Genealogy Pathfinder

A sampling of resources available at the Vedder Research Library (VRL) Coxsackie, New York. All material is non-circulating, may not be checked out. We recommend the following research procedure. Please explain your needs to library staff. While they are retrieving library materials, you can use the following resources to start your research.
DO IT YOURSELF
  1. Master Index to Certain Volumes of Vital Notices in Greene County Newspapers (64,000+ names from 1810-1922)
  2. Vital Statistics (18th, 19th, and early 20th century) 14,000+ records on index cards
  3. Ancestry.com, VRL has a full subscription to this largest collection of genealogical data available online to help you find your ancestors
  4. Extensive genealogy CD collection, see listing http://www.vedderlibrary.org/libCD.htm
  5. Past Perfect Online Catalog showing VRL holdings of published or unpublished family histories, manuscripts, biographies, memoirs, diaries, scrapbooks, school yearbooks, reference books like 1884 History of Greene County - Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men by Beers
  6. Collection, 10,000+ listing, of original 19th and 20th century photographs on library webpage
  7. Helpful genealogy books at the Vedder Research Library

RESEARCH MATERIAL PROVIDED BY LIBRARY STAFF
The stacks are closed to the public
  1. Family Name Vertical File Folders, 1,300+ folders, holding one or more of the following: transcriptions from family bibles, family tree charts, family pedigrees, correspondence, copies of individual research
  2. General Index to Greene County Surrogate Court Records 1800-1930 (1931 to present are located in the Greene County Courthouse), 520+ boxes and 130+ court books of probate files which may include: a will, a list of heirs, a petition for a name change, a petition for adoption, letters of administration.
  3. Transcripts/extractions of church records like baptisms, marriages, burials, membership - for example: 
    	Athens  Churches
		Dutch Reformed  1826-1886
		Lutheran  1705-1899
		Trinity Episcopal  1835-1893
		Zion's Lutheran  1703-1869
      	Catskill Churches
		Baptist  1804-1889
		Dutch  Reformed  ?
		Methodist Episcopal  1876-1884
		Presbyterian  1802-1873
		Reformed 1852-1855
		St. Luke's Episcopal  1844-1891
     	Cairo Church
		Presbyterian  1822-1861
     	Coxsackie Churches
		1st and 2nd Reformed  1738-1899
		Baptist 1832-1850
		Christ Episcopal 1850-1947
		High Hill M.E. 1876-1882
     	Durham
		Methodist Episcopal   1891-1903
		Susquehanna United Methodist 1960 ?
     	Hunter
		Presbyterian  1822-1864
       	Oak Hill
		Methodist  1909-1960
		Methodist Episcopal  1859-1961
		Reformed 1793-1808
  4. Funeral Home Records: Brady (1890-1935), Deane and Deane (1885-1940), Millspaugh (1926-1940), Stevens (1888-1891)
  5. Greene County Cemeteries Index to 18 volumes showing 18th and 19th century gravestone inscriptions; plus Athens cemeteries and Coxsackie St. Mary's and Riverside
  6. State Censuses of Greene County: paper format 1855, 1875, 1892 and on film 1865, 1905, 1915, 1925
  7. Federal Censuses of Greene County: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1892, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
  8. Tax Assessment Rolls
    		Athens 1889-1941
		Catskill 1850-1931
		Coxsackie 1911-1940
		New Baltimore 1900-1931
  9. Civil War Veterans - Greene County: unit, rank, date enlisted and discharged; 1,570+ name
  10. Bronck Family Manuscripts - Surname Guide; 800+ names
Vedder Research Library, 90 County Road 42, Coxsackie, New York 12051
Hours: Tues & Wed 10am - 4pm; Saturday 9am - Noon
Phone: 518-731-1033
Research Services
2009 file PATHFINDER genealogy