Kingston, Ulster County, New York Genealogy

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City and Town of Kingston

Resources

Cemeteries

  • Roney, Lila James. "Inscriptions of the Ancient Gravestones in the Churchyard of the Old First Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, N.Y.," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Oct. 1927):318-325. Online at: New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 58. Mostly eighteenth- and nineteenth-century burials.

Church Records

  • 1658-1684 The Dutch Records of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (Esopus, Wildwyck, Swanenburgh, Kingston). Online at: Internet Archive.
  • 1660-1809 - Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston: Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809. 1891. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive; another Internet Archive version; Ancestry ($). Since this church was the only established congregation between New York City and Albany it contains information for many residents of the area, the only records that exist.
  • 1739-1795 - Scott, Kenneth. "Kingston Dutch Church, Ulster County, New York: Burials, 1739-1795," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 61 (1973):189-194, 270-277. FS Library Book 973 B2ng v. 61 (1973).
  • 1805-1831 - Mearns, Shirley A. "Kingston, New York, Old Dutch Church: Burials," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1805-1810: Vol. 113, No. 3 (Jul. 1982):165-168; 1810-1816: Vol. 113, No. 4 (Oct. 1982):199-202; 1816-1831: Vol. 114, No. 1 (Jan. 1983):42-46. Online at: New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 113-114.
  • 1810-1877 - Roney, Lila James. Baptisms of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, New York, 1810-1877. 1989. Online at: Ancestry ($).

City/Town Records

To locate additional published and transcribed records for Kingston, Ulster County, New York Genealogy check:

  • Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). Archive.org; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.


Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Societies

City/Town Clerk

Kingston City ClerkLaura L. Joy,
Town Hall, 906 Sawkill Road,
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: 845-336-8853

City/Town Historian

Kingston City Historian G. Ernest Smith,
Town Hall, 906 Sawkill Road,
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: 845-382-1446

FamilySearch Centers

Newspapers

  • Kingston Daily Freeman. 1914-1950. Indexed and searchable at Ancestry ($).

Vital Records

  • 1667-1672 - Scott, Kenneth. "Kingston Marriages," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 1975):193-194. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 106. Supplement to Hoes' Registers of the Old Dutch Church at Kingston.

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