This abbreviated list was compiled in 1991-92 by Rose Fetter and Ella Greene from the catalog of the Historical Society to facilitate quick retrieval by geographic location. The call number or other indicator is in brackets at the end of each entry.

SCHENECTADY COUNTY, NEW YORK

(for cemeteries, see also items under City of Schenectady)
Schenectady County Deeds
Schenectady, NY – Almshouse/Poorhouse Records Index (03/20/2004)

Duanesburg

Memorial Census for Duanesburg, by C. Foote
See Duanesburgh – Cemeteries in Pamphlet File
Records of Early Burial Places on the Farms in the town of Guilderland and surrounding towns [974.742 B]
(Duanesburg) – Christ Episcopal Church Records
Marriages, baptisms, deaths c. 1794-1863 by Howard McConville, typescript [974.744 Ch]
Duanesburg Reformed Presbyterian Church
Births, etc. [974.744 D]
Records from Quaker Street Friends Meeting House, 1811-1854
Copied by Howard McConville [974.744 R]
Christ Episcopal Church Records
Marriages and baptisms c. 1799-1868 [974.744 S]
(Esperance) – Cemeteries
See Duanesburgh – Cemeteries in Pamphlet File

Glenville

See Schenectady, NY – Center Glenville United Methodist Church
Deaths and marriages copied from Glenville papers
c. 1830-1835, index [GN 333]
Reformed Cemetery Records, West Glenville
94 pp. [974.744 Ref]
Early Settlers of Glenville and Their Churches, by P. M. Van Epps
in Contributions to the History of Glenville, pp. 73-91 [974.744 V]

Mariaville

(Mariaville) – Cemeteries – Batter Street Cemetery
Leonard Lester farm near Braman’s Corners, 136 graves [Ch 713]

Niskayuna

for Bethany Lutheran Church, see Grace Lutheran Church
Niskayuna Protestant Reformed Dutch Church – 1790-1837
Marriages, baptisms, deaths [974.744]
Cemeteries – Niskayuna Reformed Church
Records copied by E. D. Shaver, 1966, 44 pp. [974.744]
Niskayuna Reformed Church – baptismal marriage and death records 1783-1861
Photostat copies of church records, bound [974.744 N]
Niskayuna Reformed Church – Marriages performed by Rev. Thomas Romeyn, Jr.
1806-1827, index [Schenectady churches]

Princetown

Christ Church of the Hills (Florida, Mariaville and Princetown Presbyterian Churches)
misc. records 1874-1960 [Microfilm]
Cemeteries – Records of early burial places on farms in Guilderland and surrounding towns
compiled by William A. Brinkman, 1940, 30 pp., index [974.742 B]
Cemeteries – Memorial Census for Duanesburgh and bordering towns
compiled by C. Foote, 1935, 2 vol. [Pamphlet File - Princetown]
Princetown Reformed Church – marriages by Rev. Thomas Romeyn, 1800-1802
2 pp. typed list [Pamphlet File - Princetown]
Records of First Dutch Reformed Church (Giffords Corners) 1814-1941
Registers of births, etc. [974.744]
Fairview Cemetery Survey, June 1977, by Irma Mastrean
Located on North Kelly Road, Princetown, by Princetown Presbyterian Church

Rotterdam

Rotterdam family burial plots and graves of ministers “to be marked” [misc. 342]
Records of early burial places – Rotterdam
compiled by William Brinkman, 1940, 30 pp., index [974.742 B]
Church and Cemetery Records of First or Woestina Reformed Church of Rotterdam
compiled by Donald A. Keefer, typed copy [974.744 R]

Schenectady, City of

A. Items not otherwise classified
Pamphlet on delayed registration of births, etc. [GN 213]
50th Wedding Anniversaries
Scrapbook of newspaper reports, mostly 1930-1950, 142 pp. [974.74 S]
B. Indians, Blacks and Slaves
The original baptismal records of the Indian natives baptised at the Dutch Reformed Church are available only in the vault of the Schenectady Dutch Reformed Church. Typed and printed copies of this information do not make the Indian heritage clear.
Duryee Memorial A.M.E. Church, Hulett Street, has the oldest records of any black church in Schenectady
Schenectady Slave Owners, 1767-1783, extracted from a record by Mary Stevens.
See pp. 163-212 in vol. 2 of Hanson’s History of St. George’s Church. Indexed and arranged by Elsa Church, 1985, 7 pp. “Typed copy in folder.”
C. Catholic, Jewish and German
See Churches, Roman Catholic in pamphlet file.
See individual church names in card catalog.
St. Joseph’s Church and Cemetery Records
Copied from stones by Susanne Reed, 1976, 24 pp. [974.744 Cem] See Schenectady, New York – Cemeteries in pamphlet file
Listings and inscriptions of Temple Gates of Heaven Cemetery as of 1983, 13 pp. typed
See Schenectady: Christian Temple in pamphlet file
Familien Register ser vormals…III Prot. Ref. Kirche 1860-1867 (in German)
German Methodist Cemetery was located on Moyston Street, just off State Street. For information write to Vale Cemetery Association.
D. Protestant Churches: Pamphlet file – Churches are arranged by denominations, then by individual churches
Listing of records kept by Schenectady County churches [974.744 C]
History of St. George’s Episcopal Church: 2 vol., printed 1919. Births, etc. [974.744]
First United Methodist Church – marriages, etc. Unbound loose pages in a box. May contain other records than those in bound volumes. [974.744 S]
First United Methodist Church. Records 1840-1910. Hand-typed. [974.744]
Fiisher United Methodist Church, Helderberg Avenue: Notes by Mrs. Ralph Spring, 1982 [974.744]
First Presbyterian Church: Baptisms 1796-1860, marriages 1796-1850, membership prior to 1796, deaths. [974.744]
State Street Presbyterian Church – Communicants, marriages, funerals, baptisms, etc. 1869-1884: hand-typed by Marie Noll Cormack, 62 pp. [974.744]
First Reformed Church Doop-boek, or baptismal register: Pearson’s translations and notes. Handwritten. [Ch 130-2] Registers of Births, etc. – Extracts from First Reformed Church Doop-boek, or baptismal register See pp. of New England Historical and Genealogical and Register, vol. 18, 19, 20.
First Reformed Church: Membership list 1691-1942 [974.744]
First Reformed Church – baptisms: Transcribed for Schenectady Genealogical Society by Furman and Cormack. Vol. I: 1694-1761, Vol. II: 1783-1938, index. [974.744]
Second Reformed Church: Baptisms, marriages, deaths, c. 1851-1950, typescript. [974.744]
E. Cemeteries and Obituaries
See also churches listed under sections B, C, D. See also current file of death notices from Schenectady Gazette compiled by Elsa Church.

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