Livingston, 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
Livingston Free Library 90 Old Post Rd P.O. Box 105 Livingston, NY 12541 Phone: 518-851-2270 Fax: 518-851-2270 E-mail: livlib@netscape.net

The Livingston History Barn (Behind Town Hall) 119 County Route 19 Livingston, NY 12541 Phone: (518) 851-7637 E-mail: livingstonhistorybarn@hotmail.com

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 Livingston, Clerk 119 County Route 19 PO Box 65 Livingston, NY 12541 Phone: 518-851-9441 ext 310 Fax: 518-851-2466 E-mail: clerk@mhcable.com

Town Historian
Joe Gatti, Historian 167 County Route 19 Hudson, New York 12534 Phone: 518-851-7206 Geoff Benton, Deputy Historian geoffbenton@hotmail.com