Abbreviations Used in the Database
| AA | American Ancestry |
| MA | Annuals of Albany - by Munsell |
| MAA | Annuals of Albany - by Munsell |
| AAM | Annuals of Albany - by Munsell |
| ACIW | Albany Co. Index of Wills and Letters of Administration |
| ACSC | Albany County, NY - Index to Wills - Surrogates Court |
| ADC | Albany Dutch Reformed Church Records |
| ASC | Albany County, NY - Index to Wills - Surrogates Court |
| AW | Abstract of Wills |
| BR | Bible Records - D.A.R. |
| CCTR | Cemetery, Church, and Town Records - D.A.R. |
| CHMRP | Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, Revolutionary Papers, War Records, - vols. 1 & 2 |
| CM | Calendar of NY Colonial Manuscripts |
| CMARS | Court Minutes of Albany, Rensselaer & Schenectady, 1668 - 1685, - vols. 1 - 3 |
| CMCR | Colony of Rensselaerwyck, Court Minutes, 1648 - 1652 |
| CMFO | Court Minutes of Fort Orange - vols. 1 & 2 |
| CMNA | Court Minutes Records of New Amsterdam by B. Fernow - vols. 1 - 7 |
| CMR | Colony of Rensselaerwyck, Court Minutes, 1648 - 1652 |
| CNY | Schuyler's Colonial New York - vols. 1 & 2 |
| CNY | Colonial History of NY - vols. 13 & 15 |
| CP | Census of Pensioners of Revolutionary or Military Services |
| CW | Calendar of Wills by B. Fernow |
| DAR | Daughters of the American Revolution - Lineage Books |
| DC | Albany Dutch Reformed Church |
| DH | Documentary History of NY |
| DS | Dutch Settlers Society of Albany - Year Books |
| DSS | Dutch Settlers Society of Albany - Year Books |
| DSSA | Dutch Settlers Society of Albany - Year Books |
| ERA | Early Records of Albany, by J. Pearson - vols. 1 - 3 |
| ERCA | Early Records of the City & County of Albany, Colony of Rensselaerwyck, by J. Pearson - vols. 1 - 4 |
| GFSS | Genealogy of the First Settlers of Schenectady NY by Jonathan Pearson |
| GP | Index to Genealogical Periodicals by D.L. Jacobus |
| GRS | Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers and Wives Buried in NY State - vol. 3 & 4 |
| GSS | Genealogy of the First Settlers of Schenectady NY by Jonathan Pearson |
| HGB | History of Greene County by J.B.. Beers & Co. 1884 |
| HGC | History of Greene County by Green |
| HS | Holland Society of New York - Year Books |
| IACS | Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War Of 1812 |
| INYSW | Index of New York State Wills by Sawyer |
| IW | Index of New York State Wills 1662-1850 |
| LOCA | List of Officers of the Continental Army by Heitman |
| LP | NY Colonial Manuscripts Endorsed Land Papers by the Secretary of the State of NY |
| NY | New York Genealogical and Biographical Records |
| NYC | New York Genealogical and Biographical Collection |
| NYCH | New York Colonial History |
| NYCM | New York Colonial Manuscripts vol. 6 |
| NYDC | New York Dutch Church Records |
| NYGB | New York Genealogical and Biographical Records |
| SDRC | Schaghticoke Dutch Reformed Church |
| SSDI | Social Security Death Index |
| USC | United States Census |
