The long term project to consolidate the fragmented coverage of the Daily Gazette is going very well, with more than 8 months of 2003 completed, and work is also progressing on 1995.
Please bear with us as the remainder of the site is converted to the new design, and stay tuned for more changes!
- March 18, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 216,320. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Nov 14, 2022 and current issues of the 9 daily papers have been added through Mar 18 (today). Revisions and additions have been made to the 1993 Daily Gazette through Mar 14. Death index pages for surnames through Royzman have been redivided to make them smaller.
- February 19, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 215,366. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Nov 10, 2022 and current issues of the 7 daily papers have been added through Feb 15, plus the Catskill Daily Mail and the Hudson Register-Star are included beginning Jan 30. Various issues of the 2001 Saratogian have been added.
- January 15, 2024: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 214,402. Revisions and additions have been made to the 1993 Daily Gazette through Mar 2, and 11 more days from 1995 have been added. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Nov 2, 2022 and current issues of the daily papers (Daily Gazette, Leader-Herald, Recorder and Post-Star) have been added for 2024 through today (Jan 15). Various issues of the 2001 Saratogian have been added. Death index pages for surnames through Rieper have been redivided to make them smaller.
- January 13, 2024: Updated the Contacts page.
- January 4, 2024: Updated the Business & Economy pages in the Community Information section.
- December 9, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 213,267. Revisions and additions have been made to the 1993 Daily Gazette, and 13 more days from Aug 1995 have been added. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Oct 11, 2022 and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Dec 9, 2023). The Evangelist and Jewish World are complete through Nov 2023 and the Albany Business Review has been indexed through Sep 2023. Scattered issues of the Amsterdam Recorder (2010) and the Saratogian (1999-2001) have been added. Death index pages for surnames through Reczek have been redivided to make them smaller.
- November 29, 2023: Added the November 2023 issue of the newsletter for the Project to Discover Schenectady County's Eastern European Roots.
- October 31, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 212,410. Revisions and additions have been made to the 1993, 2003 and 2005 Daily Gazette, and 1902 has been reindexed through Jul 1. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Sep 17, 2022 and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Oct 31, 2023). The Evangelist and Jewish World are complete through Oct 19, 2023, and scattered issues of the Amsterdam Recorder have been added from Oct 2008 to Oct 2009.
- October 9, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 211,927. 20 more days of the 2003 Daily Gazette have been added and some previous entries updated. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Sep 6, 2022, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Oct 9, 2023). The Evangelist is complete through Aug 10, 2023 and scattered issues of the Amsterdam Recorder have been added from Feb to Sep 2008. Historical additions include the surviving 1807 and 1809-10 issues of the Western Budget, successor to the Western Spectator and precursor to the much-longer-lived Schenectady Cabinet (1810-1857), most of which is already indexed.
- September 24, 2023: Made some tweaks to the home page.
- September 5, 2023: Updated external links on the List of Newspapers Indexed.
- August 20, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 210,672. 20 more days of the 1995 Daily Gazette have been added and some previous entries updated. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Aug 3, 2022, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Aug 20, 2023). The Evangelist is complete through Aug 10, 2023 and scattered issues of the Amsterdam Recorder have been added from Feb 2007 to Feb 2008.
- July 28, 2023: Updated the Contacts page.
- July 12, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 209,467. Another 11 days of the July and November 1995 Daily Gazette have been added and some previous entries updated. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Jul 4, 2022 and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Jul 12, 2023). The Evangelist and the Jewish World have been indexed through Jun 2023.
- June 27, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 208,747. 20 days of the 1995 Daily Gazette have been added and some previous entries updated. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Jun 10, 2022, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise through Apr 6, 2023 and the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Jun 27, 2023). The Evangelist is complete through Jun 8, 2023 and 2023 issues for the Jewish World have been indexed through Jun 8.
- June 10, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 207,731. Another 12 days of the 2003 Daily Gazette have been added and 1902 has been reindexed through Jun 18. The Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through May 21, 2022, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise through Nov 19, 2022 and the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (Jun 10, 2023). The Evangelist is complete through May 18, 2023 and the Albany Business Review has another 3.5 months. Death index pages for surnames through Q have been redivided to make them smaller.
- May 23, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 207,041. The NYS Department of Health has updated their online death index through the end of 1972, which means we are able to incorporate nearly 21,000 additional records from the 10-county area for 1971-72. Another month of the 2003 Daily Gazette brings us to Aug 6, while the Post-Star and Leader-Herald have been indexed through Apr 2022, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise through Jun 2022 and the Saratogian and the Times Telegram through today (May 23, 2023). The Evangelist is complete through Mar 2023.
- April 21, 2023: Special issue of the newsletter for the Project to Discover Schenectady County's Eastern European Roots!
- April 6, 2023: Added more citations to area obituaries, bringing the total to 206,010, including the usual contemporary papers through Apr 6, 2022. Another 16 days of the 2003 Daily Gazette have been added and 1902 has been reindexed through Jun 10. The Albany Business Review, the Evangelist and the Jewish World are complete through the end of 2022, and the Saratogian and the Times-Telegram have been indexed through Apr 6, 2023.
- January 17, 2023: Added the January 2023 issue of the newsletter for the Project to Discover Schenectady County's Eastern European Roots.