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Columbia County, NY Records

Published in The COLUMBIA, 1985-1998, vols. 1-14

Plus Yearbooks 1999 & 2000

 

Arthur C.M. Kelly - transcriber, editor

Webpage - Cliff Lamere    May 2001

 

 

The directory on this webpage was extracted from:    http://www.kinshipny.com/directory.htm    

It was slightly rearranged by Cliff Lamere.

 

The directory is arranged alphabetically by Town.  The city of Hudson follows the Town of Hillsdale.

 

If a date is followed by 4/3, this means volume 4, number 3.

 

Information about purchasing back issues can be found at the bottom of the present page.

 

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A Directory of THE COLUMBIA

Note: An entry of 6/3 means Volume 6, Issue #3


     COUNTY-WIDE RECORDS:

Attorneys: 

     1769-1829: 11/2

Columbia Patentees: 

     1685-1768: 9/3

Common Pleas Executions: 

     1799-1800: 2/3,2/4

Grand Jurors: 

     1792-1793: 13/4
     1792+: 1999 Yearbook


Guardianship Papers:

     1802-1807 1/2; 1808-1812 1/3; 1812-1814 1/4; 1814-1816 2/1; 1816-1818 2/2; 1818-1822 2/3; 1822-1825 2/4;

     1826-1829 3/1; 1829-1832 3/2; 1832-1834 3/3; 1834-1837 3/4; 1837-1838 4/1; 1838-1842 4/2; 1842-1844 4/3;

     1844-1847 4/4; 1847-1849 5/1; 1849-1850 5/2; 1850-1852 5/3; 1850-1853 5/4; 1853-1854 6/1; 1854-1855 6/2;

     1855-1857 6/3; 1857-1858 6/4; 1858-1860 7/1; 1860-1862 7/2; 1862-1864 7/3; 1864-1865 7/4; 1865-1866 8/1

Justices of the Peace: 

     1830: 4/3

Loyalists:  

     1777-1778: 11/1

Loyalists Land Confiscation: 

     1783 9/4

Southern Columbia cem: 

     10/1

Terry records, 1823-1824:
     Deaths: A-R 8/2; R-Z 8/3
     Mar (by groom surname): A-C 8/3; C-M 8/4; M-W 9/1; W 9/2

Town Supervisors: 

     1787-1801 1/1; 1802-1807 1/2; 1808-1813 1/3; 1814-1819 1/4; 1820-1821 2/1; 1822-1825 2/2; 1826-1827 2/3;

     1828-1829 2/4; 1830-1831 3/1; 1832-1833 3/2; 1834-1835 3/3; 1836-1837 3/4; 1838-1840 4/1; 1841-1842 4/2;

     1843-1846 4/3; 1847-1850 4/4; 1851-1854 5/1; 1855-1858 5/2

Town of Ancram

Census, 1855, Fam #:
     Eastern: 7-26 3/1; 1-7&27-58 3/2; 59-103 3/3; 104-133 3/4
     Western: 1-9 3/4; 10-49 4/1; 50-106 4/2; 107 171 4/3

Directory, 1871: 

     8/2

Lead Mines Presbyterian Church:
     Bap: 1888-1896 5/2 Deaths: 1887-1898 5/2
     Mar: 1887-1897 5/2 Mem: C-S 5/1; S-W 5/2

Town of Austerlitz

Assessment Rolls:
     1827: A-D 3/1; D-M 3/2; M-S 3/3; S-W 3/4
     1836: A-B 3/4; B-F 4/1; G-O 4/2; P-W 4/3
     1848: A-C 5/1; C-K 5/2; K-P 5/3; P-S 5/4; S-W 6/1
     1852: A-C 6/1; C-H 6/2; H-M 6/3; M-S 6/4; S-W 7/1

Census, 1855, Fam #: 

     1-61 4/4; 62-110 5/1; 111-152 5/2; 153-192 5/3; 193-234 5/4; 235-261 6/1; 262-300 6/2; 301-316 6/3; 

     317-354 6/4 

Directory, 1871: 

     A 8/2; A-W 8/3

Green River Congregational Church:
     Bap: 1792-1801 1/1; 1801-1825 1/2; 1825-1843 1/3
     Marriages, 1847-1848: 1/3
     Mem: 1792 1/3; 1793-1831 1/4; 1831-1852 2/1

Presbyterian Church: 

     Mem: pre-1792+ 13/1-3

St Peter's Presbyterian Church, Spencertown:
     Mem: A-M 7/3; M-W 7/4

Spencertown Methodist Church (see also Ghent):
     Bap: 1867-1868 1/4,3/3
     Mar: 1838-1843 1/4; 1838-1844 2/4; 1844-1850 3/1; 1850-1858 3/2; 1858-1886 3/3; 1886-1896 3/4

Spencertown Methodist Circuit:
     Bap: 1867-1868 10/4
     Mar: 1838-1849 10/2; 1849-1858 10/3; 1858-1869 10/4
     Mem: 1839-1858 12/1-4; 13/1-4

Vital records:
1847-1848: 

     2/2,2/3

Town of Canaan

Directory, 1871: 

     A-F 8/3; F-W 8/4

Vital records: 1847: 

     3/3,3/4

Town of Chatham

Cemetery: 

     1/1-4/1,7/2,7/3,8/1

Directory, 1871:
     Town: A-G 8/4; G-S 9/1; S-Y 9/2
     Village: A-T 9/2; T-W 9/3

Electors, 1895: 

     A-G 9/2; G-P 9/3; P-Y 9/4

Mortgages, pre 1880: 

     A-C 4/4; C-F 5/1; F-H 5/2; H-L 5/3; L-M 5/4; M-P 6/1; P-R 6/2; R-S 6/3; S-Y(A) 6/4

New Concord 1st Church of Christ:

     Bap: 1803-1810 12/1; 1810-1820 12/2; 1820-1822 12/3; 1822-1854 12/4
     Mar: 1821-1831 12/3
     Mem: 1781-1816 10/4; 1803-1831 11/1; 1832-1856 11/2; 1821-1835 11/3; 1835-1854 11/4

Quaker MONTHLY MEETING: 

     A-F 13/3; F-M 13/4

Road Tax Lists, 1801: 

     1/1-2/1

Vital records: 1847: 

     3/2,3/3

Town of Claverack

Bachman Account Book, 1792-1793: 

     A-H 5/3; H-N 5/4; N-S 6/1; S-T 6/2; T-Y 6/3

Directory, 1871: 

     A-P 9/3; P-Z 9/4

Mellenville Reformed Church:
     Bap: 1838-1849 8/1; 1849-1854 8/2; 1854-1875 8/3; 1875-1891 8/4; 1891-1898 9/1

Tax Lists, 1779:
     Western District: 1/1-2/1
     Eastern District: 2/1-3/1

Town of Clermont

Assessment Roll, 1818: 

     A-L 4/1; L-W 4/2

Daybook, 1822: 

     Jul 4/4-5/2; Jul/Aug 5/4; Aug 5/4-8/2; Aug-Sep 8/3; Sep 8/4-10/1; Sep-Oct 10/2; Oct 10/3; Oct-Nov 10/4; 

     Nov 11/1; Nov-Dec 11/2; Dec 11/3-4

Daybook, 1823: 

     Jan 11/4: Jan 12/1-2; Feb 12/2-4; Mar 12/4; 13/1; Apr 13/2-4

Directory, 1871: 

     A-W 9/4

Wilson Family Papers: 

     pre-1790-1792 1/1; 1792-1796 1/2; 1796-1798 1/3; 1798 1/4; 1798-1799 2/1; 1799-1800 2/2; 1800 2/3; 

     1800-1801 2/4; 1801-1802 3/1; 1802 3/2; 1802-1803 3/3; 1803 3/4; 1803-1804 4/1; 1804-1805 4/2; 

     1805-1806 4/3; 1806-1809 4/4; 1809-1811 5/1; 1811-1813 5/2; 1813-1814 5/3; 1814-1815 5/4; 1815-1816 6/1;

     1816-1817 6/2; 1817-1818 6/3; 1818-1819 6/4; 1819-1820 7/1; 1820-1821 7/2; 1821-1822 7/3; 1822-1823 7/4;

     1823-1825 8/1; 1825-1827 8/2; 1827 8/3; 1827-1828 8/4; 1828-1829 9/1; 1829-1830 9/2; 1830-1834 9/3-9/4;

     1831-1839 10/1; 1838-1846 10/2; 1844-1849 10/3; 1847-1859 10/4; 1850-1943 11/1

Town of Copake

Directory, 1871: 

     A-D 9/4; D-Y 10/1

Methodist Church:
     Bap: 1854-1856 2/3; 1856-1878 2/4; 1878 3/1
     Mar: 1853-1868 2/1; 1868-1878 2/2; 1878-1890 2/3
     Mem pre 1867: B-M3/4; M-V 4/1; V-W 4/2
     Prob: 1854-1876 3/1; 1876-1878 3/2,3/3; 1878-1887 3/4

West Copake Reformed Church:
     Mem: 1784-1801 6/1; 1803-1821 6/2; 1821-1840 6/3; 1840-1851 6/4; 1851-1866 7/1; 1866-1872 7/2; 

     1873-1878 7/3; 1878-1897 7/4

Town of Gallatin

Census, 1855, Fam #:
     1st District: 1-34 1/1; 35-72 1/2; 73-107 1/3; 108-127 1/4; 128-154 2/1; 155-156 2/2
     2nd District: 1-36 2/2; 37-68 2/3; 69-109 2/4

Directory, 1871: 

     B-D 10/1; D-Y 10/2

Reformed Church:
     Mem: 1759-1763 8/1; 1764-1774 8/2; 1774-1803 8/3; 1803-1840 8/4; 1840-1881 9/1; 1881-1899 9/2

Town of Germantown

Directory, 1871: 

     B-S 10/2; S-W 10/3

Town of Ghent

Assessment Rolls:
     1830: A-F 6/1; F-P 6/2; P-W 6/3; Non-res 6/4
     1860: A-D 2/1; D-K 2/2; K-O 2/3; P-S 2/4; S-W 3/1

William Coons' checkbook: 

     1870-1884 4/3; 1885-1891 4/4

Directory, 1871: 

     A-W 10/3

Ghent German Church cemetery: 

     11/4

Philip Papers: 

     1860-1864 3/1; 1864-1871 3/2; 1871-1874 3/3; 1875-1878 3/4; 1878-1880 4/1

United Methodist Church (with Spencertown):
     Mem: 1825-1831 2/3; 1831-1840 2/4; 1840-1847 3/1

Town of Greenport

Cemetery: 

     6/4

Directory, 1871: 

     A-B 10/3; B-W 10/4

Residents, 1873:  

     A-K 11/3; K-W 11/4

Town of Hillsdale

Cemetery: 

     1/4,3/2,3/3

Directory, 1871: 

     A-E 10/4; F-W 11/1; W-Z 11/2

City of Hudson

City cemetery: 

     5/3-7/2

Directory, 1871: 

     A-E 13/1; E-R 13/2; R-W 13/3; W-Z 13/4

Methodist Church, 1822-1838:
     Marriages by groom: A-H 5/4; H-Y 6/1

1st Baptist Church:

     Mem: A-J 9/4; J-S 10/1; S-W 10/2

1st Presbyterian Church, 1827-1890:
     Families: 1/2-2/1
     Mem: A-M 9/3; M-T 9/4; T-Y 10/1

Quaker:
     Mar: 1794-1814 1/1; 1814-1838 1/2
     Removals: 1793-1798 1/2; 1798-1816 1/3

Reformed Church, 1836-1886:

     Membership: A-B 3/2; B-D 3/3; D-G 3/4; G-H 4/1; H-M 4/2; M-R 4/3; R-S 4/4; S-V 5/1; V-Z 5/2

Residents (wealthiest): 

     1850 11/2; 1860 11/2-3; 1870 11/3

Town of Kinderhook

Cemetery: 

     11/4

Directory, 1871: 

     A-R 11/2; R-W 11/3

Reformed Church:
     Deaths: 1838-1848 5/4; 1848-1852 6/1; 1852-1864 6/2; 1864-1869 6/3; 1869-1874 6/4; 1875-1884 7/1;

                   1884-1892 7/2; 1892-1899 7/3
     Dism: 1837-1838 5/3; 1838-1843 5/4
     Families, 1729:  2/1
     Mem: 1716-1721 2/1; 1721-1758 2/2; 1758-1780 2/3; 1782-1806 2/4; 1806-1816 3/1; 1816-1821 3/2; 

                1821 3/3,3/4; 1821-1822 4/1; 1822-1832 4/2; 1834-1838 4/3; 1838-1843 4/4; 1843-1844 5/1; 

                1807-1822 7/3; 1824-1858 7/4; 1858-1866 8/1; 1866,1812-1831 8/2; 1831-1858 8/3; 1858-1866 8/4;

                1866-1874 9/1; 1874-1886 9/2; 1886-1897 9/3; 1897-1899 9/4; 1844 10/2; 1844-1845 10/3; 

                1845-1856 10/4; 1856 11/1
     Pew rentals: 1752-1761 5/1; 1763-1795 5/2; 1795 5/3; 1843-1844 9/4; 1844-1845 10/1-2; 1864-1865 11/1-2;

                          1869-1870 11/3-4
     Subscription list, 1757: 5/3

Tax List, 1779: 

     3/2-4/1

Vital records: 1847-1848: 

     4/4-5/2

Town of Livingston

Directory, 1871: 

     A-P 11/3; P-Y 11/4

Military duty, 1864: 

     A-H 3/4; H-P 4/1; P-Y 4/2

Road Districts: 

     1852 9/3-9/4; 1852-1853 10/1; 1853 10/2-3; 1853-1854 10/4; 1854 11/1; 1854-1855 11/2; 1855-1856 11/3;

     1856-1857 11/4; 1857 12/1; 1857-1858 12/2; 1858-1859 12/2-4; 1859-1860 13/1; 1860-1861 13/2; 1861 13/3;

     1861-1862 13/4; 1852-1866 in 1999 Yearbook; 1867-1874 in 2000 Yearbook



School District Residents: 

     1814 5/3,5/4; 1814-1819 6/1; 1819-1822 6/2; 1822-1826 6/3; 1827-1829 6/4

Town Clerk records: 

     1803-1807 7/1; 1806-1810 7/2; 1810-1812 7/3; 1812-1821 7/4;1821-1828 8/1; 1829-1832 8/2; 1832-1836 8/3;

     1836 8/4; 1837-1844 9/1; 1845-1850 9/2; 1850 9/3

Town of New Lebanon

Cemetery: 

     11/4-12/4; 13/1-4

Congregational Church:
     Mem: 1795-1888 9/2; 1888-1899 9/3

Directory, 1871: 

     A-J 11/4; J-W 12/1

Shakers, vital records: 

     2/1-3/2

Town of Stockport

Directory, 1871: 

     A-C 12/1; C-W 12/2; W-Y 12/3

Town of Stuyvesant

Directory, 1871: 

     A-Y 12/3

Town of Taghkanic

Directory, 1871: 

     A-B 12/3; B-W 12/4; W-Y 13/1

District Residents:

     1808:(Dist #) 1-4 8/2; 4-6 8/3; 6-9 8/4; 9-10 9/1; 10-13 9/2; changes 9/2; 1814-1819 9/3; 1819-1822 9/4;

     1822-1824 10/1

East Taconic Lutheran Church:

     Subscription list: 1892-1893 10/3-4

Taconic Center Lutheran Church: 

     1855-1881 10/2; 1883-1899 10/3

West Taconic Methodist Circuit (Rhinebeck Dist): 

     1849-1850 11/1-2; 1852-1855 11/3-4; 1857-1859 12/1-2,4; 1865 12/4; 1865-1869 13/1; 1869 13/2; 

     1869-1872 13/3; 1871-1873 13/4
     Bap: 1866-1868 12/3
     Mar: 1857-1863 12/2; 1864-1877 12/3

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BIBLE RECORDS: 

     Bailey 3/3; Barrett 8/3; Beale 4/4; Beebe 3/2; Calkins 4/4; Clapper 6/4; Clum 6/4,7/1; Cole 8/3,9/1; 

     Downing 2/3,3/1; Finch 13/4; Finger 8/2; Finkle 4/2; Fredenburgh 7/1; Garner 7/1; Gifford 7/1; Goes 9/1; 

     Griswold 3/2; Hallenbeck 9/1; Hand 7/1,2; Harder 7/2; Hoysrat 7/2,3; Kenyon 7/3; Kern 3/2; Lasher 1/2,4/2;

     Louw 8/4; Lovejoy 8/3; Messer 5/1; Miller 7/3; Mooney 8/1; Muller 9/1; Ostrander 3/3,7/3; Peterson 1/3;

     Philip 7/3,4; Rekins 8/4; Rowley 7/4,8/1; Sagendorf 8/1; Savage 1/2; Shepherd 8/3; Snyder 3/1; Spencer 3/4;

     Spengler 5/1; Starkweather 1/2; Storm 8/2; Ten Broeck 6/4; V. Allen 8/2; V. Deusen 8/2; V. Hoesen 3/3,8/2;

     Varney 3/3; Waterbury 7/1,2; Wendover 8/2; Wilcox 4/3

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NOTE: These are the records which have appeared in The COLUMBIA, 1985-1998, vols 1-14.  These back issues are available at $4.50 each or $17.00 for a volume of 4 issues.  Indexes are available for each volume at $6.00 each.  If you prefer hardbound copies, they are also available.  Each hardbound volume of 4 issues with its index can be purchased at $28.00 postpaid.

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