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Wordless Wednesday- Working at Upper Canada Village

Columbia County Historical Society

A view of the Catskills in the area

Address:   5 Albany Avenue Kinderhook, NY 12106

Phone: 518-758-9265

Website: https://www.cchsny.org/home.html

Email: Library@CCHSNY.org
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays only from noon to 4pm.

Library | Reading Room Admission: $5.00

Situated in the historic village of Kinderhook, the society is in a period building just a short walk away from the village commons, which also has a Farmer’s Market on Saturdays in the summer. The research room itself is small, but is filled with books and notebooks on various topics relevant to Columbia County.

If you want to contact them to do the research for you rather than visiting, a flat fee of $25 is charged for all research inquiries.  This includes up to 10 copies of research material and postage for response packages

In this archive are books, maps, architectural drawings, diaries, personal correspondence, scrapbooks, broadsides, business records, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, photographic prints, glass and film negatives, cased images, and albums.

When you are researching here, photocopies are made by the staff only and are 25 cents each.

The day that I visited, I was looking for a needle in a haystack. I had a family that according to a history of Cortland County had migrated from Columbia County. This is all I knew about the Ingalls family in the area other than the specific names and the time period of just after the Revolutionary War. The volunteer at the desk was undaunted by my search and jumped in to help me find any evidence I could about the family and their supposed origins. Even after I had given up, satisfied that the history was incorrect, he continued on determined to help me find some evidence that they had been there. Additionally, he gave me suggestions of other places I might look based on his extensive research knowledge of the area.

I should note that later research proved that this family likely was in the Columbia County area, BUT only in transit as they moved from nearby Berkshire County, Massachusetts across into New York State on their way to Cortland County. The book had gotten the place of origination wrong. They had never lived there. However, the volunteer at this society went above and beyond to try to find a needle in a haystack and find evidence of their living in the vicinity.

FamilySearch Collections Update

New Collections Update: Week of August 6, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—FamilySearch has given a great gift this week for those with Italian ancestry from Palermo and Chieti, Italy--almost 8 million new images of birth, marriage, and death records from 1809-1947. This week’s records also include Sweden, Peru, Hungary, and BillionGraves. (Find and share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.)
Research these new free records by clicking on the collection links below, or go to FamilySearch to search over 8 billion free names and record images.

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Hungary	Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800-1945	2,292	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Italy	Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1947	0	4,331,932	New browsable image collection.
Italy	Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1930	0	3,209,343	Added images to an existing collection
Other	BillionGraves Index	325,185	325,185	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru	Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998	33,913	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden	Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930	20,720	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world's historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org/indexing.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wordless Wednesday- Johnston House & Tile Museum

Jefferson County Field Trip

Family Search Has Added Some Indexes This Week

FamilySearch New Historical Records for July 30, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch expands its free online archives this week with new records and images from France, United Kingdom, and the United States (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Washington). Research these new free records by clicking on the collection links below, or go to to FamilySearch to search over 8 billion free names and record images. (Find or share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.)

Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
France	France, Vital Records, 1542-1900	53,914	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United Kingdom	England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950	928,964	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Maryland, Baltimore, Lock Funeral Home Records, 1936-2007	4,242	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	New Jersey, Bride Index, 1930-1938	238,623	0	New indexed records collection
United States	New York State Census, 1905	133,456	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
United States	Washington, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1938	111	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world's historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org/indexing.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wordless Wednesday- Mentz Church