List members may be interested in the below announcement about the Interment Records at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY. Out of the 3,427 names on the index, 1,419 of the individuals were born in Ireland. Sadly though, only 5 of the records identify the area of Ireland. Regards and Happy Thanksgiving. Bill McGrath, Clifton Park, NY ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASE BOOK 1- INTERMENT INDEX ST. AGNES CEMETERY, MENANDS NEW YORK INTERMENT YEARS - 1868-1882 A. Book 1, part of a multi-volume set of Interment Records at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY, which includes 3,427 names, has now been added to the Troy Irish Genealogy website. This new data series of interment records list an individuals name, date of death and age at death. In a large number of records, the age is reported in years, months and days. It is interesting to note that there were 532 deaths of children under the age of 1 and 742 deaths of children ages 1 to 16. Those records that have no date of death are shown with the interment date and are identified by an asterisk (*). Some early deaths dating prior to 1868, are most likely re-interments from the State Street Burial site which was located at the site of present day Washington Park. Many of those in the Catholic section of this old cemetery were moved to St. Agnes Cemetery under an 1868 authorization. B. You can view these interment records by going to the Troy Irish Genealogy website at: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on TIGS PROJECTS and then click on ST. AGNES CEMETERY, MENANDS, NY - INTERMENT RECORDS. It should be noted that these records, like most of the TIGS data series, cover the general population in the area and are NOT restricted to Irish surnames. C. Researchers having relatives with a CAPITAL DISTRICT area connection, will be interested in these on-line, name searchable, online records of names of individuals who were interred in St. Agnes Cemetery. If you live in a nearby county or even further away, you might want to check out these names. Take a look at the data base, you never know what you will find. D. The TIGS website has a PRINTABLE FORM that can be used to request more information from the Albany Diocesan Cemeteries. Mailing instructions and fees (only $5.00) are on the request form. Additional items that may be available from the full interment record may include: 1. PLACE OF BIRTH: Some interesting statistics based on the place of birth reported in this interment book containing 3,427 individual records are: a. 1,613 were born in Albany. b. 1,419 were born in Ireland. (Note: Only 5 records identify the area of Ireland) c. 106 were born in West Troy. (Renamed to Watervliet) d. 27 were born in Troy. e. 25 were born in Canada. f. 21 were born in Germany. g. 18 were born in the following countries; England-10 France-2 Italy-1 Switzerland-1 Cuba-1 Scotland-3. h. 34 were born in the following states; Illinois-1 Massachusetts-12 Vermont-9 Connecticut-1 New Jersey-3 California-2 New Hampshire-1 Pennsylvania-3 Missouri-1 Wisconsin-1. i. The remaining 164 records reflect births in various New York State cities and town and also13 records identified as only America and 3 records identified as USA and 13 records that show no place of birth. 2. PLACE OF DEATH: While a number of the area communities like Troy, Cohoes, Green Island, Watervliet, are reported as the place of death, the overwhelming number of deaths, 2,802 out of the 3,427 records, occurred in the city of Albany. A smaller number of deaths occurred in other area of New York State or in other states. 3. RESIDENCE ADDRESS: The bulk of these interment records will show a street address with a house number. A lesser number may only show the street name or street intersections while some others may just mention the name of the city where the death occurred.. 4. INTERMENT DATE: The date of interment in St. Agnes Cemetery may be another clue which will be helpful to genealogy and family researchers. Hopefully you will find some of your ancestors listed in Book 1 of the Interment Index or in the various other data series on the Troy Irish Genealogy website. Regards, Bill McGrath TIGS Project Coordinator Clifton Park, NY