dutchess.nygenweb.netDutchess County, NY

Welcome to Dutchess County a proud part of the US GenWeb Dutchess County Search Engine Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search Announcements: Please note : I do not live in New York, and do not have any better access to Dutchess County records than you do. Check the links on this page for what records are available in the county and state, what others have donated to this Project and what records the Lookup Volunteers have. I have also listed mailing addresses and in many cases email addresses for Dutchess CountyHistorical Societies, Genealogical Societies, Town Historians and where to write for vital records. Table of Contents About Dutchess County About the NY GenWeb Project About the US GenWeb Project Census Lookup Lists Crown Patent Map Dutchess County Bible Records Dutchess County Cemeteries. Dutchess County Deeds Dutchess County Map Dutchess County Maps - Old USGS Maps of Dutchess County Dutchess County Patent Map - Courtesy of DCHS and Little Nine Partners HS. Dutchess County Photos Dutchess County Postcards Dutchess County-Old Poughkeepsie in Photos and Engravings Unknown NY County Queries Dutchess County Resources Dutchess County Soldiers and Sailors Dutchess County Surnames Dutchess County Town Histories, Biographies, and Memoirs Dutchess County Wills New York Soldiers and Sailors New York State Resources Genealogy-Related Links Freedom of Information Act Can Help Where to Write for Vital Records About the US GenWeb Project The US GenWeb is a well organized effort to organize the genealogy materials on the Internet. This project is supported by hundreds of volunteers all across the county. Basically, the system is organized by states, and counties with each county having a coordinator responsible for maintaining a site of resources which are available for that county. You’ll also find files of genealogy records, also organized by state and county. Back to Table of Contents About the New York GenWeb Project A message was sent out over the GEN-NYS-L list in June 1996 asking if anyone would be interested in starting a New York State GenWeb page similiar to a highly successful project underway in Kentucky. Many people expressed an interest in this idea. About the same time, Jeff Murphy, coordinator of the KY GenWeb, decided to go national with the idea, and out of that grew the US GenWeb project, and the NY GenWeb project . At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page. Contact the volunteer shown on the county page if you have a desire to add your data to the database. Back to Table of Contents About Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County was formed in 1683, one of the original counties of New York. Almost uninhabited until 1701, Dutchess County was administered by Ulster County from that time until at least 1713. Dutchess County is located in the Southeast corner of New York. It is bounded on the north by Columbia Co., NY, on the east by Litchfield Co., CT and Fairfield Co., CT, on the south by Putnam Co., NY, and on the west by Ulster and Orange Counties, NY. Some of the towns that make up Dutchess County Amenia Beacon Beekman Clinton Dover Fishkill Hyde Park LaGrange Milan Northeast Pawling Pine Plains Pleasant Valley Poughkeepsie Red Hook Rhinebeck Stanford Unionvale Wappinger Washington For information about modern day Dutchess County: Dutchess County, NY Online Dutchess County Tourism Back to Table of Contents Where To Write for Vital Records Birth, Death and Marriage Records In 1880 an attempt was made by the state to require the keeping of vital records. This law is the basis for the recording of births, marriages and deaths in New York today. The original record is made in the town, village or city in which the event took place, and a copy is sent to Albany. New York Department of Health Vital Records Section, Genealogy Unit Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12237-002 Because of the large backlog of requests, there is likely to be a long delay for a response. It should also be noted that compliance with the 1880 law was slow, and many events were not recorded. Copies of vital record certificates, marked "for genealogical research only," can be issued at the state or local level. This applies only to births recorded at least seventy-five years ago and to marriages and deaths recorded fifty years ago and earlier. Divorce Records Since 1847 divorce actions in New York have been handled in the supreme court for the county in which the divorce was heard. New York divorce files, however, are sealed for one hundred years. In colonial times, petitions for divorce had to be made to the governor or legislature, and only a few were granted. The court of chancery granted divorces from 1787 to 1847. These older records are in the state archives. New York State Archives New York Department of Education Cultural Education Center, Room 11D40 Albany, NY 12230 (518) 474-8955 I’ve listed the address of the Dutchess County Records Management office. I don’t know what, if any, vital records they maintain, but the phone number is listed so you can call them and ask. Dutchess County Records Management 170 Washington Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 486-3677 A list addresses and phone numbers of town clerks and/or municipal offices where vital records may be obtained is available on the Dutchess County Genealogical Society Vital Records web page. Back to Table of Contents How the Freedom of Information Law Can Help NY Researchers Due to the diligent efforts of Cynthia Miles-Lewis of Schenectady County, it has been discovered that New York researchers DO have recourse when denied copies of records from county clerks, unless the requested record is covered under the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Click here to learn more about the Freedom of Information Law in New York and how it can help those of us doing genealogical research in New York. Back to Table of Contents New York State Resources A Partial List of patriot civilian and military refugees from New York and Long Island "New York State - The battleground of the Revolutionary War" New York State Department of Health Declarations of Intent in NY 1832-1836 Intent to become a citizen New York State Archives New York State Library Back to Table of Contents New York State Soldiers and Sailors Index to New York Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients Index to New York Revolutionary War Pension Lists 1801-1815 New York Civil War veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery New York in the Revolution as colony and state New York Revolutionary War Pension Lists 1792-1795 To learn how to obtain copies of veterans records (military service records, pension application files or bounty-land warrant application files), click here. Back to Table of Contents Dutchess County Bible Records Daniel Carpenter Family Bible George Denny Family Bible and Census Records Gifford Family Bible Entries Girard P. Haviland Family Bible Samuel H. Haviland Family Bible Catherine and Peter J. Luyster Family Bible. Click here to see photos that were included in a pocket in the Luyster bible. Manning Family Bible Esther Hakes Record Reed Family Bible Esther Hakes Record Reed (1815-1900) was born in Cortland County, NY and her husband, John A. W. Record (1813-1861), was born in . Vantine Family Records Back to Table of Contents Dutchess County Resources Abstracts from Dutchess County Newspapers Baptisms in the Hopewell Reformed Church 1758-1891 Beekman History 1714 Census of Dutchess County 1790 Census of Dutchess County Catholic Churches Lutheran Churches Presbyterian Churches Reformed Churches Genealogical Societies and Libraries General History of Dutchess County from 1609 to 1876 by Phillip Henry Smith History of Dutchess County Dutchess Rev.War Major Ebenezer Robinson & the 7th Regiment Militia Historical Societies and Associations Interments in Dutchess County...