Dutchess County Genealogical Society

The Dutchess Volumes 1 - 6

Guide Vol.1 - 6 Vol.7 - 12 Vol. 13 - 18 Vol. 19 - 24 Vol. 25 - 30 Vol. 31 - 36 Order Form


Volume 1 Issue #1    (June, 1973)

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History of Dutchess County Genealogical Society, Charter Members & Surnames of interest to them p.3-12
Burial Listings for the First Reformed Churchyard, Fishkill, New York
   [includes list of ministers 1731-1870; Allen-Brett burials; not continued in following issues because same data is in Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County"]
p.13-15
Catalog of Records of the Dutchess County Clerk's Office [from an inventory of "every bound record" in the office] p.17-18
Library Column - Genealogical Resources in the Adriance Memorial Library [Greater Poughkeepsie Public Library System] p.21

Volume 1 Issue #2    (1973)

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Dutchess or Duchess [spelling of county name] p.2-4
From Letter Book of G. Wilkinson [1831; social news, some marriages & births] p.4-5
"They All Rest Together" [burials in Putnam County - index] tbc p.6-15
Bible Record - Irish p.15-16
Town of Freedom, Dutchess Co., N.Y. - 1827 Assessor's Book p.17-26

Volume 1 Issue #3    (December, 1973)

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"They All Rest Together" [burials in southern Dutchess County - index] concl. p.3-7
Bible Record - Traver-Worden-Tator p.8-9
Index to Tax List for Crum Elbow, Feb. 1760 & Charlotte, 1771 p.10-18
Docket Book of Peter A. Schryvers - Hyde Park Marriages [3 marriages, 1829, 1830, 1837] p.19
Early Newspaper Birth Notices, Poughkeepsie Journal & Poughkeepsie Eagle [1841, 1848] p.20
"The Leasehold" by Lemma McGinnis p.22-24
George Clarke/Clark Little Nine Partners Rent Book
[Relates mostly to Milan and Pine Plains area; original in Adriance  Library Local History Room. Information given includes "Account of Lives" (name and residence of those "lives" used to determine the length of a lease, if they have died), Dates of Leases (most in 1797), #, Lot number, and Remarks on quality of farms being rented]
p.25-30

Volume 1 Issue #4    (March, 1974)

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Presbyterian Society of Freedom Plains [Town of La Grange]
Meeting House, organization, list of pastors p.2
Baptisms 1840-1890 p.3-5
Marriages 1839-1847, 1871, 1884 p.6
Dismissions p.7-9
Deaths c1828-1899 p.9-12
Communicants roll (alphabetical) p.13-36

Volume 1 Issue #5    (June, 1974)

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Membership list of Dutchess County Genealogical Society & surnames of interest to them p.6-15
Medical Daybooks & medical records - collection of Mrs. Clara Losee includes records 1856-1928 for 5 doctors in the Red Hook area p.18
Excerpts from the 1855 State Census, Onondaga County, Relating to Dutchess County [those born in Dutchess] p.19-21

Volume 2 Issue #1    (June, 1974)

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Index to the Bound Records of the County Clerk's Office, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, NY [alphabetical listing of various types of court & county records] p.3-6
"Index" to Adriance Memorial Library (Genealogy Room) [Card catalog entries: Acker-Fitch] tbc p.7-25

Volume 2 Issue #2    (December, 1974)

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"Index" to Adriance Memorial Library (Genealogy Room) [Card catalog entries: Flagg-Zimm] concl. p.2-30

Volume 2 Issue #3    (March, 1975)

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1865 [State] Census Records, Oneida County, NY [households which include someone born in Dutchess county] p.2-3
Records of Glenham Methodist Church, Glenham, NY [1853 church members; Probationers 1856; 1865 church members & probationers; marriages (6) 1857-1872; baptisms 1855-1885] p.4-8
Bible Record: Banker-Emerson-Derby-Paddock p.8-9
Published Census and Court Records of Dutchess County [bibliography is mostly materials published in NYG&B "Record" and transcripts and other materials in Adriance Library] p.10-13
Bible Record: Adriance p.14-15
From Article in Sunday "New Yorker", November 22, 1942: "1828 Gravestone Unearthed" (in Chelsea; Bogardus stone) p.15
Tombstones in Lewinsville Presbyterian Church cemetery, Fairfax County, Virginia [3 former NY residents] p.15
Pardon to Reuben Adams, granted 1802 p.17

Volume 2 Issue #4    (June, 1975)

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County History - Dutchess County and its Towns p.3-4
County Map - 1775 [outline of precinct boundaries over modern town boundaries in Dutchess and Putnam counties] p.5
County Map - 1975 [outline map of modern town boundaries] p.6
Record of Marriages of Farmers Mills, Fishkill Plains and Beekman Baptist Churches, 1824-1848 (Marriages by Rev. N. Robinson) p.7-9
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Amenia (part) p.10
    Town of Frederick (part) p.11
Amenia Town Records - Michael Hopkins' Record Book [town clerk of Amenia 1762-1775; from a transcript made July, 1914. Births, by family group] p.12-15
Migrations from Dutchess County [1855 census, Town of Marcellus, Onondaga County, former Dutchess Co. residents in Upstate New York; p.16-17
Cayuga County - T. Ledyard Cem - burial place of John & Sarah Ann Merritt from Dutchess County] p.18
Meeting Reports - Speakers: Robert Tarte for March 1975 on Genealogical Research and New England emphasizing court records in MA(part); George Everton for April 1975 on Do's and Don'ts of research; Dr. & Mrs. Stryker-Rodda for May 1975 annual seminar on research in New Netherlands and New Jersey, and colonial hand-writing. p.18-22
Recognition of Clifford Buck, genealogist and local historian. p.23

Volume 3 Issue #1    (September, 1975)

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Index of Aliens - Naturalization Records 1794-1802, 1810-1812 [See explanation above; Surnames A-E, from 1802-1844] tbc p.3-6
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Amenia (end of town record) p.7-9
    Town of Frederick (end of town record) p.10-11
Revolutionary War Pension Record of Benjamin Young of Dutchess County extracted p.9
Meeting Reports - Speaker Robert Tarte for March 1975 on Genealogical Research and New England - church records, Masonic records, other civil and social records; includes maps of Rhode Island & Old Norfolk County, MA (concl.) p.12-18
Amenia Precinct Book for the Poor, 1768-1817 [names of poor supported by the town and expenses; indentures (binding out poor children as apprentices) 1768-1815] p.19-24
Church Records at South Amenia [Covenant signers 1759, admissions 1760-1766; Marriages from the records of Rev. Knibloe 1760-1779] p.24-25

Volume 3 Issue #2    (December, 1975)

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Masonic Records, Fishkill, NY - St. Simon & St. Jude Lodge, F.& A.M. #12,14. [1786-1819 Membership list (incomplete); names in alphabetical order with earliest date of membership] p.4
County Maps (outline) 1719 Precincts (from MacCracken's "Old Dutchess Forever!") p.5
1737 Patent Boundaries p.6
"Relationships shown in Tax Lists for North, Middle and South Wards and for Beekman and Pawling Precincts" by Clifford Buck [tax lists 1718-1778 occasionally note father/son relationships; or a change to a different first name on a list suggests a family relationship; article includes the name information, year it occurred, and which district it was found in - B (Beekman), M (Middle), N (North), P (Pawling), S (South)] p.7-9
Naturalization Records of Dutchess County [Surnames F-K, from 1802-1844] cont p.10-13
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Beekman p.14-19, 22
    Town of Patterson p.20-22
Records of the First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, NY [Copied from transcript in Adriance Library; baptisms 1750-1759; marriages 1842-1849] tbc p.23-27
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, Fishkill, NY [From 1884 Gibson transcript; baptisms 1731-1736] tbc p.28-35
"Correspondence" - Conklin Bible, Moon family data, Marmion will p.36

Volume 3 Issue #3    (March, 1976)

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1714 Dutchess County Census (67 heads of household) p.2
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]  
    Town of Carmel p.3-6
    Town of Clinton p.6-14
"Relationships shown in Tax Lists for Nine Partners, Crum Elbow, Charlotte, Amenia, Clinton and Washington" by Clifford Buck [tax lists 1718-1778 occasionally note father/son relationships; or a change to a different first name on a list suggests a family relationship; or someone is listed as a "Jr."; article includes the name information, year it occurred, and which precinct/town it was found in - A (Amenia 1762-1778), Ch (Charlotte 1762-1779), Cl (Clinton 1787), Cr (Crum Elbow 1739-1862), N.P. (Nine Partners 1738-1739), W (Washington 1787)] p.15-24
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, Fishkill, NY [baptisms 1736-1742] cont p.25-30

Volume 3 Issue #4    (June, 1976)

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Solomon's Masonic Lodge of Poughkeepsie 1771-1826 [Member's name & year joined, or first mentioned in minutes] p.2-7
Naturalization Records of Dutchess County [Surnames K-O, from 1802-1844; omissions of some B surnames 1841-1844] cont p.8-11, 29
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Dover p.12-15
    Town of Pawling p.15-18
    Town of Stanford p.18-21
Records of the First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, NY [marriages 1849-1877] cont p.22-29
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, Fishkill, NY [baptisms 1742-1746] cont p.30-36

Volume 4 Issue #1    (September, 1976)

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Lt. David Smith and His Sons in the American Revolution p.3-5
Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, N.Y. [baptisms 1746, 1758-1764, & misc. omissions] concl. p.6-13
Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, N.Y. [Some early marriages 1821-1826] p.14
Naturalizations Records of Dutchess County [Surnames P-Y, from 1802-1844] concl. p.15-18
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Southeast p.19-21
    Town of Washington p.21-24
    Town of Rhinebeck p.24-29
    Town of Phillips p.29-32
Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill, N.Y. [Members 1717-1740] p.33

Volume 4 Issue #2    (December, 1976)

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1865 Census of the Town of Pleasant Valley, NY [Heads of families in enumeration order by family #; key to columns; abstracts Abrams-Bailey] tbc p.4-8
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [History of beginnings; Membership list 1807-1823] tbc p.9-11

Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [List of wills in Liber A & AA abstracted in the NYG&B "Record". Includes the "Record" reference, Name & locality of testator, Date of will, and Date of probate]

p.12-16
Glossary of Medical Terms Old & New p.16
1810 Census Records - [extract of names & data in enumeration order]:  
    Town of Northeast p.17-20
    Village of Poughkeepsie p.20-24
    Town of Poughkeepsie p.24-26
    Town of Fishkill p.26-34
    Omission in Rhinebeck p.34
end of 1810 census record  

Volume 4 Issue #3    (March, 1977)

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"Putnam County" by Betty M. Behr [outline history] p.3-4, 15
"The American Ancestors of Otto Budd Ladue" by Dr. Roland M. Whittaker [Huguenot] p.3-8
"The American Ancestors of Isola Catherine Ludington Ladue" by Dr. Roland M. Whittaker p.9-11
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Membership list 1824-1838; Letters of Dismissal 1811-1837] cont p.12-15
1865 Census of the Town of Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Baker-Masten] cont'd. p.16-31
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Ackerman-Barton] p.32-34

Volume 4 Issue #4    (June, 1977)

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Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Barringer-Crosby] p.3-8
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Membership list 1838-1844] cont
p.9-13

1865 Census of the Town of Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Masten-Young ends town enumeration; marriages and deaths in the year; military deaths] cont'd.
p.14-28
Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY [Ministers who served 1843-1902; baptisms 1837-1851] tbc p.29-32

Volume 5 Issue #1    (September, 1977)

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150th New York Regiment, United States Military Record [Commanding officers, Band; rosters, Company A to Company F] tbc p.3-6
Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY [baptisms 1852-1899] cont p.7-16
1850 Census, Pleasant Valley, NY [Heads of household in order of enumeration; abstracts alphabetical by surname - Abby-Begen] tbc p.17-23
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Membership list 1844-1858] cont p.24-29
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Curry-Eames] p.30-35

Volume 5 Issue #2    (Winter, 1978)

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Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Eakenburgh-Griffin] p.3-6
Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY [marriages 1842-1899; burials 1842-1899; confirmations 1841-1861] cont p.7-16
1850 Census, Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Barry-Duncan] cont p.17-24
150th New York Regiment, United States Military Record [rosters, Company G to Company K; corrections] concl. p.25-26
Family Bible Records - Polhemus, Wood, Conklin p.27-30
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Membership list 1858-1859; additions to previous data gleaned from church minutes; corrections] cont p.31-34

Volume 5 Issue #3    (Spring, 1978)

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Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY [Confirmations 1861-1899; Communicants 1837-1899 not named in other records] concl. p.3-6
Beekman Deeds and Mortgages/Lease for Life [Extracts from deed records referring to leases in which length of rental is referred to in terms of "lives", often the life of the leasor and his sons] p.6
Excerpts from Early Dutchess County Newspapers
[Abstracts of all local names mentioned: "Country Journal & The Poughkeepsie Advertiser", 3 issues January,1787] tbc
p.7-8
Gravestones, Dutchess County, NY [South Dover cemetery, Valley View cemetery - selected reading, items not in Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County"] p.9-12
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [additions to previous data as gleaned from church minutes] cont. p.13-17
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Hadden-Hustis] p.18-23
Bible Records - Sincerbox, 4 Light Bibles p.24-27
1850 Census, Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Duncan-Howland] cont p.28-33

Volume 5 Issue #4    (Summer, 1978)

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Johnsville Methodist Church, Wiccopee, town of East Fishkill [list of ministers; members (alphabetical) Allen-Van Vlack] p.3-6
Excerpts from Early Dutchess County Newspapers
[All local names in: "Country Journal & The Poughkeepsie Advertiser", 24 Jan 1787 issue concluded; "The Country Journal and Dutchess & Ulster County Farmer's Register", 1 issue 6 Jan 1789] cont
p.7-8
1850 Census, Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Hubbell-Odell] cont p.9-16
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Members 1857-1885 (Ackert-Gibbs)] cont p.21-25
Bible Records - Barrett, Hadden-Barton, Hadden, Wixon, Ballard, McLaughlin, Woodworth p.26-31
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Irish-Lane] p.32-33
Genealogy of Atbis Daunt (Dauntesye) found, owner unknown p.35

Volume 6 Issue #1    (Fall, 1978)

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1850 Census, Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Odell-Travis] cont p.3-10
Gravestones, Putnam County, NY [Church yard at Boyd's Corners (part)] tbc p.11-12
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Lawrence-Palmer] p.13-18
Excerpts from Early Dutchess County Newspapers
[All local names in: "Country Journal & The Poughkeepsie Advertiser", 14 Feb 1787; "The Country Journal and Dutchess & Ulster County Farmer's Register", 6 Jan 1789 issue concluded] cont
p.19-20
Johnsville Methodist-Episcopal Church, Wiccopee, town of East Fishkill [Members (alphabetical): Winters-Weeks; Members 1855 A-W; Members 1870 Anderson-Ladue] p.21-26
Bible Records - Barrett, Townsend, Acker-Light p.27-28
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Members 1857-1885 (Gill-Raymond)] cont/cont p.29-34

Volume 6 Issue #2    (Winter, 1978-1979)

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Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Members 1857-1885 (Raymond-West)] cont p.3-6
1850 census, Pleasant Valley, NY [abstracts Turner-Wright] concl. p.7-13
Autograph Book, J. Kendrick Noble, Eastman Business College [Class of 1886- list of signers] p.13,34
Gravestones, Putnam County, NY [Church yard at Boyd's Corners (concl.); cemetery near Henion's in Boyd's Corners] concl. p.14-16
Bible Records - Benton p.17-21
Johnsville Methodist-Episcopal Church, Wiccopee, town of East Fishkill [Members (alphabetical): Members 1870 Light-Wood; baptisms 1869-1891 (mostly adults)] p.21-24
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Parks-Swartwouts] p.25-32
Excerpts from Early Dutchess County Newspapers
[All local names in: "Country Journal & The Poughkeepsie Advertiser", 2 issues Feb & March,1787] concl
p.33-34

Volume 6 Issue #3    (Spring, 1979)

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Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Sweet-Wiltse] p.5-10
1865 Census of the Town of Milan, NY [Heads of household in order of enumeration with census family #; key to columns; abstracts alphabetical by surname Allendorph-Dedrick] p.11-18
Records of the First Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie, NY [Members 1857-1885 (Wright-Yelveston)] concl. p.19,10
Records of Central Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie, NY [Original members 1845; Membership list 1845 1867 (reunited with First Baptist Church 1867)] p.20-26,33
Johnsville Methodist-Episcopal Church, Wiccopee, town of East Fishkill [Index to published marriage records 1852-1890 - (names only, data itself is missing)] p.27-33

Volume 6 Issue #4    (Summer, 1979)

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"The Rural Casket" - Marriage and Death Notices 1798 [newspaper existed only for part of 1798] p.3-4
Names in the Newspapers [Names excerpted from "The Sunday Courier" of Poughkeepsie, April 16, 1876] p.5-7
150th New York Regiment, Deserters [Includes name, rank, town enlisted, Company, when & where deserted] p.8-11
1865 Census of the Town of Milan, NY [abstracts Dedrick-Stall] cont p.12-25
An Autograph Book, J. C. Harrold, Eastman Business College [Class of 1897- list of signers with addresses] p.26-27
Gravestones, Putnam County, NY [Corrections to "Old Gravestones of Putnam County, NY" by B.S. Buys] p.28-29
Abstracts of Wills Recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY [Book B, Welch-Van Voorhis; end of Book B; corrections] p.30-32

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