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The latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes more 2024-25 issues of area daily and weekly papers, plus new items from the Schenectady Cabinet through January 1823.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

04.05.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes more 2024-25 issues of area daily and weekly papers, plus new items from the Schenectady Cabinet through January 1822.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

08.04.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) New material has been added from the 1902 Daily Gazette, the 2011 Amsterdam Recorder and the Schenectady Cabinet through the end of 1820.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #Obituaries #MohawkValley

14.03.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/2) Current material in the latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes 2024-25 issues of area daily papers, the Albany Business Review and the Evangelist.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

14.03.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) Additional material has been added from the 1902 Daily Gazette and the 2011 Amsterdam Recorder.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #Obituaries #MohawkValley

25.02.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/2) Current material in the latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes 2024-25 issues of area daily papers and various weeklies.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

25.02.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(4/4) Schenectady County surnames through J and part of K have been extracted from the 1956 New York State Department of Health Death Index.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #NYSDeathIndex

07.02.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(3/4) Closer to present day, more of the 2000 Saratogian, 2011 Amsterdam Recorder and 2016 Tupper Lake Free Press. New to the index is the beginning of the 2020 Greenwich Journal & Press.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #Obituaries #MohawkValley #TupperLake #Greenwich

07.02.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/4) Indexing of the 1819 Schenectady Cabinet has been completed.

Much of the rest of the Cabinet's run (1820-1858) is already in the index, but filling in gaps is ongoing.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #MohawkValley #Obituaries

07.02.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/4) Current material in the latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes 2024-25 issues of area daily papers, plus the Albany Business Review and the Evangelist.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords/deaths/

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

07.02.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ever wondered how many people were in Schenectady County in 1840?

How many schools? What kind of businesses?

It's all in the statistical reports from the Census of Agriculture!

www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1840/

#Schenectady #1840Census #Statistics

29.01.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(3/3) New Schenectady County entries extracted from the 1956 New York State Department of Health Death Index!

Now at 41% of the way through, finished G surnames and part of H.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

#Schenectady #NYSDeathIndex

14.01.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/3) Historical papers include the 1825 Mohawk Sentinel and missing issues from the 1818-19 Schenectady Cabinet.

Closer to present day, more of the 2000 Saratogian and 2011 Amsterdam Recorder.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #MohawkValley #Obituaries

14.01.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/3) Current material in the latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes 2024-25 issues of area daily papers, plus some weeklies.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #Obituaries

14.01.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New from the 1840 Census of Agriculture:

Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services

www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1840/...

#Schenectady #RevolutionaryWar #Pensioners #1840Census

24.12.2024 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) Historical papers now indexed include additional entries from the 1817-18 Schenectady Cabinet, 1824 Mohawk Sentinel, 2000 Saratogian, 2011 Amsterdam Recorder and 1995 Daily Gazette.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

#Schenectady #CapitalDistrict #MohawkValley #Obituaries

20.12.2024 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/2) Current material in the latest update to the Schenectady & Capital District obituary index includes 2024 issues of area daily papers, plus recent issues of the Albany Business Review, the Evangelist and the last 3 months of the Jewish World.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

20.12.2024 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) New from the 1940 US Census:

www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1940/...

Enumeration District descriptions now link to maps and page images from the original, plus name indexes for Duanesburg, Delanson and Princetown.

#Schenectady #1940Census

27.11.2024 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/2) Updated Census section:

www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/

Transcripts 1697 - 1820
Links to page images for NYS Census 1855 - 1905 at FamilySearch

#Schenectady #Census

27.11.2024 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Estimates of US Civil War mortality from full-census records

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

20.11.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(2/2) New material in the index includes 2024 issues of the Schenectady Daily Gazette and other area newspapers, as well as additional entries from the 1815-17 Schenectady Cabinet and 1824 Mohawk Sentinel.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

19.11.2024 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(1/2) The Schenectady & Capital District obituary index has been updated - now more than 220,000 entries, plus nearly 178,000 from the NYS Department of Health for 1957-72.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/vitalrecords...

19.11.2024 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New biographies posted from Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley.

www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mv...

#MohawkValley #Schenectady #People

19.11.2024 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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