Marilyn, the NYS Library and the NYS Archives (on two different floors of the same building) are extremely user friendly! The genealogy department is on the NYS Library floor as are the Census records. Take lots of DIMES! Many machines available for copying and lots of folks around to help you use them. Also, the archivists have many excellent handouts on such things as how to find Civil War records, etc. There are gajillions of microfilm readers and reader/printers available. I think they open at 9:00 AM. There is a small but very close (right beside the building) pay parking lot. $7 or $8 for the day -- but get there just before 9 because it fills up quickly and your other choices are not so close by. Do you know that both the archives and the library have web sites? http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/ Happy Hunting! Linda (your fellow Austinite) > -----Original Message----- > From: MJSTERN46@aol.com [mailto:MJSTERN46@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 10:18 PM > To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Preparation for Albany research later this month > > > Greetings NY List: > > Here's a quick question, probably one that has been asked before, > hopefully > not by me! I'm hoping to spend all day on Monday, November 22nd in > Albany--can you suggest how I might prepare for this day and > spend it in a > "genealogically profitable" way? Exactly where do I want to go, > where do we > park, etc.? What I'm thinking is I'll take a list of my NY > mysteries from > the late 1700s and the 1800s and try to get clues on as many as possible, > including various naturalization records, some state census > records, and a > few vital records after 1880. I'd appreciate any suggestions. > This is my > first time doing actual research in Albany and it is the only day > I'll have > until next spring or summer. And, I'll be traveling about two > hours to get > there from my parents' home in Ulster Co., NY. > > If you have any thoughts on this, I'd appreciate it if you'd reply to the > list, since there are probably lots of other people who will need these > answers eventually! Thank you so much, > > Warm regards, > Marilyn Hough Stern, > a former resident of Ulster Co., NY, living in Austin, TX > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > >