NOTE: These records are of interest to researchers outside of the Troy
Area as they identify residences in numerous cities and towns throughout New
York State as well as 17 other states and even 6 foreign countries.
THE TROY NEWSPAPER PROJECT
A multi volume Index of Death
and Marriage Records transcribed from
various Troy, NY newspapers
A. The Troy New York Daily Whig for the years 1869 to March 1878 is
the TENTH set of newspapers recently added to the Troy Irish Genealogy
Website. You can view these records by going to the Troy Irish Genealogy
website at:
www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on PROJECTS and then click
on THE TROY NEWSPAPER PROJECT.
B. There are 10,175 death records and 1,377 names on the reported
marriages during this period. These records will be of great interest to
genealogy researchers since the information in this data base predates the
1880 New York State law requiring the reporting of death and marriage
records. These records may help with breaking down some of those "brick
walls" that you have been struggling with. It should be noted that these
records, like most of the TIGS data series, cover the general population in
the area and are NOT restricted to Irish surnames.
C. While 354 of the 1,377 marriage records showed no indication of
residence, those records where the residence was reported are of interest
to
researchers outside of the Troy Area as they identify residences in
numerous
cities and towns throughout New York State as well as 17 other states and
even 6 foreign countries.
D. The 10 Troy Newspaper groupings added to the TIGS website cover
18,060 marriage names and 28,254 death records. Keep in mind that all
these
records predate New York State's recording of these vital statistics.
E. A number of the names reported in the Troy newspapers cover
individuals that
were prominent in our country's Political, Business, Military and Religious
history and some of these individuals are covered in the new section of the
Troy Newspaper Project: Interesting Biographies - Names Reported In The
Troy Papers.
Regards,
Bill McGrath
TIGS Project Coordinator
Clifton Park, NY