Here is a description of the records at the Albany Family History Center: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Albany_New_York_Family_History_Center One thing they will not have is Catholic church records. I just searched the catalog at the NYS Library and they have the following ACGS transcribed records from St John the Baptist in Schenectady: *St. John the Baptist, Schenectady, New York : burials, January 1886 to June 2009* American-Canadian Genealogical Society. *St. John the Baptist, Schenectady, New York : baptisms, October 1845 to June 2009* American-Canadian Genealogical Society. *St. John the Baptist, Schenectady, New York : marriages, May 1845 to June 2009* American-Canadian Genealogical Society. Here's the link - http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/?ps=y9XOD3S45p/NYSL/199830010/123 On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:06 PM, mriley7212 <mriley7212@hotmail.com> wrote: > Great ideas. Have you ever visited the Mormons in Latham? I wonder what > records they have. > >

Mike I hope you've subscribed by now to the TIGS list - you will find this a helpful and friendly community. As Gerri pointed out to you there are many resources on our website, with frequent updates so worth re-checking periodically for new transcriptions. As you know from your research at the NYS archives, although vital records started in the 1880's, compliance was spotty until after the early 1900's so church records - if you can find them - are invaluable What church might that be? In 1880, the Town of Watervliet included "all of present-day Albany County outside of the city of Albany" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watervliet,_New_York for more history) and that would include Lisha Kill (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisha_Kill,_New_York) but as you noted, LishaKill is in the western part of Albany County and so possibly you might want to go looking in Schenectady. Harder to find is what RC church might have been closest to Lisha Kill in 1880, with all of the mergers, renames and erased histories, but I think that if Tom Hanley couldn't find anything for you at St Patrick's, Watervliet, the two most likely places geographically would have been - St John the Baptist in Schenectady (founded 1830) six miles from Lishakill - closed now, but institutional records are held at St John the Evangelist (on Union St) (518) 372-3382 or possibly - St Francis de Sales (started 1883) in West Albany (now a Korean worship center). This blog.timesunion.com/armao/727/727/ notes that the parish moved to what is now Christ, Our Light church in Loudonville (518) 459-6635 Another place to look (you don't mention checking this) is the Albany County Hall of Records http://www.albanycounty.com/Government/Departments/AlbanyCountyHallofRecords.aspx I found my town of Watervliet GG-grandfathr's naturalization papers there - but no Ireland county recorded. p.s. there are some Reilly's in St John the Baptist cemetery in Schenectady: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=66007&GSfn=&GSln=Reilly On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Gerri Sherry via < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I recommended > he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful resource > guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. > Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri > > "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for your > help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for my Irish > Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents were there. I > have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death records. I have > contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and Watervliet. I have used > Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my grandfather's parents. They > are listed on his death certificate and give my grandfather's birth as > 1886. So I had a starting point. The next generation moved to Watervliet or > I assumed they moved from Troy. One of my questions to Mark was what > happened to the town of Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an > address in an 1880 census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in > that district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived > in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, > Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to city hall and then the historical > society in Watervliet. I have also tried different spellings, looking at my > great grandmother's side for ideas. I got nothing. Lastly I tried to find > them in Rensselaer county cemetery records. Nada." > >

I agree, we need more details if there is any help to be had ! -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kris6851 via Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:49 PM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com; gerrisherry@outlook.com Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] RILEY There are several Rileys on this list. Can Mike share any first names, what was his grandfathers name, his gr-granparents, any dates. I would think Riley is a common name so we are going to need a bit more info. Gerri, ask him if he will join the mailing list so we can drill him a bit....! kris6851@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Brown via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com>; Gerri Sherry <gerrisherry@outlook.com> Sent: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] RILEY I am a Riley by birth but don't know that any of my Raley's ever lived in Watervliet/West Troy. They were on 9th St in Troy. James Michael and Bernard. One moved to Schenectady (Michael) the other 2 remained in Troy. I have 1880 census showing them all together. Sorry but that is all the help I can offer. On Oct 22, 2014 6:49 AM, "Gerri Sherry via" < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I > >recommended > he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful > resource guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. > Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri > > "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for > your help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for > my Irish Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents > were there. I have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death > records. I have contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and > Watervliet. I have used Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my > grandfather's parents. They are listed on his death certificate and > give my grandfather's birth as 1886. So I had a starting point. The > next generation moved to Watervliet or I assumed they moved from Troy. > One of my questions to Mark was what happened to the town of > Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an address in an 1880 > census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in that > district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived > in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to c! > ity hall and then the historical society in Watervliet. I have also > tried different spellings, looking at my great grandmother's side for > ideas. I got nothing. Lastly I tried to find them in Rensselaer county > cemetery records. Nada." > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the > Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My Great Grandfather William E Fitzgerald b 1832 in Limerick and to Troy about1850 married girl named x Norton had two children who died of "consumption"(Tuberculosis} with their mother.. Lived with brother in law X Norton. After his wife and children died he eventually wound up in St. Louis Mo.Any connections or knowledge ? thanksf a healy

Hi Gerri, My Dignums lived in that area of "Watervliet". Their name is misspelled in the 1870 census, but at the top of the census page, the area is called Waterviet and the Post Office is Lisha Kill. At the time, my Dignums were living on Tivoli St. in North Albany. My family was skipped in 1880, but the Lisha Kill Post Office may have been listed there too. For those years, Watervliet seems to include North Albany and Menands. Lynne Sisk -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ny-troy-irish-gensoc-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 3:01 AM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 9, Issue 219 ** NOTE ** When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. Thank You - List Administrator Today's Topics: 1. RILEY (Gerri Sherry) 2. Re: RILEY (Mary Brown) 3. Re: RILEY (Kris6851) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:48:25 -0400 From: Gerri Sherry <gerrisherry@outlook.com> Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] RILEY To: "ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com" <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BAY180-W44E6E5C63C4F2442F39BCCB0950@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I recommended he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful resource guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for your help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for my Irish Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents were there. I have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death records. I have contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and Watervliet. I have used Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my grandfather's parents. They are listed on his death certificate and give my grandfather's birth as 1886. So I had a starting point. The next generation moved to Watervliet or I assumed they moved from Troy. One of my questions to Mark was what happened to the town of Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an address in an 1880 census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in that district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to c! ity hall and then the historical society in Watervliet. I have also tried different spellings, looking at my great grandmother's side for ideas. I got nothing. Lastly I tried to find them in Rensselaer county cemetery records. Nada."

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:49:01 -0400, Kris6851 wrote: > Can Mike share any first names, what was his grandfathers name, his gr-granparents, any dates. Agreed that would be helpful. Can’t search newspapers on fultonhistory.com without better info. Seems like he should be asking KellyAnn Grimaldi and Tom Hanley given that his Rileys were Catholics. Chris

There are several Rileys on this list. Can Mike share any first names, what was his grandfathers name, his gr-granparents, any dates. I would think Riley is a common name so we are going to need a bit more info. Gerri, ask him if he will join the mailing list so we can drill him a bit....! kris6851@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Brown via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com>; Gerri Sherry <gerrisherry@outlook.com> Sent: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 2:47 pm Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] RILEY I am a Riley by birth but don't know that any of my Raley's ever lived in Watervliet/West Troy. They were on 9th St in Troy. James Michael and Bernard. One moved to Schenectady (Michael) the other 2 remained in Troy. I have 1880 census showing them all together. Sorry but that is all the help I can offer. On Oct 22, 2014 6:49 AM, "Gerri Sherry via" < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I recommended > he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful resource > guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. > Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri > > "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for your > help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for my Irish > Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents were there. I > have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death records. I have > contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and Watervliet. I have used > Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my grandfather's parents. They > are listed on his death certificate and give my grandfather's birth as > 1886. So I had a starting point. The next generation moved to Watervliet or > I assumed they moved from Troy. One of my questions to Mark was what > happened to the town of Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an > address in an 1880 census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in > that district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived > in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, > Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to c! > ity hall and then the historical society in Watervliet. I have also tried > different spellings, looking at my great grandmother's side for ideas. I > got nothing. Lastly I tried to find them in Rensselaer county cemetery > records. Nada." > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am a Riley by birth but don't know that any of my Raley's ever lived in Watervliet/West Troy. They were on 9th St in Troy. James Michael and Bernard. One moved to Schenectady (Michael) the other 2 remained in Troy. I have 1880 census showing them all together. Sorry but that is all the help I can offer. On Oct 22, 2014 6:49 AM, "Gerri Sherry via" < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I recommended > he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful resource > guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. > Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri > > "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for your > help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for my Irish > Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents were there. I > have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death records. I have > contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and Watervliet. I have used > Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my grandfather's parents. They > are listed on his death certificate and give my grandfather's birth as > 1886. So I had a starting point. The next generation moved to Watervliet or > I assumed they moved from Troy. One of my questions to Mark was what > happened to the town of Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an > address in an 1880 census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in > that district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived > in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, > Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to c! > ity hall and then the historical society in Watervliet. I have also tried > different spellings, looking at my great grandmother's side for ideas. I > got nothing. Lastly I tried to find them in Rensselaer county cemetery > records. Nada." > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>From Mike Riley, referred to us by his friend Mark Bodnar. I recommended he peruse our Website to see projects as well as the very helpful resource guide, and told him how to join our List of helpful knowledgeable people. Any help we can offer is greatly appreciated, Gerri "Since Mark said how helpful the Troy Irish are, I wanted to ask for your help. I have been to the Troy library more than once looking for my Irish Riley's. I have tried Watervliet assuming West Troy documents were there. I have tried NY archive and Dept of Health for death records. I have contacted all the old Catholic churches in Troy and Watervliet. I have used Ancestry for a few years. I am lost finding my grandfather's parents. They are listed on his death certificate and give my grandfather's birth as 1886. So I had a starting point. The next generation moved to Watervliet or I assumed they moved from Troy. One of my questions to Mark was what happened to the town of Watervliet, which held all of Colonie? I see an address in an 1880 census as Lisa kills in Watervliet. The Riley's lived in that district. Lisa kills is almost to Schenectady. So if my Riley's lived in Lisa kills (town of watervliet, where are the records? Colonie, Schenectady, Watervliet? I have been to city hall and then the historical society in Watervliet. I have also tried different spellings, looking at my great grandmother's side for ideas. I got nothing. Lastly I tried to find them in Rensselaer county cemetery records. Nada."

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/troybury.htm I tried looking at the microfilms of the Troy Burial Records at the Troy Library, but the microfilm readers couldn’t fit a single page on the screen at one time and the Reference Desk didn’t think they had any different size lenses. I tried at the State Library today, and they did have some different size lenses that could fit the page but I’m not sure if scans of pages will be of sufficient resolution to read when enlarged later on a computer. I’m going to give it a try next time I go, but I think it would be much easier overall to digitally scan or photograph the pages in the original books. Digital copies would also facilitate transcription by more people and at more times, rather than just at libraries during library hours. Perhaps TIGS could pursue that? The records starting in March 1, 1833 have “Corporation Burial” over a group of columns and then “Individual Ground” over a group of columns. The former would be the municipal cemeteries, the latter seems to refer to family cemeteries. Under those latter columns: G. Tibbits [George Tibbits (1763-1849)?] T. McCoun [Townsend McCoun (1769-1834)?] S. McCoun [Samuel McCoun (1772-1829)?] P. Heartt [Philip Heartt (1768-1855)?] Lansing Vanderheyden Most of the time all of those columns are blank or filled with double quotations marks - not used as ditto marks but to indicate the field was intentionally skipped. I’m not sure where all of those individual grounds were. The Lansing family cemetery was in Lansingburgh and was moved to Oakwood sometime in the 1850s-60s. The Jacob I. Vanderheyden family cemetery in Troy was moved to Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling sometime between 1852 and 1878 and the Jacob D. Vanderheyden family cemetery in Troy was moved to Oakwood in 1857. I’d run across mention of a Tibbits family cemetery before, but don’t know where it was. The two McCoun cemeteries and Heartt cemetery are unknown to me. In addition to those additional cemetery locations, sometimes directly after a person’s name in the “Names of those Interred” column is a notation “(Potters field)”. Sometimes “in Potters field” is written across an entry’s row in the “Individual Ground” columns. I’m not sure of the location of Troy’s potters field(s) in the 1830s-40s. Sometimes a place is named in parenthesis after a person’s name: “(Albia)”, “(West Troy)”; they might mean those people were buried there rather than that they were from there or died there. At http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/troybur3.htm those places have been added as a “Where Died” column, but it’s not identified as such in the original. A “Friends Ground” (i.e. the Quakers) column was later added; that cemetery was subsequently moved to Oakwood around 1856. Later records do away with the “Individual Ground” columns and separate only “Corporation Ground” and “Catholic Ground.” Determining which municipal cemetery for interments made from 1833 up to July 1, 1850 would be guesswork, mostly. Some of the people might show up in old transcriptions of Troy cemeteries. Others, it might be possible to determine in which ward of the city they lived. A November 19, 1846 entry is for an unnamed one-year-old “Child at Nail Factory”; I’d guess he or she was buried at the Nail Factory Cemetery. >From July 1, 1850 on, specific cemeteries in Troy are named. Interments in other places are also identified: Albany, Albia, Berlin, Bolton, Brunswick, Chester, Clifton Park, Glens Falls, Greenbush, Kingsbury, Middlefield, New York City, Pittstown, Sand Lake, Saratoga Springs, Saugherties, Utica, Waterford, Watervliet, West Troy, White Creek, among others in New York. Boston, Charlton, and Pittsfield in Massachusetts; Connecticut; Vermont, and others. Generally cemeteries in municipalities other than Troy aren’t named, though sometimes they are for the closest ones. Causes of death are sometimes detailed: “Accidentally shot himself while hunting near Mt Ida Cemetery” “Strangled to Death by Husband” “Killed by being Run over by Hose Cart” “Fell from Young Mens Association Building” “imprudent use cathartics” Chris

Following is excerpted from an article about the Third Street Burial Ground in Troy when part of it was about to be moved to Oakwood Cemetery to make way for City Hall: > THE GRAVE STONES LAID DOWN. > In 1846, some over-nice people, not liking the appearance of the marble grave stones in the heart of the city, induced the common council to order them laid down flat on the ground, and it also ordered a monument erected in the centre of the park. The first part of this provision was carried out. The second was never performed. Before the stones were laid, with prudent forethought, a map was drawn of the property by William Barton, city engineer, upon which he indicated the position of each grave, and the name of the deceased. This map is still in existence, and will be useful in the exhuming of the remains. The number of bodies contained in the burial ground at that time was one hundred and sixty-eight. At least the presence of that number was indicated by grave stones. There are doubtless many others whose resting places are unmarked. > OUR ANCESTORS. > The following is a list of the persons interred as taken from the Barton map. During the past two weeks Engineer Uline has been notifying all persons known to have relatives buried there to remove them; blanks indicate stones unmarked: > Sally Doyle; Margaret Ayers; —; —; John Thompson; H. C. Hornblower; Sarah Cantwell; B. Pierce; Abigal —; Jesse Buell; Ann Baxter; Andrew Baxter; Samuel D; Betsey —‘ Joseph Wicks; Mary —; Fanny Raymond; Juliet Raymond; Catharine Buckingham; Edward Webb; John Cray; Samuel Bragg; Mary Ann Ross; Eleazer Hall; Frederick Sellick; H. Coit; George Chapman; Nancy Chapman; Keturah Chapman; Elizabeth Hull; Eleanor A. Rodgers; John McCoun; —; T. Q. —; Eliza Reid; Cornelius Adriance; Dinah Adriance; Jane Wiswall; Benjamin Carpenter; John H. Clark; George Groton; Julia —; Jemima Hodgekin; Jane Brush; Ruth Dauchy; Harriet M. Dauchy; Sally H. Dauchy; Elizabeth Taft; William —; Benjamin Wilbur; Sally Wilbur; Elizabeth Wilbur; Philena Parker; Daniel Young; W. B. —; Albert Hatch; —; Rufus J. Skelding; Albert Lockwood; Asa Shelton, inst; — James Wilbur; Hannah—; Letty Clark; Asa Washburn Bigelow; James W. Sancha; Caroline Matilda Skelding; Thos. SKelding; Ebenezer Thomas Skelding; W. T. Baggs; Ebenezer Jones; Ebenezer Jones, jr.; Sarah E. Jones; George Sherman; — Parker; Lydia Waterman; Israel Waters; Mary Merritt; Amelia Wright; Caroline —; Catharine L. Russell; Mary Pennyman; Jemima S. Wolcott; Sally Wolcott; Elisha —; Barbara Tomlinson; Nathan Taylor; —; J. F. T.; John Stoughton; Richard McCoun; Jane McCoun; Isaac, son of Townsend M. and Sarah McCoun; G. Davis; Thomas Davis; S. McClure; Sally Spencer; Betsey Spencer; Mary, wife of Amos Salisbury; Betsey Wilson; — Wilson; Sarah Earl; Elizabeth Wheeler; Harry Chittenden Kimberly; Harriet —; Caroline P—; Stephen W. Lassett; Harry Van Rensselaer; William —; John Cary Hill; Elizabeth Ruggles; Jonathan Truesdale; Benjamin Truesdale; Jerusha Truesdale; Chester Truesdale; Charles Truesdale; Harriet Burrows; Enoch Burrows; —; —; William —; Harriet Pierce; Stephen A. Piece; Prudence Stevens; George H. Pierce; E. F. —; Menbah P. —; Jeremiah Pearce; Jesse —; Augusta Smith; Abel Converse; Betsey Cheever; Augustus —; Betsey —; Anna A. King; Hiram W. Lore; Elizabeth Kelley; M. Betts; M. Cone; —; Mary Coonradt; Daniel Salisbury; Julia Muller; Jane F. Muller; C. Muller; Benjamin Nichols, and Amy his wife; Polly Brainard. > The Gale vault erected by the father of John B. and E. Thompson Gale, still remains, though the bodies of the Gale family were removed many years ago to Oakwood. > THE LAST CEREMONY. > The last ceremony in this burial ground our informant states, was the Masonic obsequies in 1850 of the late President Zachary Taylor, of course without inhumation. Since that time the gates have only been opened to allow entrance for the purpose of keeping the grounds in some sort of order. The following is a communication that in addition to the one published yesterday, explains in a measure the attitude of the city authorities in the matter of taking the burial ground as a site for a city hall. The commission intend to proceed with the work as soon as the proper authority is obtained from the common council. “Third Street Burial Ground; A Brief Historical Sketch—The First and Last Interments in the Old Burial Ground—The Vanderheyden Troy Daily Times. June 22, 1875: 3 col 2. From some other 1875 articles: > In Memory > of > RUTH DAUCHY, > Wife of Nathan Dauchy, who > departed this life > NOVEMBER 20th, 1816, > Aged 46 years. […] > This morning the > GALE VAULT > was also opened. It is covered by two brown stone slabs, which bear this inscrription: > DR. SAMUEL GALE’s > FAMILY VAULT. > It contains no bodies and is partly filled up with earth which has been allowed to fall into it. It is an excavation surrounded by four walls. > OTHER REMOVALS > will be made during the present week. Early next week it is probably that the remains of John and Elizabeth McCoun and their two children and two grandchildren, all of whom were interred in the first row of graves fronting on Third street, south of State, will be removed and taken to Oakwood under the supervision of their living descendants. > Four bodies were removed this morning; one was that of Mrs. Jerusha Truesdell, who was buried seventy-six years ago. > John Gary, son of Holden and > Deborah Hill > who was drown- > a > ded in tan vat > May 12, 1911 > aged 1 yr 9 mo > and 14 days. > This morning a stone was found which recorded the death of Mary Coonred, in 1811, and which contained this question: > “Why should she wish for to stay here, > Since heven claimed her for a higher sphere?”

In the hope of finding a small chink in my Collins Family wall, I'm wondering if anyone has information about the MULCAHY family? Rev. John Howard C. Mulcahy, the son of John J. Mulcahy and Helen E. Collins, was a close cousin to my mother, Mary Collins.

St. Patrick’s Cemetery map http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&PIcrid=66144&PIMode=cemetery&PIpi=15726138& I think I’ve photographed all the visible stones in OC-1, OC-2, OC-3, OC-4, and OC-5. I’ve photographed some stones in OC-6 but haven’t done so systematically yet. I’m working on transcribing from photos. Though called the “Old Cemetery,” not all burials in those sections are all that old (though most do seem to be 19th century). The most recent one I’ve seen so far is 1995. An RPI service fraternity offered to help in November with some of the more involved tasks that need to be done in the old cemetery sections: * Uncover partially/entirely buried headstones * Cut down weeds, vines, etc. that are hiding headstones * Clean headstones too dirty to read enough to be able to read them * Reset small/short tipped headstones, some of which are also partially buried There are some stones that have fallen inscription-side down that are so large they would require special equipment to lift. Tackling that issue is something that will have to wait. More about St. Patrick’s later. Chris

An Internet search for "Davenport & Hollister, Troy, NY" will provide several good hits. Hopefully any forthcoming baseball information will be posted for all to see.

Dear Friends at TIGS: I am glad to be a long distance member - appreciate the help you have given me in researching my great grandfather Thomas Booth (1834-1912). I am now focusing on my grandfather, Thomas' eldest son John Thomas, who graduated from Troy HS in 1881, read law with a Troy law firm, was admitted to the NY bar in 1885, and practiced law in Troy until the early 1890s, when he moved to New York City and established himself there. 1. Troy High School. JT Booth was a member of the class of 1881. Where is the best place to find any records for that year - possibly a class picture? 2. He prepared for his law career at the firm of Davenport & Hollister (Hallister?). I would be interested to know the full names of the principals, and any other information.( Where was their office?) 3. This question is for any of the sports historians among you. I recently learned that while he was still in Troy, late 1880s through 1892 or so, that he was active in some capacity with the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, and with the Eastern League. (I also discovered that the Troy Trojans, who were active in the 1870s to 1882) later became the NY Giants. I guess I'll watch the SF Giants in the World Series with renewed interest.) I haven't found anything so far on that original Eastern League. I will be sending my 2015 dues this week. Gay Booth Greenleaf Denver, Colorado

Is this okay to share with others on my Troy web page? ᐧ On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Gerri Sherry via < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Recap: 10 am Start. Meet at Main Office (Rt 32/Broadway entrance). Tour > runs 2-2 1/2 hours. I will have the Cemetery Liability Waivers for each to > sign. No need to RSVP- if you'd like to join us please so. There will some > walking through the grass, dress appropriately. > See you then! Gerri > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Recap: 10 am Start. Meet at Main Office (Rt 32/Broadway entrance). Tour runs 2-2 1/2 hours. I will have the Cemetery Liability Waivers for each to sign. No need to RSVP- if you'd like to join us please so. There will some walking through the grass, dress appropriately. See you then! Gerri

The front gate is the Broadway (Route 32) entrance - just north of the Price Chopper. This is at 787 exit 7 Drive in to where the entrances for St Agnes and ARC split and meet us there. > On Oct 14, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Donna Vaughn via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > By the "front gate" do you mean Broadway (Route 32)? There is another entrance off Menand Rd. (intersection of Routes 377 and 378). > > From: gerrisherry@outlook.com > To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > Subject: Walking Tour of Albany Rural Cemetery Oct 18 > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:36:31 -0400 > > Mark Bodnar will lead us on a Walking Tour of Albany Rural Cemetery Saturday Oct 18th. A two-hour two that starts at 10 AM, we'll meet at the front gate. No need to pre-register. All are welcome. Hope to see you then. Gerri

Hi, All, If anyone attending the meeting tonight has some extra TIGS business cards I've given them in the past, could you please bring some for Bill McGrath? He is looking for about 20 cards. I am not planning to attend the meeting tonight. Thank you, Donna

Per Mark Bodnar: Cemetery tours now require a waiver to be signed by those in attendance, per General Manager. (There was an accident in the cemetery several weeks ago when a headstone fell on a four-year-old, and the cemetery now has this requirement mandated by their lawyers.) [This is a new process, Mark apologizes for the inconvenience.] The tour will take 2 to 2.5 hours. We'll start at the Main Office building. I'll be there a little early - look for the 2010 silver Toyota Corolla parked across the road from the office. I'll bring the waivers - Gerri