Tim, The 1779 Tax records for Albany County, NY are available. I have transcribed and posted the 1779 Schaghticoke and Hoosick Tax District, Albany County tax lists on the Rensselaer County Gen Web site. (Rensselaer County was part of Albany County before February 7, 1791.) The remainder of the extant Albany County tax lists are available at the New York State Library and the New York State Archives in Albany, NY. In Pennsylvania we have are tax list from 1686 to present depending the county. I have worked with Connecticut deeds and mortgages, so I assume that their tax records may well have survived to the present day also. However, the answer to your question is going to depend how many of the records in the jurisdiction in which your ancestor lived prior to settling in Rensselaer County have survived. You are just going to have to check in the municipal subdivision in which you believe your ancestor lived. There is no easy one size fits all answer. Leslie fenton wrote: > Would anyone know if there were any census or tax accessements prior to the national census of 1790? I'm trying to find out where my 6th great grandfather was prior to going to Ren... County from Conn. > Thank you > Tim > > ====NY-RENSSE Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website at: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > Add/check you Rensselaer County surnames on the surname registry at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/ > (under Links) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYRENSSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >