Historic Documents

In addition to historic maps, there are numerous publications and web resources about Albany Rural Cemetery. The three most notable historic publications on Albany Rural Cemetery—all published during ARC heyday during the 1800’s--served as handbooks or guides for visitors to the Cemetery. They are some of the best resources for information about the Cemetery history and the people buried in it.

These three historical publications, which can be downloaded for free via these links here:

Henry W. Churchill’s Guide Through the Albany Rural Cemetery (1858)
Edward Fitzgerald’s A Handbook for the Albany Rural Cemetery (1871)
Henry P. Phelps’ The Albany Rural Cemetery: Its Beauties, Its Memories (1893)

The most current publication on ARC (available for purchase from the ARC office) is Times Union writer Paul Grondahl’s These Exalted Acres—Unlocking the Secrets of Albany Rural Cemetery (2013).

You can access information in his book via an interactive web site.

In addition, the following publications about Albany Rural Cemetery were compiled by Peter Hess, Former President of the Board of

Trustees ”, and can be purchased in the Cemetery Office or via our On-Line Store:

Who were the People of Albany “Interesting and Important People” Albany Rural Cemetery
Who were the People of Albany—Albany Rural Cemetery Listing (Second Edition 2008)
People of Albany During Albany’s Second 200 Years (1800s & 1900s) Albany Rural Cemetery
People of the Civil War (2008)

Here are additional web links with information related to ARC:

Burying the Dead in Early Albany by Stefan Bielinski.
Albany Rural Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wikipedia entry on Albany Rural Cemetery
Albany Rural Cemetery Soldiers' Lot-Civil War Dead.
Listing of some burials in the Soldier’s Lot.
This is the link to a website developed by a Siena College student providing information on the location of historical gravesites in Albany Rural Cemetery using GIS.

This is the link to research on the KrommaKill watershed., which includes Albany Rural. The research is conducted by Siena Professor Kate Meierdiercks in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Siena College.
Find A Grave in Albany Rural.
The Graveyard Rabbit of New York Rural Cemeteries.
Albany Rural Cemetery—History in Photos.

Please email us at info@albanyruralcemetery.org with other links related to or about ARC that you think we should add to this listing.