Catskill, Greene County, New York Genealogy

Dutch Reformed

 * 1732-1800 - "Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1732-1764: Vol. 86, No. 1 (Jan. 1955):14-24; 1764-1776: Vol. 86, No. 2 (Apr. 1955):92-101; 1776-1788: Vol. 86, No. 3 (Jul. 1955):149-160; 1789-1796: Vol. 86, No. 4 (Oct. 1955):222-231; 1796-1800: Vol. 87, No. 1 (Jan. 1956):51-55. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.


 * 1732-1833 - "Marriages of the Dutch Reformed Church of Catskill, Greene County, New York," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1732-1826: Vol. 92, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):96-104; 1827-1833: Vol. 92, No. 4 (Oct. 1961):218-220. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.

Presbyterian

 * 1802-1875 - Barber, Gertrude A. Records of the Presbyterian Church: Catskill, Greene County, New York. 1989. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Dunham - Wilcox - Trott - Kirk (membership lists). Includes membership list 1802-1875, baptisms 1840-1874, and marriages 1851-1875.

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
 * Mohawk or Iroquois Trail  1722 from Boston, Massachusetts to Fort Oswego, 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

Newspapers

 * 1803-1805 - King, Forrest D. "Abstracts from the Western Constellation and the Catskill Recorder, Catskill, Greene County, 1803-1805," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 138, No. 1 (Jan. 2007):61-69; Vol. 138, No. 2 (Apr. 2007):138-143; Vol. 138, No. 3 (Jul. 2007):225-226; Vol. 138, No. 4 (Oct. 2007):302-304. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.

Town Clerk
Elizabeth Izzo - term expires 12/31/11 Phone: 518-943-2141 x127

Town Historian
Mrs. Betty Larsen 532 Cairo Junction Road Catskill, NY 12414 Tel. 518-943-2141