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Don Rittner is a historian, archeologist and author of the Capital District, Schenectady County, New York; in December, 2004 he was named official Schenectady County Historian, responsible for providing guidance and support to municipal historians and serving as a conduit between the State Historian in Albany and the local historians in their counties.

Rittner's career continues the work of William B. Efner, former Schenectady City Historian. During the 1930s and 40s, Efner studied the old colonial roads and taverns of the Pine Bush region between Albany and Schenectady.

Rittner was named Albany City Archaeologist in 1973 and began excavating colonial tavern sites in the Pine Bush. He completed Efner’s work in relocating the old King’s Highway and in 1975 erected sixteen King’s Highway markers that are still visible along the route.

He has published 30 books in history, science, and technology.^{[citation needed]} From 1999 to 2005, he wrote a history column for seven years for the Troy Record called "Heritage on the Hudson".

Rittner manages the Capital District Preservation Task Force listserve that provides daily newspaper coverage in history, planning, and preservation to more than 80 leading preservation and environmental groups.

Rittner has also appeared as an extra in several films (Ironweed, Age of Innocence, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Aftermath, Payback...), and is a founder of the Schenectady Film Alliance with Nick Barber. He maintains a film alliance listserv. Rittner has been producer and host of several radio shows including Inside the Net, one of the first radio shows about the Internet (1992) and was publisher of The Mesh - Inside Cyberspace, one of the first newspapers about the Net (1995). He also published Hardcopy for the Common Good in the 1980s, and currently publishes Skenectada, a newspaper about the history of Schenectady County. He appears as a regular on Mulrooney in the Morning show on Wednesday mornings on The Edge 104.9, a leading Albany rock radio station and talks about local history. He is the president of New Netherland Routes, Inc., a non profit organization that is building a replica of The Onrust, the first ship built in New York State in 1614 and first American Yacht.

Books (partial list)

Natural History

Pine Bush – Albany’s Last Frontier
EcoLinking : Everyone's Guide to Online Environment Information
"The Zodiac - Dedicated to Science, Literature and the Arts"
"Naturalist At Large Environmental Cartoons (with Raoul Vezina)"

Human History

Schenectady, New York
Albany
"Albany Then and Now"
Albany, New York
Lansingburgh
Troy, New York
Troy
Troy, NY : A Collar City History
"Troy Then & Now"
"Remembering Troy - Heritage on the Hudson"
"Schenectady's Stockade - New York's First Historic District"
"Albany Revisited"
"Troy PBA: 1903-2003"

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Chemistry (with R. A. Bailey)
Encyclopedia of Biology (with Timothy Lee McCabe, Timothy L. McCabe)
A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate

Computers

"Macazine Presents the Mac"
The iMAC Book
Rittner's Field Guide to UseNet
The iMAC Book : An Insider's Guide to the iMAC's Hot New Features
iMac, iBook, and G3 Troubleshooting Pocket Reference
"Usenet "
"Whole Earth Online Almanac"
"Macarcade"
"Macarcade - Japanese Version"
"Online Astronomy"

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 Rittner manages the Capital District Preservation Task Force [[listserve]] that provides daily newspaper coverage in history, planning, and preservation to more than 80 leading preservation and environmental groups.
-Rittner has also appeared as an extra in several films (Ironweed, Age of Innocence, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Aftermath, Payback...), and is a founder of the Schenectady Film Alliance with Nick Barber.  He maintains a film alliance listserv.  Rittner has been producer and host of several radio shows including Inside the Net, one of the first radio shows about the Internet (1992) and was publisher of ''The Mesh - Inside Cyberspace'', one of the first newspapers about the Net (1995).  He also published ''Hardcopy for the Common Good'' in the 1980s, and currently publishes ''Skenectada'', a newspaper about the history of Schenectady County.  He appears as a regular on ''Mulrooney in the Morning'' show on Wednesday mornings on The Edge 104.9, a leading Albany rock radio station and talks about local history.
+Rittner has also appeared as an extra in several films (Ironweed, Age of Innocence, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Aftermath, Payback...), and is a founder of the Schenectady Film Alliance with Nick Barber.  He maintains a film alliance listserv.  Rittner has been producer and host of several radio shows including Inside the Net, one of the first radio shows about the Internet (1992) and was publisher of ''The Mesh - Inside Cyberspace'', one of the first newspapers about the Net (1995).  He also published ''Hardcopy for the Common Good'' in the 1980s, and currently publishes ''Skenectada'', a newspaper about the history of Schenectady County.  He appears as a regular on ''Mulrooney in the Morning'' show on Wednesday mornings on The Edge 104.9, a leading Albany rock radio station and talks about local history. He is the president of New Netherland Routes, Inc., a non profit organization that is building a replica of The Onrust, the first ship built in New York State in 1614 and first American Yacht.
 ==Books (partial list)==