Descriptive annotations follow the formal citation. The most basic compendius resource for early Albany history. AD - Albany city directories listing addresses and occupations of principal personages. Civic information and advertizing was included more frequently in subsequent years. Issued annually by various publishers since 1813.
All years are available on microfilm at Albany-area libraries.
The wills were transcribed by William H. Pelletreau, arranged chronologically, and published by N-YHS as volumes 25 to 39 of the Collections series. Volumes 40 and 41 contain additions and corrections. This is an indispensible resource. We have begun to make some of the Albany wills that have been printed in this and other collections available on this website. Volume two presents the minutes of the Schenectady committee, some committee-related documents, and a detailed index.