• Headstone & monument inscriptions
• Obtaining cemetery records
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• Rensselaer County cemeteries
• Funeral home records
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• LDS filmed transcriptions
• Cemeteries & transcribed records online
  • Updated regularly
• Bibliography

• The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, by Val D. Greenwood, 2000
• Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family History, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, 1997
• Genealogy Online for Dummies, by Matthew & April Helm, 1998
• Research Outline, New York, Family History Library, SLC, Utah
• New York City, Dept of Records & Information Services website
• Genealogical Resources in New York, by Estelle M Guzik, 2003
• US National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), website
• Troy and Lansingburgh Directory 1893, Sampson, Murdock & Co. publisher, 1893
• Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860), J.H. French, 1860

There are many different kinds of cemeteries in the Rensselaer County area.  They include:

1. The church yard cemetery, where members of a church are buried on the church grounds.

2. The church owned cemetery.  They are located in another section of the town but they are owned and operated by the church.

3. The government owned cemetery.  These are owned by all entities of government and include pauper and military cemeteries.

4. Privately owned cemetery, may be owned by a corporation and operated as a business.

5. Family cemetery.  These are usually part of the family owned land where a section is set off for burials of family members.

Determining the place of burial

Normally the death certificate states the cemetery of burial and the funeral home that handled the burial.  Other sources include US Government Geological Survey maps of the area which detail small areas, including small graveyards.

Rensselaer County Cemetery records on LDS films

Rensselaer County Cemetery Websites Found Online