Listed below are the most recent additions and changes to the People of Colonial Albany Live Here website. Included is the date each web page was activated or substantially revised. Click on the highlighted text to take you to the new feature.

Some/many of the new pages listed below items may appear to relate to lives of ordinary/average people and to things and issues of seemingly small significance. However, we consider each of them to be extremely important to the overall early Albany story and really do intend to illuminate/present every significant element in this format. Please remember that we consider every page to be "in-progress" and are revised on an ongoing basis!

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Biographical sketch of Anna Maria Van Schaick Van Cortlandt (12/30/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Anna Maria Van Schaick Van Cortlandt - 1702   (12/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Magdalena Ryckman Bradt (12/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Bradt (12/20/09)
Information page and disclaimer entitled Not Albany (12/15/09)
Linked information page on the Sacandaga Patent (12/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Winne (12/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Mary Lush Bradford (12/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John M. Bradford (12/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Edward Willett (1786-1815) will (12/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Jacob Jo. Lansing (11/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jannetie Heyer Lansing (11/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Caldwell David (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Peter Dox (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Lansing Dox (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of William Kane (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Theodorus Van Wyck Graham (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Magdalena Ten Broeck Graham (11/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Dox Kane (11/10/09)
Basic information page on the early settlement of Albany's South End (11/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Hendrick Waldron (10/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Wendell Cuyler (10/30/09)
Outline biographical sketch of Geertruy Slingerland Hansen (10/30/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Johannes Hansen (b. 1743) (10/30/09)
Biographical sketch of John Wilkinson (10/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Arent Van Deusen (10/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John Gates (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Van Vranken Gates (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Waldron Van Deusen (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Jellis Winne, Jr. (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Sara Fondey (Fonda) Winne (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of James Kane (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Hilton Wilkinson (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Marshall Wilkinson (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Ezra Shaw (10/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Sturges (10/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Sally Smith Sturges (10/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Peter David (10/10/09)
Calendar entry for the will of Harmanus Ryckman (10/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Dennsiton Shaw (10/10/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Stephen Carlo (10/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Fairchild Randall (10/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Randall (10/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Gerritje Van Schaick Drayer (9/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Andries Drayer (9/30/09)
Biographical sketch of William Van Benthuysen (9/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John Shaw; his pension application (9/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Luycas Jo. Wyngaert (9/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Luycas Jo. Wyngaert - 1754 (9/20/09)
Updated and illustrated biography of Abraham Van Vechten (9/20/09)
Information page on the South End of Albany (9/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Deusen Dunbar (9/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Quackenbush Knickerbacker (9/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Zacharias Sickles (Dock Street) (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Jane Cooper Hansen (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Hansen (b. 1776) (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Hansen (b. 1714) (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Bradt Hansen (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Gansevoort Hun (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Hun; will (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Catharina De Ridder Oothout (9/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Douwe Winne; will (9/10/09)
Linked information page on the "new city" of Lansingburgh (9/10/09)

Biographical notes on the life of Douw I. Fonda (b. 1709) (8/25/09)
Biographical notes on the life of Douw I. Fonda (b. 1759) (8/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Schuyler Roseboom (8/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Wyngaert Sickles (8/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John David (8/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Wyngaert David (8/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Elizabeth Cooper Lansing - 1780 (8/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Elmendorf Bleecker (8/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Rutger Bleecker (1745-87) (8/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham N. Cuyler (8/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Jacobse Lansing (8/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Cooper Lansing (8/15/09)
Biographical notes on the life of Leonard Cortney (8/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Bleecker, Jr. (8/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Van Zandt Bleecker (8/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Dunbar Wynkoop (8/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Wendell Douw (8/10/09)
Biographical notes on the life of William Flansburgh (8/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Volkert A. Douw 8/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Jan Barentse Wemp (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Volkert Oothout (7/30/09)
Linked transcription of a listing of the will of Geesje Wendell - 1783 (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Edward Jessup (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Ebenezer Jessup (7/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Wouter Knickerbacker (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Fonda Knickerbacker (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Seaton Henry (7/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John R. Bleecker, Jr. (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Claesen Harris Kerr (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Bridgen Bleecker (7/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Rensselaer Westerlo (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Harris (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Brouwer (7/10/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Nicholas Brouwer - 1777 (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Rev. John Mc Donald (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Baltus Van Benthuysen (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Benthuysen (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of William Talbot (7/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Quackenbush De Foreest (7/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Paul Cushman (6/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit A. Lansing (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Machtel Beekman Lansing (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Aaron Hand (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Christopher C. Yates (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Wilkinson (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Skelding Lockwood (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jared Lockwood (6/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Medad Cande (6/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of Hendrick M. Roseboom (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick H. Roseboom (b. 1703) (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick H. Roseboom (b. 1739) (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Godfrey Enax (6/15/09)
Biographical sketch of John V. Henry (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Dorothea Bogert Zabriskie (6/10/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Bastian De Garmo, Jr. (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Ann Hewson Pruyn (6/10/09)
Biographical sketch of George Joyce (6/10/09)
Pension and family information for Thomas Sickles (6/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Elisha Dorr (5/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Brouwer Dorr (5/30/09)
Baseline biographical sketch of Eunice Barrington (5/30/09)
Biographical sketch of John Van Ness Yates (5/30/09)
Linked transcription of the will of William Shepherd - 1794 (5/25/09)
Linked transcription of the will of James Adams - 1762 5/25/09)
Biographical sketch of James Adams (5/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Adams Barrington (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Lansing (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Deusen (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the first Albany Zacharias Sickles (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the second Albany Zacharias Sickles (5/20/09)
Biographical sketch of the third Albany Zachariah Sickles (5/20/09)
Inventory of the estate of Robert Henry, Jr. - 1792   (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert Henry, Jr. (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob A. Wendell (5/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Sickles (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert R. Henry (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Mary Shepard Clench (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin V. Clench (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of David Fonda (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Johannes De Foreest (5/10/09)
Biographical sketch of David Van Horne (5/10/09)

Biographical sketch of Richard S. Treat (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Gertrude Stringer Treat (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Christina Vandenbergh Wendell (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Simeon Baldwin (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Alida Graverat Dunbar (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Solomon Southwick (4/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob W. Hilton (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jeremias Van Rensselaer (b. 1632) (4/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Obadiah Van Benthuysen (4/10/09)
Linked entry page on the Van Rensselaer family (4/10/09)
Biographical sketch of William Parker (4/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Van Hoesen (b. 1748) (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Evertsen Van Hoesen (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of John Archer (4/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Edward Archer (Orchard) (4/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Augustinus Turck (3/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Burger Vandenbergh (3/20/09)
Linked transcription of the will of John R. Bleecker - 1792 (3/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Nancy (Ann) Cadogen Hilton (3/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Henry (3/5/09)
Biographical sketch of Captain John Denny (3/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Ann Alexander Henry (2/20/09)
Biographical sketch of William Henry (2/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacobus Wynkoop (2/15/09)
Biographical sketch of James Wynkoop (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Van Deusen (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Enoch Leonard (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Vechten Leonard (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Jauncey (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Lansing Van Deusen (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Barber (2/10/09)
Linked and signed transcription of the Address of the Albany Antifederal Committee - 1788 (2/10/09)
Linked information page on the Halfmoon (2/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Robert Barber (2/5/09)

Biographical sketch of Catherine Hogstrasser Ram (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ram (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Casparus F. Pruyn (1/30/09)
Biographical sketch of Lewis Barrington (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Barrington (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Schuyler Lansing (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ja. Lansing (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of William Mayall (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Hill (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Sickles, Jr. (1/25/09)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Sickles (b. 1737) (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of Janet Barker Barkley (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of James Barkley (1/20/09)
Biographical sketch of John 5 Lansing (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Alexander Cammeron (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Isabella Mills Cammeron (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of John Waters Yates (1/15/09)
Biographical sketch of Ann Metcalf Yates (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Gorham A. Worth (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Anna Brooks Hilton (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Ziba Swan (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Hendrick Douw (1722-56) (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Zabriskie, Jr. (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of Lena Lansing Zabriskie Oothout (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Ja. Zabriskie (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of James Radcliff (1/10/09)
Biographical sketch of John Lansing Zabriskie (1/10/09)
Partially linked transcription of the census of 1800 for the city of Albany (1/10/09)