Gallatin, Columbia County, New York Genealogy

''United States' 'New York' 'Columbia CountyTown of Gallatin

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 Gallatin 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 Gallatin that have public libraries.

Societies
Columbia County Historical Society c/o Columbia County Museum &amp; Library 5 Albany Avenue PO Box 311 Kinderhook, NY 12106 Phone: 518-758-9265 E-mail: cchs@cchsny.org

Town Clerk
Town of Gallatin, Clerk 667 County Route 7 Gallatin, New York 12502 PO Box 67 Ancram, NY 12502 Phone: (518) 398-7519 Fax: (518) 398-1565 E-mail: gallatinclerk@yahoo.com

Town Historian
Dolores Weaver, Historian 5 Hull Road Elizaville, NY 12523 Phone: (845) 537-4315