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Deeds and Mortgages Online
The Albany County Clerk’s office has recently upgraded its Imaging and Indexing System. Images of deeds and mortgages from 1980 to the present are instantly available on screen in our office. We have also made available copies of deeds and mortgages through the Internet!
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Albany County Hall of Records
95 Tivoli Street
Albany, NY 12207

Voice: (518) 436-3663
Fax: (518) 436-3678

achor@albanycounty.com

Monday-Friday from 8:30-4:30

 
Hon. Thomas G. Clingan, Albany County Clerk

Hon. Thomas G. Clingan
Albany County Clerk

Finding Aids

The following documents will provide you with more information about the holdings of the Albany County Hall of Records.

Inside/Outside: Finding a Sense of Place. A Building Research Manual for Albany County

A guide to researching the history of a building: when it was built, the changes and additions to the structure over the years, and information on its past occupants. This finding aid includes a manual illustrating how to conduct the research as well as guide to those records stored at the Hall of Records used in the research.

 
Off the Record: A Guide to the Special Research Collections of the Albany County Hall of Records

This guide includes an alphabetical listing of 1500 subject files pertaining to the history of Albany County compiled by the Bureau of Historical Services as well as a guide to the oral histories held at the Hall of Records.

 
Vestiges of Antiquity and Truth: A Guide to the Court Records at the Albany County Hall of Records
This guide provides a history of all Albany County courts past and present with a descriptive listing of all records for each court.
 
World Our Fathers Made: A Survey of the Records in the County of Albany During the Constitutional Era. 1783-1815

A guide to all the records at the Albany County Hall of Records that pertain to the Constitutional Era (1783-1815). It also includes records of the towns and cities of Albany County for this time period.

 
 
 

Research Request Form

To request that the Albany County Hall of Records perform research for you, please print and complete our Research Request Form.

Research Request Form
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