Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York Genealogy

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

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


 * 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
 * Rensselaer and Columbia (NY) Turnpike 1799

Military
Civil War

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Roeliff Jansen Community Library 9091 Route 22 Hillsdale, NY 12529 Phone: 518-325-4101 Fax: 518-325-4105

Societies
Roeliff Jansen Historical Society Janet Doherty P. O. Box 172 Copake Falls, NY 12517 Phone: (518) 329-2376 Collections

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 Hllsdale, Clerk Main Street P.O. Box 305 Hillsdale, NY 12529 Telephone: 518-325-5073 Fax: (518) 325-6917 Email: townclerkhdale@fairpoint.net

Town Historian
Historian (Vacant)