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Feb 27, 2001; May 17 — July 26, 2005; Jan 10 — May 30, 2006; Jun 27, 2006; Jul 11, 2006 — Apr 10, 2007; May 11 — Jul 11, 2010; Dec 31, 2013 — May 6, 2014; Dec 2015 — Apr 1, 2022 (716 entries)
Available since May 25, 2010 from the Adirondack Express with a subscription
AMR: Recorder (Amsterdam)
Apr 11, 2004; scattered Oct 2005 — Jul 2006; most Aug — Oct 2006; scattered Nov 2006 — Jul 2010; Jul 31, 2010 — Apr 1, 2015; Jan 2016 — Mar 10, 2016; Dec 24, 2016 — Oct 23, 2019; Jan 2024 — Jun 20, 2024 (8,705 entries)
Early issues indexed from the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive; some coverage may be incomplete
Primarily includes obituaries posted on the former Boonville Herald site, with occasional articles; Jun 15 — July 13, 2011 did not include obituaries and Jan and Feb 2011 were not included at all
DOH: New York State Department of Health Genealogical Research Death Index
1880 — 1956
Scanned images of the indexes prior to 1957 have been made available at the Internet Archive by Reclaim the Records
Entries with a place of death in Schenectady County are being transcribed, with 516 available (1882 (surnames A — C, partial D), 1956 (surnames A — F, partial G))
N. B.: no entries were submitted to NYS DOH from Schenectady County for 1880 or 1881. Some entries may not be included because of poor image quality.
1957 — Dec 31, 1972 (177,731 entries)
Fifty year embargo; updated periodically
First names longer than eight characters appear to be truncated; errors have been corrected when possible
Only those records with a residence code from the counties of Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Washington and Warren are included here
NYS DOH disclaimer: "The New York State Department of Health makes no representation, warranty or guarantee relating to the data or analyses derived from these data"
Obituaries for Nov 15, 2008 through Jul 31, 2024 are available from Legacy
Obituaries since Aug 1, 2024 (and some earlier) are available from the Daily Gazette
SCPL cardholders may access most text since Aug 15, 1997 through SCPL's subscription to America's News
Some periods including Mar — Nov 2005 and Jul 2006 — 2007 have been or will be indexed from America's News, which may vary slightly from the paper issues and not include memoriam notices from the classified section.
Jan 3, 2008 — Mar 31, 2022 (1,436 entries) [primarily includes obituaries posted on Web site through Jan 16, 2020, from the paper thereafter]
N. B.: Publishing of obituaries online was erratic (none posted between Jul 26, 2012 — Jan 17, 2013, Mar — Aug 2013 and Sep 2014 — Oct 2018), but articles were included when available
Many issues Jun 30, 2010 — April 2011; May 2011 — Aug 25, 2016; Nov 2017 — Apr 6, 2022 (994 entries) [primarily includes obituaries posted on Web site, with occasional articles]
scattered issues 2000 — 2004; many 2008 issues; Dec 24, 2008 — Aug 1, 2015 (2,410 entries) [primarily includes obituaries posted on Web site, with occasional articles]
Issues prior to Dec. 24, 2008 indexed from the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive; coverage is incomplete
Merged with the Herkimer Telegram (indexed elsewhere beginning April 1997) Aug 3, 2015 to form the Times Telegram
Obituaries since Dec 3, 2015 are available from legacy.com
LHR: Gloversville Leader-Herald
scattered 2000 issues; Mar 12, 2006 — Nov 15, 2022; Jan 2024 — Jun 20, 2024 (14,436 entries) [primarily includes obituaries posted on Web site through Sep 5, 2021, from the paper thereafter]
Issues prior to Mar 12, 2006 indexed from the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive; coverage is incomplete
MEX: Mechanicville Express (southern Saratoga and northern Rensselaer Counties)
Weekly
Scattered issues Jul 26 — Sep 20, 2012; Oct 25, 2012 — Mar 31, 2022 (1,525 entries) [indexed from the Web site through Apr 2020, from the paper thereafter]
Daily; published in hardcopy Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays beginning Jul 11, 2023, otherwise online
Sporadic entries 1993 — 2001; Oct 17, 2001 — Feb 21, 2002 (articles only); Jan 18, 2005 — Mar 18, 2005; scattered 2005 issues; Mar 12, 2006 — Nov 15, 2022; Jan 2024 — Jun 20, 2024 (34,333 entries) [indexed from Web site through Aug 22, 2019, from the paper thereafter]
Weekly; absorbed by the Fulton County Express Sep 2015; included in it as a separate section beginning May 23, 2019; ceased
May 14, 2008 — Jan 7, 2009; Jun 17, 2010; Jan 2011 — Sep 4, 2015 (451 entries)
Obituaries published only sporadically prior to Nov 2013
SAR: Saratogian
May 4, 1999; May 7, 1999; Oct 24, 1999; Jan 1, 2000; many issues Apr — Jul 2000 and Dec 2000 — Mar 2001; scattered issues 2002 — 2005; Dec 2005 — Jan 10, 2008; scattered issues 2008 — 2009; Sep 14, 2009 — Oct 16, 2024 [most issues] (13,724 entries)
Jul 2008 — Aug 6, 2008; Jan 2013 — Aug 7, 2013; Feb 19, 2014 — Jan 14, 2015; Jan 28, 2015; Feb 18, 2015 — Aug 3, 2016; Aug 17, 2016 — Aug 31, 2016; Sep 21, 2016 — Jan 25, 2017; Feb 8, 2017; Feb 22, 2017 — Mar 1, 2017; Mar 15, 2017; May 2017 — Jun 21, 2017; Jul 2017 — Oct 18, 2017 (1,941 entries)
Mar 1, 2007 — Mar 31, 2022 (1,229 entries) [primarily includes obituaries posted on Web site through Jan 16, 2020, from the paper thereafter]
N. B.: Publishing of obituaries online was erratic (none posted between Apr 13, 2012 — Jan 17, 2013 and Sep 2014 — Oct 2018), but articles were included when available