Collections
![Handwritten document](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/p16694coll94_567_medium.jpg?itok=MP-nhNcG)
An assembled collection of military and property records pertaining to Albany County residents from 1760-1818.
![Central New York Canal Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR121.png?itok=XZVyQyf2)
![Deed of manumission](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Screenshot%202024-05-28%20115032.png?itok=GmJHF6tu)
Excerpts from a deed book at the Columbia County Clerk's office. These documents, dating between 1806 - 1825, record the emancipation of enslaved persons in the county from their enslavers.
![Family Bible Records Schoharie County NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XHT001-Middleburgh-Bible_0.jpeg?itok=h4ZrurVZ)
![receipt](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/p16694coll45_6903_large.jpg?itok=2acXd1ab)
This collection contains materials created and maintained by the Overseers of the Poor of Schenectady, Glenville, and Rotterdam. These materials capture important information about the treatment and condition of poor people in Schenectady County in the 19th century.
![page of document](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SCHSSamuelJones.jpg?itok=6Qc_72W_)
Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.
![Spencer Tax Collection Document](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/spencertax.jpg?itok=6zlmCI9O)
Tax assessment records and other documents from the 19th century.
Official records generated by the Town of Germantown including highway records, relief rolls, voter registrations, and more.
![Yellow Fever Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/EGM-bookplate.png?itok=ABlWPJ8j)