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Genealogy Files - files by surname, containing letters of inquiry and miscellaneous family information from various sources
Family Histories-over 140, published and unpublished.
Church Histories & Cemetery Records
Wills-NY Historical Society Collections of Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801. 15 volumes, vol 4,6,7 missing.
Fernow’s Albany Wills, Abstracts of Wills in Dutchess County in the Dutchess County Genealogical Society’s The Dutchess, Ulster County Wills 1663-1792, 2 volumes.
Town Histories and Histories of Dutchess County
Newspapers - Poughkeepsie & Dutchess County.
Periodicals for Genealogical Research - Partial holdings include NY Genealogical and Biographical Records, Year Books of the Holland Society of New York and Olde Ulster.
Bible Records—54 published in DCHS Year Books; others in Genealogy Files.
Church Records and Justice of the Peace Records - mainly from Dutchess County
Local History Resource Material
Maps - Dutchess County Atlases, 1867 & 1876, Dutchess County Wall Maps, 1850 & 1858, assorted 17th , 18th ,19th & 20th century maps.
Directories - City of Poughkeepsie
some gaps; Dutchess County, also gaps.
Year Books - DCHS , 1914 to present.
Publications - of the Dutchess County Historical Society.
Post Cards - Dutchess County wide; 19th/20th centuries.
Photographs- Dutchess County, 19th/20th century**
Cultural Resource Information - Architecture & Landscape Survey of Dutchess County, 17th c. to 1940 with maps and photographic data.
Clipping files of Dutchess County organized by town.
Selected Publications of the Society are for sale- request list/order form.
