Following announcement is posted at the request of Bob Sullivan of the Schenectady County Public Library. Moderator, NYHIST-L I am pleased to announce a major new addition to the Schenectady Digital History Archive. Jonathan Pearson's _A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley_ was published in 1883 and is one of the seminal works on Schenectady history and genealogy, containing detailed discussions of the original settlement, lists of landowners and maps. Descriptions of Dutch culture in early New York and regional events of the colonial and revolutionary periods make this a useful resource for upstate New York history beyond the borders of Schenectady County. <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/> The Schenectady Digital History Archive, a service of the Schenectady County Public Library, has been making Schenectady County history and genealogy available online since 1996. Bob Sullivan <[log in to unmask]> Schenectady County Public Library (NY) <http://www.scpl.org/> Schenectady Digital History Archive <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>