In a message dated 1/2/02 5:06:26 PM, NYCOLUMB-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << # >> Linda I have been to the Hillsdale Dutch Reform Church. It is very close to Dutchess Co, NY. The Columbia County area was originally part of Albany Co.. My great, great, great grandparents were married in the church that was originally there. The church is very quaint and a cemetery wraps around the little church. Good luck in your search. I have C0LES in my surname list. Ebenezer was the one who did the surveying from Rhode Island, throughout Conn. to the Nine Partner Patent in New York. He later went to Shaftsbury Vt. He was signed the paper of the founding of this town in 1765. Good luck in your hunt for your ancestors. Jane Stickle Crosier