Hudson Valley Research: The West Side

Author

Guides and General Resources

  • Roger D. Joslyn, "New York," in Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, rev.ed. (1992) pp. 521-40
  • Research Outline: New York (Family History Library, 1992, rev.ed. 1997)
  • George K. Schweitzer, New York Genealogical Research (1988, rev.ed. 1995)
  • John D. Austin, Jr. Genealogical Research in New York State: An Informal Finding List of Published Materials With Supplementary Notes (1983)
  • Syllabus for 1994 Joint Conference: Harry Macy, Jr. "Statewide Records for 17th and 18th Century New York Research" and Henry B. Hoff, "New York Vital Records Substitutes"
  • Syllabus for 1995 Joint Conference: Roger D. Joslyn, "New York State Censuses and Tax Lists," Florence A. Christoph, "Pre-1800 Research in Upstate New York," and Henry Z Jones, Jr. "The Palatine Families of New York"
  • Syllabus for 1997 Joint Conference: Harry Macy, Jr. "Researching New York and New Jersey Dutch Families"
  • Constance M. Whitacre and Elsie Trotter, Master Index, New York State DAR Genealogical Records (1972) and Supplement (1978)
  • *General Peter Gansvoort Chapter, Revised Master Index To New York State Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Records Volumes, 2 Vols. (1998)
  • E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States (1984)
  • Fred Q. Bowman and Thomas J. Lynch, Directory to Collections of New York Vital Records 1726-1989.... (1995)
  • Guide to Historical Resources in _____ County, New York Repositories [the "red books"]
  • American Genealogical-Biographical Index, 205 vols. to date, 1952- ; online at Ancestry.com
  • Janet Wethy Foley, Early Settlers of New York State, 9 vols. (1934-42, repr. as 2 vols. With index, 1993) [also on CD-ROM from Brøderbund]
  • John H. French, Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860, repr. with indexes, 1995) 

 

Hudson Valley

  • Kenn Stryker-Rodda, "The Hudson Valley Counties," in Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources, vol. 1, rev.ed. (American Society of Genealogists, 1980) pp. 189-95
  • Henry B. Hoff, "Research in New York: Downstate," Tree Talks 22 (1982):3-16
  • [Joel Munsell], Index to American Genealogies.... , 5th ed. (1900, repr. with supplement, 1979)
  • David Kendall Martin, "The Districts of Albany County, New York, 1772-1784," The NYG&B Newsletter 1 (1990):9, 12-13
  • Church records transcribed by Arthur C.M. Kelly, Roydon W. Vosburgh, and Jean D. Worden
  • Marriage Index: Selected Areas of New York, 1639-1916, from Kinship, CD-ROM (Family Tree Maker's Archives, 1996)
  • Wilson V. Ledley, comp. Index to Baptismal Surnames in the Reformed Churches of Claverack, Cortlandt.... (Holland Society of New York, 1990)  

 

Periodicals, Articles, and Finding Aids

  • The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record [NYGBR], 1870- (subject indexes 1870-1982 and 1983-1995; see 64 [1933]:133-38 for abbreviations used into 1996)
  • The NYG&B Newsletter [Newsletter], 1990- (composite every-name and subject index through 1995)
  • Harry Macy, Jr. "New York Probate Records Before 1787," Newsletter 2 (1991):11-15, and "Library Resources for Research in New York Probate Records Since 1787," Newsletter 3 (1992):3-7
  • Henry B. Hoff, "Pre-1750 New York Lists: Censuses, Assessment Rolls, Oaths of Allegiance, and Other Lists," Newsletter 3 (1992):20-22
  • Eight articles on New York families and sources in various journals and books in Newsletter 2 (1991):28-29; 4 (1993):11-13; 5 (1994):11-13; 6 (1995):6-7, 12-13, 28-29; 7 (1996):24-25, 27
  • Four articles on Federal and State censuses for New York in Newsletter 5 (1994):7; 8 (1997):5-6, 11-13, 19-21; 9 (1998):17-19
  • Tree Talks, 1961- (subject index through 1988) [includes Albany, Columbia, Greene, Orange, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington]
  • Valley Quarterlies: Upstate New York, CD-ROM (Kinship, 1994) [composite every-name index to The Capital, The Columbia, The Mohawk, and The Saratoga, through 1993]
  • New Netherland Connections, 1996-
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847- (also on CD-ROM for 1847-1994; composite every-name indexes for 1847-1896 and 1897-1994; various subject indexes for 1847-1988)
  • Periodical Source Index [PERSI], 16 vols. for 1847-1985, plus subsequent annual volumes; on CD-ROM from Ancestry and online at Ancestry.com  

 

Manors and Patents: Some Published Sources

  • *Henry B. Hoff, "Manors in New York," Newsletter 10 (1999):55-58; 11 (2000):13-17
  • Sung Bok Kim, Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York: Manorial Society, 1664-1775 (1978) especially "A Note on Sources" pp. 425-31
  • Harry B. Yoshpe, The Disposition of Loyalist Estates in the Southern District of the State of New York (1939)
  • Rensselaerswyck: The Capital, vols. 1-10 [extensive published 17th century sources also exist]
  • Tappan: George H. Budke, "The History of the Tappan Patent," The Rockland Record 2 (1931- 32):35-50
  • Kakiat: Howard I. Durie, The Kakiat Patent in Bergen County, New Jersey (1970) [some Rockland Co. families]  

 

Rockland County (created 1798 from Orange)

Guides

  • Carl A. Nordstrom, A Finding List of Bibliographical Materials Relating to Rockland County, New York (1959)
  • John H. Bennett, Guide to the Budke Collection (1975)
  • "Records at the Rockland County Clerk's Office," Genealogical Society of Rockland County Newsletter 9:2 (1994):5-6

Some Useful Sources

  • (and see Manors & Patents: Tappan and Kakiat)
  • Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Pre-Revolutionary Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York (1936, repr. 1968)
  • Papers of George O. Zabriskie (Family History Library microfilm)

Periodicals

  • The Rockland Record, 1930-1940
  • Genealogical Society of Rockland County Newsletter, 1986-

Some Sample Articles

  • Henry B. Hoff, "Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants: A Colonial Black Family in New York and New Jersey," NYGBR 121 (1990):65-71, 157-61, 205-11  

 

Orange County (original county 1683; some towns taken from Ulster in 1798)

Guides

  • Malcolm Booth, Bibliography of Orange County (1965)

Some Useful Sources

  • Martha and Bill Reamy, Pioneer Families of Orange County, New York (1993) [useful for clues]

Periodicals

  • The Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1971-

Some Sample Articles

  • David Kendall Martin, "James Ensign of Orange County, New York," The American Genealogist 56 (1980):221-23; 61 (1985):50-56
  • *William B. Saxbe, Jr. "Family Reconstruction ... Joseph Walling of Sussex County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 85 (1997):94-115
  • *John Bradley Arthaud, "Two Intermarried Families: The Sawyers and Valentines of Orange County," NYGBR 129 (1998):239-48  

 

Ulster County (original county 1683)

Some Useful Sources

  • Gustave Anjou, Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records..., 2 vols. (1906, repr. as 1 vol., 1980)
  • J. Wilson Poucher and Byron J. Terwilliger, Old Gravestones of Ulster County (1931) [with separate index];
  • Florence Prehn, comp. Ulster County Cemeteries, Ulster County, New York (1992)
  • Bibliography of Kenneth Scott in NYGBR 126 (1995):46-54 [many Ulster Co. articles]

Periodicals

  • Olde Ulster, 1905-1914
  • Ulster Genie, 1974-

Some Sample Articles

  • Gale Ion Harris, "The Earlier Career of Hannah (Wakeman) Hackelton, Edward Whittaker's Wife in the Esopus," NYGBR 127 (1996):65-75; 130 (1999):265-66
  • James L. Hansen, "The Lootman/Barrois Families of Canada, New York, and Points West," The American Genealogist 66 (1991):1-9, 88-92, 169-75
  • *William B. Sabxe, Jr. "Four Fathers for Wiliam Ennis of Kingston: A Collective Review," NYGBR 129 (1998):227-38  

 

Greene County (created 1800 from Ulster & Albany)

Guides

  • Robert C. Chatterton, Greene County, New York: A Bibliography (1958)

Some Useful Sources

  • (and see Ulster and Albany counties)
  • John P. Dern, Genealogical Contribution Reprinted from The Albany Protocol.... (1981)

Periodicals

  • Greene Genes, 1988-

Some Sample Articles

  • Donna Valley Stuart, "The Lehmann/Laman/Layman Family of Greene County, New York," NYGBR 110 (1979):105-10, 146-53, 211
  • Gwenn F. Epperson, "Jan Evertsen, Master Shoemaker of Albany, and His Descendants," NYGBR 125 (1994):18-24, 81-87, 156-59, 225-29, 218; 126 (1995):246-47
  • *Bruce A. Bennett, "The Origins of the Early Conines of Western Greene County," NYGBR 130 (1999):29-35, 124-34, 267 

 

Albany County (original county 1683)

Guides

  • Marey L. Bailey and Sharon M. Sweeney, Guide to the Historical Records in the Office of the Albany County Clerk, Albany, New York (1979)
  • Estelle M. Guzik, ed. Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area (Jewish Genealogical Society, 1989) pp. 225-35

Some Useful Sources

  • (and see Manors & Patents: Rensselaerswyck)
  • Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800 (1872, repr. 1976)
  • Wheeler B. Melius and Frank H. Burnap, Index to the Public Records of the County of Albany, State of New York, 1630-1894, 37 vols. (1902-17)
  • Joel Munsell, Annals of Albany, 10 vols. (1849-59)
  • Florence A. Christoph, Upstate New York in the 1760s: Tax Lists and Selected Militia Rolls of Old Albany County, 1760-1768 (1992)
  • Innes Getty Collection (see Newsletter 3 [1992]:12-13)

Periodicals

  • The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook, 1924- (see Newsletter 7 [1996]:27)
  • Capital District Genealogical Society Newsletter, 1981-
  • The Capital, 1986-

Some Sample Articles

  • James A. Rasmussen, "Gilbert Family of Albany and New York," NYGBR 122 (1981):65-74, 162-67, 201-05; 123 (1992):210-11; 125 (1994):217
  • Gwenn F. Epperson, "Jan Evertsen, Master Shoemaker of Albany, and His Descendants," NYGBR 125 (1994):18-24, 81-87, 156-59, 218, 225-29; 126 (1995):246-47  

 

Saratoga County (created 1791 from Albany)

Guides

  • Field Horne, Genealogical Guide to Saratoga County, New York (1980)
  • Thomas J. Lynch, "Guide to Microfilms in the Office of the Saratoga County Historian," n.d., TS. at New England Historic Genealogical Society

Some Useful Sources

  • Cornelius E. Durkee, "Some of Ye Epitaphs in Saratoga County, New York," 5 vols., MS. at New York State Library (and Family History Library microfilm)
  • Henry C. Ritchie Collection [on Saratoga County families], MS. at New York State Library (and Family History Library microfilm)

Periodicals

  • The Patents: The Northeastern New York Genealogical Society Newsletter, 1982-
  • The Saratoga, 1984-

Some Sample Articles

  • Kenneth E. Price, "A Newly-Identified Daughter of Israel5 Standish of Preston, Conn.," The American Genealogist 65 (1990):157-60
  • Charlotte Megill Hix, "Israel4 Brooks of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Half Moon, New York, and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist 72 (1997):20-28
  • Bette Innes Bradway, "The Medbury (Medbery) Family of Saratoga County, New York," The Mayflower Quarterly 60 (1994):106-14

 

by Henry B. Hoff, CG, FASG, FGBS

Originally prepared for the NEHGS-NYG&B Joint Conference, Tarrytown, NY 25-26 July 1997

Items marked with an asterisk have been added since the conference.