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Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time with questions, suggestions or problems you may have regarding the list.

The following links are those recommended by subbers to the list:
 

This site includes a huge family tree of the HAYNER family, that settled 
originally in East Camp, which was then in Albany County and is now in Columbia County.  You will find many other Palatine surnames in the tree and  many folks who lived all over the Hudson river valley area.
http://www.hayner.net/hayndex.htm
 
 

The Poughkeepsie Journal  has a good webpage
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/
 
 

This site is devoted to Eleanor Roosevelt, the role she played at the United Nations  in adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and the legacy she left in promoting human rights in the United States and throughout the world.  From BSA - Troop 25: Red Oaks Mill, NY 
http://www.geocities.com/ervkhumanrights/
 
 

The Little Nine Partners Patent was in the northern part of Dutchess County, New York, now part or all of the towns of Milan and Pine Plains. Several booklets published by the Society over the years have been uploaded, with more to come. Check it out:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nylnphs/V0/index.htm
 
 

Suggest that you look at the Early Maps on the Dutch Door website, in particular the one titled "Early Precincts...etc."  Yes, Orange County does extend to the Hudson River, and always has.  Rockland County was separated from Orange County in 1798.
http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/
 
 

I have extensive data bases on Dutchess County and posted the tax lists 
for Newberry several days ago on this site.  My work is mostly the Beekman Patent area but I have files on almost every surname in 18th century lower Dutchess County.  See my web site for names I am working on. 
http://www.beekmansettlers.com/
 
 

Putnam County Local History
http://www.visitputnam.org/Local_History/local_history.html
 
  Pearson's First families of Schenectady is on line at:
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/index.html
 
  Upper Hudson Library Service
http://www.uhls.org/uhls/
   

Cemeteries of Westchester County, New York
http://www.interment.net/us/ny/westchester.htm
 

BROOKLYN BRIDGE WEBSITE
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridge.html
 

Half Moon Press covering the Historic River Towns of the Hudson River
http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/welcome.html
 
  Hudson Valley Research: The East Side
http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=73 

ALBANY & EASTERN NEW YORK GENEALOGY by Cliff Lamere
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/
   

The Schuyler Flatts
http://theflatts.tripod.com/index.htm
   

The LeMay Family Of Cohoes New York
http://www.ourlemay.com/
 
 

CHAMPLAINLG-VALLEY-L
A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the genealogy, history, and migration patterns of the areas in New York and Vermont that surround Lake George and Lake Champlain, you can subscribe to the list on this site, at the bottom.
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html
 
 

Historical sketches, biographical notices, and thrilling border incidents and adventures relating to those portions of the counties of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan lying in the Shawangunk region.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/orange/legends/
 
 

Ariel Bookstore, New Paltz
www.arielbooksellers.com
   

Hope Farm Press & Bookshop, Saugerties
www.hopefarm.com
   

The Information Resource for New York's Hudson Valley
www.hudsonriver.com

NYS Genealogy Resources, by County

If you have links that others will find helpful, email me your suggestion.    Good luck and have fun with the list...