The original census from which Kenneth Scott made his transcription is in
the Van Rensselaer Manor Papers here. I discovered it a number of years
ago and had it restored as it suffered damage in the Capitol Fire of 1911.
We have also made a photocopy of the original for researchers to use and
to minimize further damage to the original. It has not been microfilmed
yet. If you would like a microfilm made, please inform me and I will have
a cost estimate done for you.

Whether it was done at the same time as the Federal census is something I
do not know, but sometime in the next week or so, I will see what I can
find out and let you know.


Jim Corsaro




James Corsaro
Associate Librarian
Manuscripts and Special Collections
New York State Library
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12230



On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Ian McGiver wrote:

> Is anyone familiar with the 1790 New York STATE (rather than FEDERAL)
> census of towns in Albany County?
>
> I have some questions about it.  All  that I know of it is from a 1975
> compilation by Kenneth Scoot (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975).
> (The originals appear to be in the New YOrk State Library and new yok
> historical society--is this correct.)
>
> Was this census conducted SEPARATELY and distinctly from the FEderal
> census. And, if so, in what months were the two censuses conducted.
>
> ARe copies of the original available in Microform? I am interested in
> seeing the order of the names on the original copies (Scott records them
> in alphabetical order, rather than the order in which the names appeared).
> I want to see the orignal order of names because I am attempting to site
> some squatters who were settling on some hill lands in schoharie county.
>
> thanks for your assistance
>
> Ian McGiver
>