Genealogy collection, 1842-1987.

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Genealogy collection, 1842-1987.

Collection primarily concerns families in Dutchess County, with some items pertaining to neighboring counties as well as the Northeast in general. Typescript and printed family histories, genealogies, diaries, biographies, and eulogies; transcripts and some photocopies of church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials and of cemetery records for Dutchess, Ulster, and Columbia Counties; abstracts of marriage and death information from Poughkeepsie newspapers for 1778 to 1871 compiled by Helen W. Reynolds; and a file of articles, genealogical notes, research correspondence, clippings, transcripts of wills and diaries, and some original family documents.

19 linear ft., 22 cubic ft.

Related Entities

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Adriance Memorial Library (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

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Reynolds, Helen Wilkinson

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Reynolds (1875-1943) wrote several books on Dutchess County history, edited the yearbook of the Dutchess County Historical Society, and served on the Board of Trustees of the Adriance Memorial Library. From the description of Papers, 1924-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155530232 ...