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Albany County was one of the original twelve counties created by the Province of New York on November 1, 1683. [13] At the time, it included all of New York state north of Dutchess and Ulster counties, all of what is now Bennington County in Vermont, and theoretically west to the Pacific Ocean.
By 1774, Albany County was the most populated county in colonial New York with over 42 thousand settlers. In 1790 the federal government conducted its first comprehensive census, and Albany County was still the most populous county in New York State, with 75,921 inhabitants.
The Albany County History Collaborative is a coalition of historical societies in Albany County who work together on programming, on the promotion of heritage tourism, and on providing educational resources about Albany County’s history.
Albany is known for its extensive history, culture, architecture, and institutions of higher education. The city is home to the mother churches of two Christian dioceses as well as the oldest Christian congregation in Upstate New York. Albany has won the All-America City Award in both 1991 and 2009.
17 de mai. de 2024 · Guide to Albany County, New York ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
The city of Albany is the county seat and the state capital of New York; the first European to visit the site was the English navigator Henry Hudson in 1609, and by 1624 the area was permanently settled by the Dutch.
28 de mai. de 2024 · Albany, city, capital (1797) of the state of New York, U.S., and seat (1683) of Albany county. It lies along the Hudson River, 143 miles (230 km) north of New York City. The heart of a metropolitan area that includes Troy and Schenectady, it is a port city, the northern terminus of the deepwater.
