Chatham, Columbia County, New York Genealogy

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

Church Records

 * 1843-1873 - Thomas, Milton. Marriages of Columbia County Residents at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Chatham, Columbia County, New York 1843-1873. Chatham, N.Y., 1923. Digital version at Internet Archive.


 * 1847-1873 - First Dutch Reformed Church Records at USGenNet - free. Marriages, Deaths, Membership Lists.


 * 1876-1930 - Chatham Center Methodist Church Records at USGenNet - free. Baptisms, Marriages, Pastors.


 * Quaker Records: Chatham Monthly Meeting &amp; Hudson Monthly Meeting Columbia County, New York. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Newspapers

 * Chatham NY Courier 1867-1967
 * Chatham NY Republican 1886-1898

Archives, Libraries and Museums
The town of Chatham 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 Chatham that have public libraries.

North Chatham Free Library 4287 Route 203 Box 907 North Chatham, NY 12132-0907 Phone: 518-766-3211 Fax: 518-766-3211 Email: nclibrary@fairpoint.net

Museum

Societies
North Chatham Historical Society PO Box 243 North Chatham, NY 12132 Phone: (518) 766-3058

Riders Mills Historical Association Attn: Robert G. Leary, President P.O. Box 1 Malden Bridge, NY 12115 Phone: 518-794-7146

Red Rock Historical Society Ginny Nightingale or Nancy Cuddihy PO Box 50 East Chatham, NY 12060 Phone: 392-2286 or 392-6065

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
Beth Anne Rippel, Clerk 488 State Route 295 Chatham, NY 12037 518-392-3262 Email: townofchatham@fairpoint.net

Town Historian
Claire Wheeler, Historian PO Box 172 Old Chatham NY 12136 Phone: 518-392-3262 E-mail: mcwheeler@fairpoint.net