Greenport, 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 Greenport 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 Greenport that have public libraries.

Societies
Greenport Historical Society Mary Jo Von Bieberstein and David W Hart, Co-Presidents 600 Town Drive Hudson, New York 12534

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 Greenport, Clerk 600 Town Hall Drive Hudson NY 12534 E-mail: townclerk@townofgreenport.com Phone: (518) 828-4656 Fax: (518) 828-2350

Town Historian
David W Hart, Historian 520 Toutr 66 Hudson, New York 12534 Phone: (518) 828-6747 Email is h427@verizon.net