The long term project to consolidate the fragmented coverage of the Daily Gazette is going very well, with more than 8 months of 2003 completed, and work is also progressing on 1995.
Please bear with us as the remainder of the site is converted to the new design, and stay tuned for more changes!
- April 25, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 222,012. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Aug 15, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Apr 25 and new material from the Schenectady Cabinet through Jan 1823, the Aug 1902 Daily Gazette the Apr 2011 Recorder and the 2000 Saratogian.
- April 7, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 221,737. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Aug 8, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Apr 7 and new material from the Schenectady Cabinet through Jan 1822, the Aug 1902 Daily Gazette and the Apr 2011 Recorder.
- March 13, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 221,484. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Aug 1, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Mar 13 and new material from the Schenectady Cabinet through Dec 1820, the Jul 1902 Daily Gazette and the Apr 2011 Recorder.
- February 24, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 221,236. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jul 25, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Feb 24 and new material from the Schenectady Cabinet through Aug 1820, the Jul 1902 Daily Gazette, the Mar 2011 Recorder and the 2022 Leader-Herald and Post-Star.
- February 5, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jul 18, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Feb 5 and additional issues of the Schenectady Cabinet through Feb 1820, plus new entries from the the Jan 2000 Saratogian, the Mar 2011 Recorder, the 2016 Tupper Lake Free Press and the 1956 NYS Death Index (now transcribed partly through K). New to the index is two months of the 2020 Greenwich Journal & Press.
- January 29, 2025: Added the statistical reports from the 1840 Census of Agriculture.
- January 27, 2025: Updated some of the Churches pages in the Community Information section.
- January 13, 2025: Added more citations to area obituaries. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jul 11, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Jan 13 and additional issues of the Schenectady Cabinet through Jan 1819, plus new entries from the 1825 Mohawk Sentinel, the Jan 2000 Saratogian, the Mar 2011 Recorder and the 1956 NYS Death Index (now transcribed partly through H). New to the index is the last few months of the Eagle Press.
- December 24, 2024: Added the census of Revolutionary War pensioners from the 1840 Census of Agriculture.
- December 22, 2024: More maintenance on the Census section.
- December 19, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 220,600. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jul 4, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Dec 19 and additional issues of the Schenectady Cabinet through Feb 1818, plus new entries from the 1824 Mohawk Sentinel, the Nov 1995 Daily Gazette, the Jan 2000 Saratogian and the Mar 2011 Recorder.
- December 5, 2024: The Schenectady County Public Library has a new catalog. The vast majority of pages with links to the old one have been updated; the rest will be as the design changes progress.
- November 25, 2024: Finished updating the Census section and added the mobile-friendly design changes.
- November 18, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 220,058. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jun 27, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Nov 17 and additional issues of the Schenectady Cabinet through Feb 1817, plus new entries from the 1824 Mohawk Sentinel.
- November 10, 2024: Biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 are now 23% completed.
- October 28, 2024: Updated the links to G.A.R. posts and others in Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs.
- October 20, 2024: Added more biographies and portraits from Volume IV of Nelson Greene's History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925.
- October 16, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 219,722. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jun 20, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Oct 16 and additional issues of the Cabinet through Feb 1815. New to the index are the first 8 issues of the weekly Citizen, Schenectady mayor George Lunn's Socialist newspaper.
- September 16, 2024: Finished updating the General pages in the Community Information section.
- September 2, 2024: Finished updating the People pages in the Community Information section.
- August 31, 2024: Finished updating the Entertainment, Sports and Weather pages in the Community Information section.
- August 30, 2024: Finished updating the History and Libraries pages in the Community Information section.
- August 29, 2024: Finished updating the Politics pages in the Community Information section.
- August 27, 2024: Finished updating the Church pages in the Community Information section.
- August 26, 2024: Finished updating the Churches section and added the mobile-friendly design changes.
- August 25, 2024: Finished cleaning up all the links which went bad when Three Rivers Hudson / Mohawk / Schoharie went offline after 20 years.
- August 17, 2024: Numerous updates to the Business & Economy, Education, Health & Medicine, Transportation and Jobs pages in the Community Information section.
- August 14, 2024: Updated the Congressional Representatives with additional information for the missing terms.
- August 9, 2024: Finished updating the links in the rest of the People section and added the mobile-friendly design changes.
- August 5, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 219,162. Current issues of the Daily Gazette, Recorder, Leader-Herald, Post-Star, Daily Mail and Register-Star have been added through Jun 13, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saratogian and Times-Telegram through Aug 5 and additional issues of the Cabinet through Aug 1814. New to the index are 7 issues of the weekly Glens Falls Chronicle.
- August 2, 2024: Finished updating links to D. A. R. chapters on numerous pages.
- July 31, 2024: Updated the expanded Van Patten and Van Vranken Family pages.
- July 30, 2024: Updated the expanded Sanders, Schermerhorn, Van Antwerp and Veeder Family pages.
- July 28, 2024: Updated the expanded Mabee Family page.
- July 27, 2024: Updated the expanded Fonda Family page.
- July 26, 2024: Updated the expanded Clute Family page.
- July 16, 2024: Added the mobile-friendly design changes to the Families section.
- July 15, 2024: Final test version of the expanded Family pages goes live with the Bradt page, soon to be extended to the others.
- July 14, 2024: Updated the links in the main Families section.
- July 10, 2024: Updated the links in Robert Pascucci's Electric City Immigrants: Italians and Poles of Schenectady, N.Y., 1880-1930 and added the mobile-friendly design changes.
- July 8, 2024: Updated the links in Hanson's A History of Schenectady During the Revolution and added the mobile-friendly design changes.
- July 7, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 218,587. Current issues of the 9 daily papers have been added through May 30. Various issues of the Cabinet from Jul 1813 to Jan 1814 are now included.