt, Arent Andriese
  - Bratt, Andries Arentse and Capt. Arent Andriese
  - Bratt, Dirk Arentse
  - Bratt, Samuel Andriese
- History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 (Nelson Greene, 1925)
  - Bradt, George T.
  - Bradt, Harry R.
- Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (Cuyler Reynolds, 1911)
- Schenectady County, New York (Austin A. Yates, 1902)
- Descendants of Claas Frederickse Van Petten (1641-1728) and His Wife Aeffie Arentse Bradt (1649-1729): A Family History Research Project (Frances I. Hindmarsh, 1997) (FamilySearch, free account required)
- The Norwegian Bradt Family in New Netherland New York (The Olive Tree Genealogy Homepage)
- Bradt (Colonial Albany Social History Project)
- The United Empire Loyalist Ancestors of Elizabeth Maria Bradt (Ryk Brown)
- Bradt History posts at United Empire Loyalists Re-United
- "A Family Explores Theories of Relativity: Fifth Bradt Family Reunion Brings Together Descendants of Early Settlers in Albany," Paul Grondahl, Albany Times Union, 7/19/2012.
Mailing Lists / Message Boards / Queries
- Bradt Family Message Board (Ancestry)
- Bradt Family Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Bratt Family Message Board (Ancestry)
- Bratt Family Forum (Genealogy.com)
Find more information on the Bradt / Bratt family:
- FamilySearch records for Bradt (free account required)
- Census and Directories
  - Indexes to our transcripts of the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1940 United States censuses for Schenectady County
  - Our city directories: 1841/2 and the county portion of 1860
  - Search Bradt entries in the 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915 and 1925 New York State Censuses (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Births
  - New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1704-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Marriages
  - New York Church Records, 1660-1954 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Marriages, 1686-1980 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Deaths
  - Our Obituary index (includes Capital District records from the 1957-1972 NYS Department of Health Genealogical Research Death Index)
  - New York Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Deaths, 1880-1956 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York residents in the Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Gravestone photos (New York Gravestones)
  - New York graves in Find a Grave
  - New York graves in BillionGraves
  - New York graves in Interment.net
  - Nationwide Grave Locator (Veterans Administration)
- Immigration
  - American Family Immigration History Center (Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation, free account required)
  - New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York, Soundex to Passenger and Crew Lists, 1887-1921 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalization Petitions, Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalization Petitions, Southern District of New York, 1824-1941 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalizations, Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Index to Naturalizations, Western District of New York, 1907-1966 (FamilySearch, free account required)
- Military
  - Revolutionary War service records in History of Schenectady During the Revolution (Willis T. Hanson Jr., 1916) [974.744 H25 at the Schenectady County Public Library]
  - Civil War service records in Schenectady County, New York (Austin A. Yates, 1902) [974.744 Y31 at the Schenectady County Public Library]
  - Index to the New York State Civil War Muster Rolls
  - Soldiers in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database (National Park Service)
  - New York veterans in the World War II Memorial Registry (American Battle Monuments Commission)
- Property
  - New York Land Records 1630-1975 (FamilySearch, free account required)
  - Bradt Family Wills and Related Records (Sampubco)
  - Bratt Family Wills and Related Records (Sampubco)
Print Resources
- Bradt family file at the Schenectady County Historical Society - e-mail librarian@schenectadyhistorical.org for more information
- Bradt entries in Worden's Index (New York Genealogical & Biographical Society)
- Biasca, Cynthia Brott. Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt. (Wolfe City, TX: Hennington Publishing Co., 1990)
- Christoph, Peter R. Bradt: A Norwegian Family in Colonial America, 3rd ed. (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1994) [R 929.2 BRAc at the Schenectady County Public Library]
- Wood, Joan Bradt. Journey to a New Land: The Bradt Family in History. (Joan Bradt Wood) [929.2 BRA at the Schenectady County Historical Society]
- Wood, Joan Bradt. Establishing a New Nation: The Bradt Family in Canada. (Joan Bradt Wood)