I am planning a trip to the Albany, NY area this weekend and hope to have some time afterward to work on my family history. I am looking for information about my Beckwith/Cady/Lovejoy ancestors in the late 1700's and 1800's in the Chatham/Canaan area. I have found a web page for the Columbia County Historical Society museum in Kinderhook, NY and have sent an e-mail requesting information. As a possibly less biased informant, what would I expect to find- church records which might list baptisms, marriages and deaths, family histories? How complete are their holdings? Thankyou Pete Beckwith (near Boston, MA)

Well, I can't say much about records, but you will want to explore Cady Road in East Chatham. Wasn't Beckwith involved in the notorious "cannibal murder"? I think he was the victim/alleged meal. On 9/27/09 7:53 PM, "OurRoots78@aol.com" <OurRoots78@aol.com> wrote: > I am planning a trip to the Albany, NY area this weekend and hope to have > some time afterward to work on my family history. I am looking for > information about my Beckwith/Cady/Lovejoy ancestors in the late 1700's and > 1800's > in the Chatham/Canaan area. > > I have found a web page for the Columbia County Historical Society museum > in Kinderhook, NY and have sent an e-mail requesting information. > As a possibly less biased informant, what would I expect to find- church > records which might list baptisms, marriages and deaths, family histories? > How complete are their holdings? > > Thankyou > > Pete Beckwith > (near Boston, MA) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message