Ancram, Columbia County, New York Genealogy

History
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Migration
Migration routes for early European settlers to and from included:


 * Hudson River a navigable river stretching from north of Albany then flowing south to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at New York City
 * Albany Post Road from New York City to Albany, New York 1669
 * Alford and Egremont (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Ancram (NY) Turnpike 1805, also sometimes called the Catskill Road, from Salisbury, Connecticut to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Road 1750s from Springfield, Massachusetts to Catskill, New York
 * Catskill Turnpike  (aka Susquehannah Turnpike ) from Catskill, NY to Unadilla, NY; route travelled by Europeans by 1792; toll booths opened by 1804.
 * Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Great Barrington and Aford (MA) Turnpike 1812
 * Greenwood Road 1799 from Hartford, Connecticut to Albany, New York
 * Hampden and Berkshire (MA) Turnpike 1826
 * Hillsdale and Chatham Turnpike 1805 from Alford, Massachusetts to Albany, New York
 * Housatonic River (MA) Turnpike 1809
 * Massachusetts 10th Turnpike 1800
 * Massachusetts 12th Turnpike 1812
 * Minsi Path 1766 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Kingston, New York
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799
 * Salisbury and Canaan (CT) Turnpike 1801-1829
 * Ulster and Delaware Turnpike 1802 from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bainbridge, New York

Military
Civil War

Archives, Libraries and Museums
The town of Ancram does not have a library but check out the Mid-Hudson Library System, of which Columbia County is a part of, to locate the towns close to Ancram that have public libraries.

Museum

Societies
Ancram Historical Society PO Box 125 Ancram, NY 12502

Town Clerk
Town of Ancram, Clerk 1416 County Route 7 Ancram NY 12502 Phone: (518) 329-6512 ex. 1 Fax: 518-329-0962 E-mail: townclerk@townofancram.org

Town Historian
Clara Van Tassel, Historian 1416 County Route 7 Ancram, NY 12502 Phone (518)329-6512 ext. 6 E-mail: rcvantassel@fairpoint.net