Another interesting item at the NYS Library I haven’t seen but may consult: Genealogy papers Wheeler, Jessie F., 1858-1946. 15 boxes (5.0 cubic ft.) Unpublished inventory available in repository. > Genealogical and biographical material and family records for over 200 families in the Troy and Rensselaer County, N.Y. area. Included are articles, notes, clippings and other materials relating to Troy, slavery and the Emma Willard School. What 200+ families, I wonder? Another interesting item: Records of an investigation into the administration of the Rensselaer County Almshouse, 1905-1906 New York (State). State Board of Charities. > Transcripts of testimony, letters, and depositions provide information on conditions and treatment of inmates at the Rensselaer County Almshouse. This investigation was conducted by Robert W. Hill, Superintendent of State and Alien Poor, at the request of the Board of Charities. The series contains the following: transcripts of testimony of officials, employees, and inmates of the almshouse taken at hearings held in late-November 1905: the testimony covers routine operations of the institution, conduct and efficiency of the staff, and treatment of inmates, and special attention is given to the case of alleged abuse of almshouse hospital patients by male nurse William Wilmont; letters, notes,, and depositions of employees and inmates describing abuse of patients by Wilmot: one letter from an inmate charges institution officials with misconduct; and transcripts of testimony of institution officials, employees, and inmates in a volume labeled "The People agst. William Wilmot.! " Apparently Wilmot was brought to trial in March 1906 as result of the investigation. Hopefully those documents might have some info about the Rensselaer County Almshouse Cemetery in Troy, since RensCo has thus far failed to fulfill my May 15, 2014 Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for “Records pertaining to the Rensselaer County Farm Cemetery, which might include but not be limited to: cemetery map(s), list(s) of interments, cemetery markers, reinterments (if any), property ownership and management, photographs, aerial photos, what was done with the skull found in 1954, etc.” In a letter dated November 3, 2014, Rensselaer County Attorney Stephen A. Pechenik indicates that they’ll need “a minimum of another 60 days to comply” ( https://www.muckrock.com/foi/rensselaer-county-7319/rensselaer-county-farm-almshouse-cemetery-records-11755/#1353894-interim-response ). Agencies are generally supposed to comply with a request within five days, twenty days at most ( http://www.dos.ny.gov/coog/freedomfaq.html#wait ). Over 200 days…? Well, at least they haven’t simply ignored or denied the request - though in the end they may state their search turned up nothing. Chris