RESEARCHING GENEALOGY AT COLUMBIA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY To research a family at the Columbia County Historical Society you may either visit the library or write for information. For visitors: The library is located at 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY 12106. Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 10:00 to 4:00; Sunday 12:00 to 4:00. For written inquiries: Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tell us as specifically as possible what information you are seeking and what you already know. This will help us answer your request more easily and avoid duplicating research you have already done. At this time there is no fee schedule for written inquiries, but donations for support of the research library are requested. Suggested donations are in the range of $15 to $25. Inquiries are answered in the order received. We are not able to answer inquiries by email. Please address your request to Genealogy Research, Columbia County Historical Society, P. O. Box 311, Kinderhook, New York 12106. Family history research materials at the library include: Transcriptions of over 200 cemetery records. An index to the names in most of these cemeteries is available online. Transcriptions of over 75 church records. Copies of over 200 family genealogies, both published and unpublished. Published reference books on local and family history. These include: early county wills ship passenger lists city and county directories Palatine families Dutch families Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I & II veterans town and community histories federal census indices for 1790 - 1830, 1870, and 1910. Family surname files for over 1500 surnames. These contain correspondence with researchers, newspaper clippings, family group sheets, and other miscellaneous information. Index to deaths, marriages, and a few births from county newspapers, c1800 - c1930. This contains about 37,200 names, although not all extant newspapers are covered, and the specific newspaper is not always indicated.