History Program : Rensselaer County Resources

Join us at the Sanford Library in Colonie as the Capital District Genealogical Society hosts Kathy Sheehan, Renssealaer County Historical Society Registrar and the Rensselaer County and Troy City Historian for a presentation on genealogy resources available at the Rensselaer County Historical Society.

Date: 26 January 2019
Time: 1 PM
Location: William K. Sanford Library

629 Albany Shaker Road

Loudonville, NY 12211

Meetings are held on the 4th Saturday of month, except 3rd Saturday of month in May and November; no meeting in December.

All regular meetings begin at 1:00 PM.

Computer Resources Group meets 2:30 PM

1:00 - 2:30  Meeting and Speaker

2:00 - 2:30  Refreshments with meet and mingle time (our

speaker usually is usually available for questions during this time)

2:30 - 3:30  Internet Resources Discussion

Saturday's Society : Rensselaer County Historical Society

The Rensselaer County Historical Society and Museum (RCHS) was established in 1927 to promote and encourage historical research on the early history of Rensselaer County. They gather and preserve materials relating to the county. The Society has an impressive website located here. A small listing of the holdings of the RCHS include:

• Rensselaer County Surrogate Court Records - estate files for over 30,000 residents of the county between 1791 and 1915 used for genealogy and other historical research projects.
• Burden Iron Works Archives - documents the company's impact worldwide from this 19th-century manufacturing company.
• Photographic Collection - 10,000 images of people, places, events from the early 1840s to the early 2000s.
• Hart and Cluett Family Records - records and artifacts extensively documenting the Hart-Cluett Mansion.
• Historical Clothing and textiles, furniture and decorative art objects, tools, stoves and cast iron collection, dating from the late 18th century to present.
• Maps, city and county directories, cemetery records, church records, community organization archives, county home records and numerous other newspapers, and records

The RCHS is located in the Hart-Cluett House located at

57 Second Street

Troy, New York 12180

518.272.7232

Membership offers free passes and discounts for its programs and use of the library. Various levels of membership include 

Individual: $50

Student: $25

Aside from the Society's outstanding webpage, the RCHS has a strong web presence on Facebook and on Twitter @RensCoHistSoc