Dieseth, Gladys Joan. Vital Records of Rensselaer County, New York Marriages 1846-1850, 1874-1881. NY: 1942. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7Mt-S77wZKfWFdId2hfSndZYnM&usp=sharing Above-linked folder contains photos of all the pages except 38 and 42, which came out blurry and I’ll have to reshoot. The entries don’t appear to be online in any form at present. Some examples: “DAVIS Richard M., Troy, and Clementin Prince, Troy, m. 30 Nov. 1876, Troy” “HEARTT Daniel, 60, Troy, and Catharine Money, 45, Troy, m. 22 Apr. 1849, Grafton” “McKEY James, Troy, and Bridget Riley, Troy, m. 19 Mar. 1849, Lansingburgh” “WILSON, William, Troy, and Mary Ann Morey, Troy, m. 10 June 1849, Troy” “ZUFELT, William, Lansingburgh, and Hester Hatfield, Lansingburgh, m. 18 July 1849, Lansingburgh” > VITAL RECORDS OF RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK > GENERAL PREFACE > On the 28th of April 1847 the New York State Legislature passed “An Act Providing for the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths” (Chapter 152, Laws of 1846). This act required that these vital statistics be recorded by the clerks of the various school districts and turned over by them to the town clerks, who were to send the records to the Secretary of State; they were then to be deposited with the Legislature. This law was soon ignored, but not repealed until 17 February 1909 (Chapter 49, Laws of 1909); meanwhile adequate and systematic registration of vital statistics had been assured by legislation in the early 1880’s. Vital records kept in accordance with the 1847 act undoubtedly exist in various county seats of the state. > The records in these volumes were found about 1915 on loose sheets of paper in the cellar of the Rensselaer County Court House in Troy by Frank Warner Thomas (1859-1922), Troy attorney and friend of the writer. Mr. Frank Thomas made a draft of this material at the time, and in 1921 turned the draft over to the present writer for editing and publication in this form. In the early part of 1922, an effort was made to locate the original records in the Troy court house, but they were not found in a long and careful search through great masses of old papers in the room in which the records were stored in 1915. The writer regrets that it was not possible to compare Mr. Frank Thomas’s copy with the original records, since there are some cases where the spelling of names was in doubt. nevertheless, this does not seriously detract from the value of Mr. Thomas’s contribution, since the area in the period covered is notably deficient in genealogical records. > PREFACE TO THE MARRIAGE RECORDS > The marriage records from several towns have been arranged in a single alphabet in this volume. The complete entry is given under the husband’s name only. It should be observed that there is no distinction between spinsters and widows in these records. > Ten marriages from 1874 to 1881 found in the copy are included in their alphabetical places. > Many of these marriages were undoubtedly recorded with fuller information in the Troy and Lansingburgh newspapers of the time; searchers are advised to consult the file of these journals in the Troy Public Library and the New York State Library. > M.H.T.