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Looking for a Particular Record?
Use the following routes for the records most often sought in Albany:
- Recorded ownership or an address trail: use the Albany street directory
- Older directory volumes and past households: see the Albany city directory collections
- Research on one named person: follow the Albany resident lookup path
- The offices behind local records: see Albany resident records offices
- Records missing from online access: ask the named custodian about a request under the New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), Public Officers Law Article 6 ยงยง84-90
Albany County Clerk: County Court House, Room 128, 16 Eagle Street, Albany NY 12207. Telephone: (518) 487-5100. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Clerk is the proper contact for county land records and the other records within that office's custody.