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The Barbara P. Rielly Memorial Library
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Genealogical Resources
Family history research materials at the library include:
  • 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.
  • Copies of over 200 family genealogies, both published and unpublished.
  • Transcriptions of over 75 church records.
  • Transcriptions of over 200 cemetery records.
  • An index to the names in most of these cemeteries is available online.
  • Published reference books on local and family history. These include:
                             Early county wills
                             Ship passenger lists
                             City and county directories 
                             Dutch families
                             
Palatine families 
                             
Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I & II veterans
                            
Town and community histories
                             
Federal census indices for 1790 - 1830, 1870, and 1910. 

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Index to Cemetery Books
An online index to the names in most of the cemetery books in the Columbia County Historical Society's library is available. This is an index, not the records themselves. Cliff Lamere has posted Lawrence Rickard's index prepared from the CCHS collection in 1994. Mr. Lamere includes instructions for how to order xeroxes of the cemetery book pages from the CCHS Library.

Online Catalog of Manuscripts
A guide to many of the Columbia County Historical Society's manuscripts collections may be found in the Historical Documents Inventory. Those collections acquired by the CCHS after 1985 are not included. The HDI is a listing of more than 25,000 archives and manuscripts collections housed at repositories throughout New York State (libraries, historical societies, and other organizations with established archives). The listing includes summary descriptions of individual collections, with information concerning size of the collection, dates of the materials, major subjects covered, and name and location of the repository. 

The HDI may be accessed through Excelsior, the online catalog shared by the New York State Library and the New York State Archives. Please note the collection name and number (it will begin with (NIC)NYCQ466-120) in contacting the Columbia County Historical Society about any of our manuscript collections located in the HDI.

Guide to Newspapers
The New York State Newspaper Project is a compiled database of surviving issues of newspapers published in New York State. The database may be accessed by either county or city, and includes the names of repositories in which microfilm copies may be found.
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CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c.1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c.1850).
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. 
The Columbia County  Historical Society
is ​a private 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization
Chartered by the  Board of Regents
State Education Department, The University of the State of New York

Copyright © 2022,  Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, Five Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, New York  12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops @ cchsny.org
The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia, New York
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.
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Museum Association of New York
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