Software Reference & How-To
Censuses
csv files unless otherwise noted
1810
- See course Blackboard for images
- Google Docs Transcription
Other CSV Files
Albany 8th Militia (Revolutionary War)
1850 and 1860 Industry Census
- See course Blackboard for images
- Google Docs Transcription
US Federal Census by County, 1790-1870 (includes counts of population by race per county)
City Directories
1815 (csv file)
1866 (pdf)
1900 (pdf)
Ward Maps – Shapefiles
Ward Maps – CSV (for import into Tableau)
Images
Albany Public Library Digital Collections
Albany The Way It Was flickr group
University at Albany Digital Collections
Flickr Commons, “Albany” search
Library of Congress Photographs
Albany Newspapers
Albany Histories
Autobiography of Dr. William H Johnson (African-American community history)
Street Name Changes
Changes in Names of Streets in Albany
Secondary Sources
Historic Buildings in Albany (Philadelphia Buildings Project)
People of Colonial Albany Index