Can this index be found on Washington Co NY website? I can't find it on Rensselear Co. Thanks, Gayle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill & Cathy McGrath" <seamus@nycap.rr.com> To: <nysulliv-L@rootsweb.com>; <nyulster-L@rootsweb.com>; <nywashin-L@rootsweb.com>; <nywestch-L@rootsweb.com>; <vermont-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:11 PM Subject: [NYWASHIN] New Data Base - Rensselaer County Marriage Index > > > > > ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASE > VOL. IX - MARRIAGE INDEX > RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK > > AUGUST 1928 - JULY 1933 > > A. Volume IX of the ten volume set of Rensselaer County Marriages with > its 11,087 names, has now been added to the Troy Irish Genealogy website. > The 9 volumes of the index that are now on line cover 54,351 names. As > you may find individuals from counties throughout New York State, > neighboring states and even far away states on the index, this notice is > being posted to numerous genealogy mailing lists. Vol. 9 in particular has > a large number of Massachusetts residents listed in the index. > > B. You can view these marriage records by going to the Troy Irish > Genealogy website at: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on TIGS > PROJECTS and then click on RENSSELAER COUNTY MARRIAGE INDEX. 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 RENSSELAER COUNTY, NY area > connection, will be interested in these on-line, name searchable, records > of names of individuals who were married in Rensselaer County, New York. > 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. You may even find a marriage performed outside Rensselaer > County or even an earlier marriage for your relative that you never knew > about. > > D. The TIGS website has a PRINTABLE FORM that can be used to request > copies of the marriage documents from the Rensselaer County Clerk's > Office. Mailing instructions and fees (only $5.00) are on the request > form. There are SEPARATE request forms for EACH volume. Some of the items > on the available documents will be: > > 1. Name, address, occupation, age, and place of birth (city & state or > country) of bride and groom. > 2. If marriage for each is first, or second. If second, was first ended > by death or divorce and when. > 3. Names of parents of bride and groom, including maiden name of females, > and country of birth. > 4. Names of witnesses to wedding. > 5. Date and place of wedding and name of clergyman, minister, rabbi, etc. > 6. Race of bride and groom. > > Hopefully you will find some of your ancestors listed in the Marriage > Index or in the various other data series on the Troy Irish Genealogy > website. > > Regards, > > Bill McGrath > TIGS Project Coordinator > Clifton Park, NY > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message