UNDER CONSTRUCTION
4 Sep 2006
My website is being moved here from another location. Almost all of the records pages are here already.
Click here if you want to view the complete Genealogical Aids and History section on the other site.
For your convenience, the search engine below will send you to webpages on the other site until the move has been completed. All of the links there should work except for the link to the HOME page.
The links below are under construction. Please do not report problems at this time.
ALBANY & EASTERN NEW YORK GENEALOGY
Cliff Lamere Albany, NY
About this website
This website contains over 1300 links and 200 webpages. It is a catalog (index) of many of the local records and aids available to help genealogists. Its geographical focus is Albany, NY and surrounding counties (Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, and a small amount of Herkimer. Also there is a bit of Berkshire Co., MA, the western parts of which were considered to be in NY at one time.). It is most complete for the counties of Albany, Columbia, and Rensselaer.
If a link has information for more than one county represented on this site, I usually have placed it in the category of New York State. You should not ignore that category. I use current borders when determining in which county to place a link to a webpage.
After each link on this website, in parentheses I list one of the following: the transcriber of the records, the author of the article, the site owner, or the site sponsor. I prefer to cite the person who transcribed or computerized the records if I can tell who it is.
The links on this website bypass the home page of most other sites. Otherwise, you would have to spend too much time looking for the records that my link will take you to directly. If the webpage that you are visiting has an option such as Home, you should take time to explore that site for valuable additional information (I do not attempt to include every webpage on every local genealogical website). Looking around a website may uncover a map image with the names of property owners shown on it. Such images cannot be searched by a search engine.
If a smiley face
precedes a link, the material was posted by me and
will be included in the results of this site's search engine. 
and 
will
be used to indicate links that were recently added, or webpages that were
recently updated. For new and updated items, a date at the end of
the entry will show when it was added to this website, or when it was updated last. The
date will be removed after about a month.
This website was put online in Aug 2000 as a single webpage. As the website grew, the home page was divided into three parts in Aug 2003. In May 2006 it was divided into many smaller pages to make it easier for dial-up users.
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Search Engines
Search engines are provided by many NYGenWeb or RootsWeb sites. Before looking through 30 cemeteries on a county website, check to see if the site has a search engine. Be aware, however, of the following problems.
1) Search results can be very unreliable. Read my webpage "Understanding Website Search Engines".
2) Search engines only search through records physically on a website. Links on this site may take you to other websites. My search engine cannot search the records on other websites. It will only search links which are preceded by a smiley face.
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Reporting problems or suggesting new links
To report problems on this website or to recommend new webpages that you think should be included, click here. Please do not write for genealogical advice. No more than half of the people who have written in the past took the time to thank me for my help. I suggest that you subscribe to a mailing list and ask your questions there. Some things can only be done locally. If you cannot do that, then I can recommend local researchers.
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Please be aware that transcription and typing errors are not uncommon on webpages that you visit. Whenever possible, you should check important data in non-internet sources, or in internet images of those sources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECORDS
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VITAL RECORDS |
OTHER RECORDS |
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DEATHS (cemetery records, obituaries) |
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(births, baptisms, marriages and deaths) |
(pastors are in Churches & Pastors) |
GENEALOGICAL AIDS & LOCAL HISTORY
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CHURCHES & PASTORS (lists of churches, their histories, pastor information, etc.) |
MAPS (maps for Albany Co. may name the property owners) |
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CEMETERIES (lists of cemeteries; tombstone graphics and abbreviations, etc.) |
LANGUAGE & NAMES (dictionaries, translators, systems of naming children) |
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HISTORY (NY state & local) |
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SEARCH ENGINES (other sites) |
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SEARCH ENGINE (this website) |
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SEARCH ENGINE This search engine will search about 200 webpages on this website. If you follow a link to another website, this search engine will not search that website.
Search engines give you quick results, but in reality they miss more than they find. Increase your odds greatly by understanding search engines and how to improve the effectiveness of your searches. Read my webpage, "Understanding Website Search Engines".
This search engine also searches the baptism and marriage records of the Albany Reformed Church which are on another website. This is done with the website owner's permission.
Visitors
to this home page since 14 Aug 2000
Home page split into three parts on 17 Aug 2003.
29 Apr 2001
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MY 4 WEBSITES
1) Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy (where you are)
2) Gardenier family name - I have done a serious study of this surname and its many spellings in New York State. This surname can begin with Gard-, Gaud-, Gord-, Guard-, and Gurd-. It can have an ending of -ier, -ear, -eer, -ere, -iere, and any other spelling variation that sounds like 'ear'. The middle vowel can be -a-, -e-, -i-, -o-, or the vowel can be missing (as in Gardnier). Some of the common spellings are Gardinier, Gaudineer, Gordinier, Gurdinier, and Guardineer. I have over 200 marriage and death certificates for sale. I will do research on this surname for a reasonable fee, or I will trade my information for yours.
3) Grandpa Cliff's Science Website for Teenagers - Although written for teenagers, it is also quite suitable for adults. Begun in Oct 2005 for my grandchildren who were studying trees with me, the webpages use many photos and give detailed, easy-to-understand explanations of topics in Science.
4) Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band - playing dixieland and traditional jazz in the Albany, NY area since 1956. There are more than 50 webpages of photos of the band and its members.
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[The wild Rose at the top of this page is the State Flower of New York State.]
This genealogy website went online 14 Aug 2000
Most recent update 29 Nov 2005
Broken Links Fixed Apr 2006
Search engine last reindexed Apr 2006
http://genealogy.clifflamere.com (new URL)
To recommend new links or report broken links, click here.
