The trustees of the Valatie Free Library have an abiding interest in local history. At the present time, however, our resources limit our ability to maintain an archive of genealogical data. One recent addition to our collection that may be of help to family researchers, though, is this listing of grave site information for Valatie-area veterans.
Another valuable resource - available through this web site - is Heritage Quest Online. This extensive data base includes U.S. Federal Census images, full-text references from books and periodicals, revolutionary war records, and Freedman's Bank documents. Access Heritage Quest here. (Requires library card.)
In addition, we can recommend two very useful sources of information for individuals researching their family history:
- The Columbia County Historical Society - Located at 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY, the CCHS features a library containing many items of interest to family historians, including transcriptions of church and cemetery records, genealogies, and more. Written inquiries are also accepted. For more information, visit their web site and follow the links to "Collections" and "Genealogy".
- The New York State Library - Located in Albany, NY, the State Library has a large collection of family genealogies, local histories, DAR records, church records, census records, early newspapers, city directories, and other materials. The NYSL web site's Genealogy Page provides detailed information on access to the resources, scope of the collection and information about on-site research.