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New Website Features - 2019
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 - and on the highlighted words in the text to take you more deeply into the world of the People of Colonial Albany!

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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More Thoughts on Early Albany and its Neighbors (2/20/19)

Biographical profile for John Geyer (the younger) (1/30/19)
Biographical profile for William Carr (1/30/19)
Biographical sketch of Maayke Hun Van Buren (1/20/19)
New information page on the Albany Night Watch (1/20/19)
Biographical sketch of Joseph J. Yates (1/20/19)
Biographical profile for Alexander Brice (1/20/19)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Burgess (1/20/19)
Recast and updated biographical sketch of Johannes Schuyler, Jr. [1697-1741] (1/10/19)
Biographical sketch of Pieter J. Bogert (1/10/19)
Biographical sketch of James Bleecker (1/10/19)

More than 50 new items were added during 2018

Recast and updated biographical sketch of John R. Bleecker (9/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Bleecker Van Schaick (9/20/18)
Biographical sketch of John Wendell [1778-1854] (9/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Cathalina Hun Bogert (9/20/18)
Linked transcription of the abstract of the will of Breghche Schuyler - 1769 (9/10/19)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Van Wie (9/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Bogert, Jr. (9/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Elijah Brainard (9/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Peter Briare (9/10/18)
Linked access page for the Albany Hilton family (9/10/18)

Linked transcription of the will filed by Harme Hun - 1690 (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Bogert (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Beekman [b.1744] (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Bloomer (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Williamson (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Brechie Pels Goelet Schuyler (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Pieter Schuyler [b.1696] (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of William W. Groesbeck (5/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Christina Kittle Van Wie (5/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Franciscus Lansing (5/20/18)

Linked transcription of the will filed of Henry Cuyler - 1690 (4/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Maria Cuyler Cruger (4/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Van Schaick 4/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Van Schaick 4/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Tobias Van Schaick (4/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Sybrant Kittle (4/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Schaick (4/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Alida Van Schaick Swits (4/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Alida Van Schaick Goewy (4/10/18)
Linked transcription of the joint will filed by Arent and Janneke Schuyler - 1685 (4/10/18)

Biographical sketch of Margarita Schuyler Oliver (3/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Eunice Rawson Packard (3/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Geeritje Egberts/Teunisse Hanse (3/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Geertje Fonda Becker Slingerland (3/20/18)
Biographical sketch of New Netherland pioneer Jellis Douwse Fonda (3/20/18)
Re-cast and revised sketch of Douw Jellis Fonda (3/20/18)
Revised and expanded essay entitled Celebration of the Adoption of the Consitution (1788) (3/10/18)
Biographical sketch of David C. Lithgow (3/10/18)
Revised and expanded essay on Castle Island in its early Albany context (3/10/18)
Biographical sketch of William V. Dumond (3/10/18)

Biographical sketch of William Schoon (2/25/18)
Notes on the life of Elkanah Peck (2/25/18)
Biographical sketch of Jeremiah Driscoll (2/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Andrew Mc Intosh (2/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Augustin Pappison (2/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Seth Meggs (2/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Evert Brown (2/10/18)
Recast and updated biographical sketch of Richard Oliver (2/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Philip Ellsworth (2/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Felix Myer (2/10/18)

Updated descriptive essay on the Albany Commissioners of Indian Affairs (1/30/18)
Biographical sketch of George Bletcher (1/30/18)
Biographical sketch of Ebenezer Betts (1/20/18)
Biographical sketch of Egbertie Egberts (1/10/18)
Biographical sketch of John Crum (1/10/18)
Linked transcription of the will abstract of Gerrit Ryers - 1694(1/10/18)
Linked transcription of the will abstract of Jannettie Ryers - 1712 (1/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Cuyler Schuyler (1/10/18)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Dockstader (1/10/18)
Linked essay on living and learning about the people of colonial Albany (1/10/18)

More than 50 new items were added during 2017

Forty-three wills and other probate documents from 2004 and earlier recast (for compatability with Windows 10), updated, and further connected to website items (12/30/17)

Biographical sketch of Hezekiah Tracy (12/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Andrew Waggoner (12/20/17)
Linked transcription of the will of Francina Leisler Lewis Staats (12/20/17)
Notes on the life of Carol Myer (12/10/17)
Biographical sketch of John A Bradt (12/10/17)
Biographical sketch of John Alley (12/10/17)

Linked transcription of the will of Johannes De Wandelaer - 1705 (5/10/17)
Biographical sketch of John Truax (John W.) (5/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Cuyler (5/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Dirckje Teunise Metselaer Visscher (5/10/17)

Biographical sketch of Alexander Nash (4/20/17)
Outline bridge page for a public program on Albany's neighbors to be presented in October 2017 (4/20/17)
Biographical sketch of John James (4/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Ten Broeck [of Claverack] (4/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Teunis Visscher (4/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Cornelius J. Ten Broeck (4/20/17)
Re-cast and augmented sketch of Abraham G. Lansing (4/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Adam Russ (4/10/17)
Biographical sketch of George Monteith (4/10/17)
Information page on a painting known as "Boy of the Van Rensselaer Family" (4/10/17)

Biographical sketch of Job Gould (3/30/17)
Outline sketch for Patrick Monteith (3/30/17)
Biographical sketch of Simon Desjardins (3/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Abigail Platt Easton (3/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Sara Bergen Wendell (3/10/17)
Biographical sketch of John J. Wendell - the elder (3/10/17)
New access page on the Coeymans family in early Albany (3/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Abel D. Hawkins (3/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Clark (3/10/17)
Linked Albany-related sections from Men and Times of the Revolution (3/10/17)

Biographical sketch of Wynant Van Zandt (2/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Gerritje Coeymans Barclay (2/20/17)
Recast and reconstituted sketch of Abraham G. Lansing (2/10/17)
Recast and reconstituted sketch of Mayor John Barclay (2/10/17)
New access page on the Van Bergen family in early Albany (2/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Boots (2/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Henry G. Staats (2/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Abijah Hunt (2/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Campbell (2/10/17)
Revised and illustrated sketch of Gerrit Staats (2/10/17)

Biographical sketch of Samuel Vail (1/20/17)
Biographical sketch of John J. Wendell (1/20/17)
Biographical sketch of Alida Hooghkerk Wendell (1/20/17)
New access page on the French in early Albany (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Reed (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Hannah Edgar Reed (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of William Easton (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of Rachel De Foreest Goewy (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of John A. Goewy (1/10/17)
Biographical sketch of James Van Zandt (1/10/17)

More than 90 new items were added during 2016


Biographical sketch of Rebecca Wendell Diamond (12/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Elmendorf (12/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Peter E. Elmendorf (12/20/16)
Linked transcription of the summary abstract of the will of Rutger Bleecker - 1787 (12/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Patrick Coffee (12/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Emmanuel C.Quinn (12/10/16)
Biographical sketch of James Cassidy (12/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Louis Le Couteulx (12/10/16)
"The Carrolls visit Albany" - 1776 (12/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Patrick Walsh (12/10/16)

New access page on the Goewy family in early Albany (10/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Augustus Claudius (10/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Sara Wendell Van Loon (10/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Peter Van Loon (10/20/16)
Biographical sketch of William Diamond (10/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Solomon Abelse Goewy (10/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Ruby (10/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Cadogen Ruby (10/10/16)
Notes on the life of Henry Van Waggoner of Albany (10/10/16)
Notes on the life of Edward Hanover of Albany (10/10/16)

Biographical sketch of William Heyer (8/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Lakens Van Dyck (8/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Tabitha Heyer Brown (8/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Maria Winne Van Buren (8/20/16)
Baseline biographical sketch of John Campbell (of Watervliet) (8/20/16)
Baseline biographical sketch of John Campbell (the younger) (8/10/16)
Biographical sketch of John Campbell (died before 1800) (8/10/16)
Linked social history of Yates Mansion (8/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Mary Cadogan Brown (8/10/16)
Improved and updated image map of Albany in 1698 by J. W. Roemer (8/10/16)

Historical essay on the early history of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (7/30/16)
Biographical sketch of John Campbell "the elder" (7/30/16)
Biographical sketch of "Widow" Chloe Campbell (7/30/16)
Partially linked transformation of a chapter from The Life and Letters of Simeon Baldwin (7/30/16)
New posting of Simeon Baldwin's "Plan of Albany" - 1782 (7/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Domine Johannes Nucella (7/30/16)
Recast and updated biographical sketch of Dinnah Jackson - Afro Albanian matriarch (7/30/16)
Recast and updated biographical sketch of Captain Samuel Schuyler - South End pioneer (7/10/16)
Biographical sketch of the "first" Jack Jackson (7/20/16)
Linked transcription of the outline of the will of Dinnah Jackson - 1818 (7/10/16)

Biographical notes on the life of royal operative John Rutherford (5/30/16)
Biographical notes on the life of Barent Ridder (5/30/16)
New entry/access page on the Waldron family of early Albany (5/20/16)
New entry/access page on the Campbell family in early Albany (5/20/16)
Place holding outline sketch of John H. Beekman (5/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Fonda (5/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Jesse Potts (5/10/16)
Biographical outline for Elizabeth Dunns Potts (5/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Vandenbogert (5/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Abigail Goodrich Boardman (5/10/16)

Biographical sketch of John Boardman (4/30/16)
Baseline sketch of Elizabeth Pangburn Boardman (4/30/16)
Biographical sketch of William Boardman (4/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Helena Schermerhorn Vandenbogert (4/30/16)
Biographical sketch of John Brown (the younger) (4/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Dr. Charles D. Townsend (4/10/16)
New entry/access page on the "Brown" family of early Albany (4/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Myndert Harmanse Vandenbogert (4/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Stanton Brown (4/10/16)
Biographical sketch of John Brown (4/10/16)

Biographical sketch of Philip Van Vechten (3/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Dr. David Townsend (3/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Barent Van Buren (3/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Edward Brown (3/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Catharine Symes Oglivie (3/25/16)
Biographical sketch of Frederick Brown (3/25/16)
Biographical sketch of cartman Thomas Brown (3/20/16)
Biographical sketch of William Brown (3/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Anna Hogan Douw (3/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Sara Viele Bromley (3/10/16)

Biographical sketch of Jannetje Segers Van Voorhout Schermerhorn (2/28/16)
Biographical sketch of George Ramsay (2/20/16)
Revised and updated version of the sole description of the Great Fire of 1793 (2/20/16)
Biographical sketch of John Brinkerhoff (2/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Schuyler Brinkerhoff (2/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Hoesen (2/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Segers Van Voorhout (2/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Marte Beekman, Jr. (2/10/16)
Biographical sketch of George Golden (2/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Eytie Bradt Hallenbeck (2/10/16)

Linked transcription of the outline of the will of John M. Beekman - 1788 (1/30/16)
Biographical sketch of Symon Schermerhorn (1/20/16)
Biographical sketch of Anna White Hogan (1/20/16)
Linked access page on the Schermerhorn family (1/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Abraham R. Ten Eyck (1/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Anna Visscher Ten Eyck (1/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Andrew Brown (1/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Maria Hogan (1/10/16)
Baseline biographical sketch of Catherine Gibson Radcliff (1/10/16)
Biographical sketch of Alida Marselis Van Hoesen (1/10/16)

More than 90 new items were added during 2015

Biographical sketch of Simon Bromley (9/30/15)
Biographical sketch on the life of Lena Boom Bromley (9/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Willempie Viele Schermerhorn Winne Van Hoesen (9/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Lena Boom Bromley (9/20/15)
Biographical sketch of John Cortney (9/20/15)
Biographical sketch of David Bromley (9/20/15)
Biographical sketch on the short life of Samuel Bromley (9/10/15)
Biographical sketch of historian Arthur J. Weise (9/10/15)
New, linked access page on the Bromley family (9/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Elsie Smith Dunneway (9/10/15)

Biographical sketch of Robert Lottridge (Jr.) (8/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Rebecca Totten Brooks (8/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Jurrian (George) Hogan (8/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Jellis De Garmo (b. 1745) (8/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Sephrenus Besinger (8/30/15)
Linked transcription of the outline of the will of William Hogan - 1787 (8/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Agnes Logan Rogers (8/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Bromley (8/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Hendrickie Hilton Hallenbeck (8/10/15)
Biographical sketch of John Rogers (8/10/15)

Biographical sketch of Margarita Jones Hilton (7/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Ann de Wever Lottridge (7/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Volkert Van Hoesen (7/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Petrus Bogardus (7/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Evert Bogardus (7/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Walter V. Wemple (7/20/15)
Biographical sketch of John Mc Michael (7/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Mc Michael (7/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Maria Fonda Van Vechten (7/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Williams (7/10/15)

Biographical sketch of James Dunneway (6/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Bregje Van Hoesen Arsen (6/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Agnietie De Garmo Bogardus (6/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Martha Bennewe Radcliff Oliver (6/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Vincent Bennewe (6/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Hilton Daniels Dawson (6/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Vandenbergh Van Alstyne (6/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Sally Benedict Nott (6/10/15)
Baseline sketch of the life of Mary Walker Tuttle (6/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Ephraim Bogardus (6/10/15)

Biographical sketch of William Radcliff (5/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Jacob Hallenbeck (5/20/15)
Linked transcription of the will of Cornelis Bogardus - 1711 (5/15/15)
Biographical sketch of Dorothea Hallenbeck (5/10/15)
Linked transcription of the will of Pieter Bogardus - 1702 (5/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Hallenbeck (5/10/15)
Biographical sketch of James Daniels (5/10/15)
Biographical sketch of John Daniels (5/10/15)
Linked access page on the Albany Bogardus family (5/10/15)
Reconstituted and updated information essay on the Albany Congress of 1754 (5/10/15)

Partially linked roll of Abraham C. Cuyler's Albany militia company - 1767 (4/30/15)
Biographical sketch of James Williams (4/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Roelof Cole (4/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Hallenbeck (4/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Robert Hilton (4/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Vandenbergh Van Alstyne (4/10/15)
Biographical sketch of John Colden (4/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Eldertsen Gerbertsen Cruyff (4/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Hilton (4/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Jacomyntie (Jemima) Van Valkenburgh Hilton (4/10/15)

Biographical sketch of Agnietie Conyn Van Wie (3/30/15)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Van Wie (3/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Anna Daniels Cole (3/20/15)
Biographical sketch of John Cole (3/20/15)
Biographical sketch on the Albany life of Rev. Eliphalet Nott (3/15/15)
Biographical sketch of William Gamble (3/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Tryntie Jans Ryckman (3/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Rynier Van Alstyne (3/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Philip Wagoner (3/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Kneeland (3/10/15)

Biographical sketch of Michael Hallenbeck (2/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Luke Cassidy (2/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Rachel Cole Cassidy (2/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Andries Hanse (Scherp) (2/20/15)
Access and outline page on "English speakers in early Albany" (2/20/15)
Biographical sketch of John C. Hartwick (2/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Matthew Orsen (2/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Sara Marselis Mc Michael (2/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Jan Janse Ryckman (2/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Robert Hurst (2/10/15)

Biographical sketch of Ephraim Hunt (1/30/15)
Biographical sketch of John Scovill (1/30/15)
Notes on the life of Obed Weldon (1/20/15)
Linked access page on the Albany Van Wie family (1/20/15)
Biographical sketch of John Lottridge (1/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Anne Macomb Pfister (1/10/15)
Biographical sketch of Robert Lowther/Luther (1/20/15)
Biographical notes on the life of one Gerritje Van Hoesen De Ridder (1/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Susanna Vandenbergh De Ridder (1/20/15)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis De Ridder (1/10/15)

More than 90 new items were added during 2014

Linked online "book" chapter entitled "The Edge of the Frontier on the Eve of the Revolution: The Last Days of Colonial Albany" (12/25/14)

Notes on the Albany life of Elizabeth Hopkins Lottridge O'Connor (7/20/14)
Notes on the Albany life of John Norris (7/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Joseph Nelliger (7/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Francis Pfister (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Aaron Pennel (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Ann Hilton Pennel (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Jeremiah Pennel (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Timothy O'Connor (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of John A. Lansing (7/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Beaty (7/10/14)

Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Fryer Lansing (6/20/14)
Linked entry page on the Slingerland family (6/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Helena Pruyn Lansing (6/20/14)
New and linked essay entitled "The War and the Homefront: Needs and Opportunities" (presented June 13, 2014)
Biographical sketch of Andries Marselis (6/10/14)
Biographical sketch of John Dougherty (6/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Solomon Johnson (6/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Margaret Shaver Austin (6/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Benjamin Austin (6/10/14)
Linked entry page on the Ryckman family (6/10/14)

Biographical sketch of John Doty (5/20/14)
Biographical sketch of John Macomb (5/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Elisha Benedict (5/20/14)
Notes on the Albany life of David Tuttle (5/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Hilton (5/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Jacob H. Lansing (5/10/14)
Biographical sketch of John J. Fryer (5/10/14)
Notes on the Albany life of Paris Tillinghurst (5/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Jeremiah Johnston; pension notes (5/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Barentie Hendricks Schaets (5/10/14)

Biographical sketch of Sara Jansen Kierstede (4/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Dr. Hans Kierstede (4/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Lancaster Symes, Jr. (4/20/14)
Chronological notes on the life of Lancaster Symes, Sr. (4/20/14)
Biographical notes on the Albany connection of Asser Levy (4/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Deusen Van Alstyne (4/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Corn. Bogert (4/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Jacob J. Bogert (4/10/14)
Biographical notes on the life of Thomas Long (4/10/14)
Biographical notes on the life of Lambertie Loockermans Oothout (4/10/14)

Biographical sketch of Margarita Barret Vedder (3/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Neeltie Christians Vedder (3/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Scherp Brewer Schuyler (3/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Schuyler Bogert (3/30/14)
Biographical sketch of William Pitt Beers (3/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Timothy Brigden (3/20/14)
Linked transcription of an ordinance addressing street clutter dated June 14, 1729 (3/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Adam Conde (3/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Henry Will (3/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Jan Andriesse - the Irishman (3/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Anna Margarita Vedder Stenhouse (3/10/14)
Linked outline social chronology for the Irish in early Albany (2014)

Albany-centric sketch of Governor Thomas Dongan (2/20/14)
Linked transcription of the will of George Bradshaw - 1692 (2/20/14)
Partially linked excerpt transformed from a Mayor's Court proceeding dated June 27, 1699 (2/20/14)
Biographical notes on the life of Catharina Van Wie Van Deusen (2/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Corset Vedder (2/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Evertsen (2/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Jan Andriese (de Cuyper) (2/20/14)
Partially linked transcription of a roster of Richard Ingoldsby's company - 1698 (2/20/14)
Linked transcription of the will of Will of Jan Ouderkirk - 1712 (2/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Winne (2/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Dirck Janse Goes (2/10/14)
Biographical sketch of George Ingoldsby (2/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Janse Van Alstyne (2/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Ari Oothout (2/10/14)

Biographical sketch of Anthony Van Schaick, Jr. (b. 1721) (1/20/14)
Linked transcription of the will of Anthony Van Schaick - 1781   (1/30/14)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Van Schaick Lansing (1/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Gosen Van Schaick (b. 1735) (1/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Anna Sickles Verplanck (1/20/14)
Linked transcription of the will of Richard Ingoldsby - 1714   (1/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Richard Ingoldsby (1/10/14)
Biographical sketch of the younger Abraham Isaacse Verplanck (1/20/14)
Biographical sketch of Lydia Brewster Van Deusen (1/10/14)
Linked access page on the Albany Verplanck family (1/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Jannetie Van Ness Waldron (1/10/14)
Biographical sketch of Richard Brewer (1/10/14)
Linked explanatory page entitled "Guessing & Due Diligence" (1/1/14)
Linked information page on early Albany residents and new work on the Albany Rural Cemetery (1/1/14)
Linked information page on documentary preparation and the people of Colonial Albany (1/1/14)

More than 135 new items were added during 2013

Biographical sketch of John Woodworth (9/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Moses Allen (9/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Winne Van Deusen (9/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Anna Van Schaick Ten Broeck (9/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Schaick (9/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy De Vos Coeymans (9/25/13)
Biographical sketch of Jane Lansing Westerlo (9/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Christina Van Schaick (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Andries Coeymans (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Abraham Vanderpoel (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Magdalena Bogert Spoor (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Waldron Bradt (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Vigne Verplanck (9/10/13)
Linked Calendar entry for the will of Wynant Vanderpoel - 1695   (9/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Westerlo Woodworth (9/5/13)

Biographical sketch of Isaac Swinton (8/20/13)
Biographical sketch of the patriarch Abraham Isaacse Verplanck (8/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Solomon Allen (8/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Ariaantie Verplanck Vanderpoel (8/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Anna Margarita Van Schaick; her will - 1761 (8/15/13)
Biographical sketch of James Stenhouse (8/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Tilly Allen (8/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Steenwyck (8/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Salomon Goewy (8/10/13)
Biographical sketch of James Mc Gourck (the elder) (8/5/13)
Biographical sketch of James Mc Gourck (the younger) (8/5/13)
Biographical sketch of Peter Van Deusen (8/5/13)
Baseline biographical sketch for Wilhelmus Van Deusen (8/5/13)
Biographical sketch of Pieter Van Deusen (8/5/13)

Linked information and access page on the Coeymans Patent (7/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Tobias H. Ten Eyck; his will - 1774   (7/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Rachel De Peyster Ten Eyck (7/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Spoor Dunbar (7/25/13)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Spoor (7/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Jan Spoor (7/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Geertruy Groesbeck Arnold (7/20/13)
Biographical sketch of John C. Schuyler (7/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Buren Schermerhorn (7/20/13)
Linked transcription of the will of Peter Wraxall - 1759   (7/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Buren Cooper (7/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Anthony C. Ten Eyck; his will - 1775  (7/10/13)
Calendar entry for the will of Gerritie Van Schaick (Ten Eyck) - 1756   (7/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Dirck Anthony Bradt; his will - 1763   (6/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Judith Van Buren Ten Eyck (6/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Gilbert Spoor (6/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Gerrit Spoor; his will - 1719   (6/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Tobias C. Ten Eyck (6/20/13)
Linked transcription of an article entitled The City's Ancient Ravines (6/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Anna Muir Ostrander (6/20/13)
Baseline biographical sketch of Abigail Utenbogart Verplanck (6/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Waldron (6/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Deusen Schuyler (6/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Hallenbeck Holing (6/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Gertrude Schuyler Guest (6/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Thomas Guest (6/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Luycas Pieterse Coeymans (6/10/13)

Biographical sketch of John Clark (5/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Dirck Vanderheyden, Jr. (5/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Egbertie Bradt Vanderheyden (5/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Richard Oliver (5/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Mayor James Stevenson (5/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Mary Drew Skinner (5/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Nicholas Van Schaick (5/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Egbert Van Schaick (5/10/13)
Biographical sketch of William Muir (5/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Aefie Bradt Van Patten (5/10/13)
Notes on the life of hatter William Tyler (5/10/13)
Notes on the life of liquor vender William Taylor (5/10/13)
Linked transcription of the will of Margaret Ten Broeck - 1812 (5/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Margarita Ten Broeck (5/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Robert Bruce (5/10/13)

Linked transcription of Joel Munsell's "Notes from the Newspapers" for the years 1771-1790 (4/30/13)
Linked transcription of the will of Abraham Ten Broeck - 1809 (4/30/13)
Partially linked roll of Captain Gerrit Roseboom's Albany militia company - 1715 (4/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Van Vechten (4/20/13)
Information page on the public program entitled Meet the People of Colonial Albany Online (4/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Anna Knickerbacker Van Vechten (4/20/13)
Notes on the life of Joseph Balch (4/20/13)
Notes on the life of innkeeper Henry A. Vrooman (4/20/13)
Notes on the life of Cornelia Gardinier Marselis (4/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Hester Van Schelluyne (4/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Anna Viele Winne (4/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Jared Skinner (4/10/13)
Notes on the life of the elder John Guest (4/10/13)
Biographical sketch of John J. Guest (4/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Henry Guest, Jr. (4/10/13)

Linked transcription of the will of Conrad Heyer - 1760 (3/30/13)
Baseline biographical sketch of Ann/Nancy Grant Clark (3/25/13)
Baseline biographical sketch of Conrad Heyer (3/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Claes Frederickse Van Patten (3/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Ten Broeck Schuyler (3/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Willem Van Schelluyne (3/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Tielman Van Schelluyne (3/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Elizabeth Van Petten Abel (3/15/13)
Notes on the life of Solomon Ballantine (3/15/13)
Linked transcription of the will abstract of Johannes Van Schelluyne - 1743 (3/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Johannes Van Schelluyne (3/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Olly, Jr. (3/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Christopher Olly, Sr. (3/10/13)
Biographical sketch of John Christopher Olly (3/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Harmanus Van Schelluyne (3/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Bogardus (b. 1665) (3/10/13)

Biographical sketch of Paul Clark (2/25/13)
Biographical sketch of Alexander Clark (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Adam Ramser (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Teunis Bradt (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Catharina Van Ness Bradt (2/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelia Schuyler Morton (2/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Helena Teller Bogardus Van Bael Rombouts (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Cornelis Bogardus (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Angelica Schuyler Church (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Catherine Schuyler Malcolm Cochran (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Henry Abel (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Rensselaer Schuyler (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Anthony Van Santvoort (2/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Maria Roff Van Santvoort (2/10/13)

Biographical sketch of John Bryan (1/30/13)
Biographical sketch of John J. Ostrander, Jr. (1/30/13)
Biographical sketch of Henry Rutgers (1/25/13)
Notes on the life of Adam Bishop (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Isaac Hallenbeck (b. 1770) (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of Daniel Shields (1/20/13)
Biographical sketch of John W. Fryer (1/20/13)
Linked transcription of the application for a pension on the service of John Ostrander, Jr. - 1837 (1/20/13)
Linked access page on the Albany Ostrander family (1/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Jesse Mott (1/10/13)
Linked transcription of the will of Philip Schuyler (1/15/13)
Biographical sketch of Samuel Hannah (1/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Andrew Lightbody (1/10/13)
Biographical sketch of Nancy Denniston Fryer (1/10/13)
Biographical sketch of John Ostrander, Jr. (1/10/13)


Networking and information page entitled Albany History on the Internet (1/1/13)


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