A small group of amateur genealogists and history buffs who are descended from early setters of the Town of Berne, Albany County, are in the throes of creating a web site featuring everything they can find on the history of the town. We believe there are a number of features that will make this site unique:

1) it will have a searchable genealogy data base with all Berne families.

2) by clicking on features on an 1866 map of Berne, one will be able to bring up a biographical sketch of each settler, a history of each church, information on each cemetery with pictures and transcriptions of each tombstone, and an ownership history of who owned each farm.

3) there will be data bases with all of the census records, obituaries, wills, deeds, and church records that we can find.

To view our first feeble efforts check out http://www.bernehistory.org. Keep in mind that we began work only about two months ago, and have been on line about two weeks. It will take years to achieve our objectives.

If anyone knows of similar endeavors that we can learn from, or if you have advice for us, we would appreciate if you would contact us through our site.

Hal Miller