Dutchess County New York Public Libraries
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Dutchess County New York Public Libraries
Public libraries in Dutchess County belong to the Mid-Hudson Library System which serves the communities of Columbia, Duchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster Counties. Dutchess County has some 30 libraries some of which are branch librarirs. The libraries in the system share a common catalog. The only library in the system that mentions onl their website that they have a genealogy room is the Starr Library in Rhinebeck, New York.
- Starr Library
68 West Market Street
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
Telephone 845.876.4030
Fax 845.876.4030
The Starr Library joined with the Consortium of Rhinebeck History to create a space for researchers of genealogies and general local history. The room is open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 o’clock to 3 o’clock or Saturdays by appointment. It houses a large collection of church and cemetery records, abstracts of Ulster and Dutchess County wills, newspaper marriage and death information and notebooks compiled by respected historians and genealogists, family genealogies on CDs, the Rhinebck Gazette (1842 -1990), state and federal censuses, and rare documents of local and National interest on microfilm. Over a thousand maps drawn by Frank Teal, Rhinebeck surveyor during the early part of the 20th century, are being inventoried and scanned.
Other Dutchess County Libraries include:
- Amenia Free Library
3309 Rt 343
P.O. Box 27
Amenia, NY 12501
Telephone: 845-373-8273
Fax: 845-373-8273
Email: amenialib@netscape.net
Library Hours: Monday: 10:00am - 5:00pm, Tuesday: 1:00pm - 6:00pm, Wednesday: 10:00am - 7:00pm, Thursday: 1:00pm - 6:00pm, Friday: 10:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday: 9:00am - 2:00pm, Sunday: Closed - Beacon - Howland Public Library- See Howland Public Library
- Beekman Library - The Beekman Library is located in the town of Beekman in the hamlet of Poughquag. Their physical address is Hopewell Junction but they are eight miles from the village of Hopewell Junction which is located in the town of East Fishkill. Fir more explicit directions, see their website.
Physical Address: 11 Town Center Blvd. Hopewell Junction, N.Y. 12533 -
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 697 Poughquag, N.Y. 12570
Telephone: (845) 724-3414
Email: beeklib@beekmanlibrary.org
Library Hours: Monday 3pm to 8pm, Tuesday 10am to 6pm, Thursday 10am to 8pm, Friday & Saturday 10am to 4pm, Wednesday & Sunday CLOSED; Holiday closings are on their website
The Beekman Library is on Facebook - Blodgett Memorial Library - Fishkill
37 Broad Street
Fishkill, New York 12524
Telephone: 845-896-9215
Fax: 845-896-9243
Email: blodmem@optonline.net
Library Hours: Monday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Tuesday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Wednesday: 12:00PM - 8:00PM, Thursday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Friday: 12:00PM - 6:00PM, Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM, Sunday: 1:00PM - 4:00PM - Clinton Community Library
Physical Location
1215 Centre Rd
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6
Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Telephone: 845-266-5530
Fax: 845-266-5748
Email: library@cl.epals.com
Library Hours: Monday: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Tuesday: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Wednesday: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Thursday: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Friday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm, Saturday: 9:00am - 1:00pm, Sunday: Closed - Dover Plains Library
1797 Route 22
Wingdale, New York 12594
Telephone: 845-832-6605
Fax: 845-832-6616
Email: library@doverlib.org
Library Hours: Monday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Tuesday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Wednesday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Thursday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Friday: 10:00AM - 8:00PM, Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM, Sunday: Closed - East Fishkill Community Library
348 Route 376
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Telephone: 845 221-9943
Fax: 845 226-1404
Library hours: Monday – Thursday 10 – 8, Friday 10 – 6, Saturday 10 – 5, Sunday Closed
The east Fishkill library is on Facebook - Fishkill - Blodgett Memorial Library - See Blodgett Memorial Libraru
- Grinnell Library Association - Wappingers Falls
2642 East Main Street
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Telephone: (845) 297-3428
Fax: (845) 297-1506
Email: Director@Grinnell-Library.org
Library Hours: Monday 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM, Tuesday 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM, Wednesday 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM, Thursday 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM, Friday 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, Saturday 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Sunday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Howland Public Library - Beacon
313 Main St
Beacon, NY 12508
Telephone: 845-831-1134
Fax: 845-831-1165
Email: howland@beaconlibrary.org
Library Hours: Monday: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Tuesday: 9:30am - 8:00pm; Wednesday: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Thursday: 9:30am - 8:00pm, Friday: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm - Hyde Park Free Library
2 Main Street
Hyde Park New York 12538
Telephone: 845-229-7791
FAX: 845-229-6521
E-Mail: hyplib@yahoo.com
Library Hours: Monday: 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M., Tuesday: 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M., Wednesday: 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., Thursday: 12:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M., Friday: 1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M., Saturday: 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Sunday: 11:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. - LaGrange Association Library
488 Freedom Plains Rd. (Rt.55)
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone: (845) 452-3141 / Fax: (845) 452-1974
Library Hours: Monday 2pm-8pm, Tuesday 9:30am-5pm, Wednesday 2pm-8pm, Thursday 9:30am-5pm, Friday 2pm-8pm, Saturday 9:30am-2pm
The LaGrange Library is on Facebook - Millbrook Library
3 Friendly Ln
Millbrook, NY 12545
Phone: 845-677-3611
Fax: 845-677-5127
Email: mfldirector@optimum.net
Library Hours: Monday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Tuesday: 10:00am - 6:00pm, Wednesday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday: 10:00am - 6:00pm, Friday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday: Closed
The Milbrook Library is on Facebook - Morton Memorial Library and Community House - Rhinecliff
- NorthEast-Millerton
- Pawling Free Library
- Pine Plains Free Library
- Pleasant Valley Library
- Poughkeepsie Public Library District - The Poughkeepsie Library District has two branches, the main branch at Adriance Memorial Library and the Arlington Branch Library, which support a population of over 73,000 residents in the City and Town of Poughkeepsie.There is alsio a Maplewood branch. See the Library's website for holiday closing dates.
- Adriance Memorial Library
93 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Telephone: (845) 485-3445
Library Hours: Mon - Thu: 9 am - 9 pm, Fri - Sat: 9 am - 5 pm,Sun: 2 pm - 5 pm - Arlington Branch Library
504 Haight Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Telephone: (845) 485-3445
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri: 9 am - 8 pm, Tue, Thu: 9 am - 5 pm'Sat: 9 am - 5 pm - Maplewood Branch
- Adriance Memorial Library
- Red Hook Public Library, Inc.
7444 South Broadway
Red Hook, New York 12571
Telephone: 845-758-3241
Fax: 831-304-3241
Email: redhookpr@gmail.com
Library Hours: Monday: 10AM - 7PM, Tuesday: 10AM - 7PM, Wednesday: 10AM - 7PM, Thursday: 10AM - 7PM, Friday: 10AM - 7PM, Saturday: 10AM - 4PM, Sunday: closed - Rhinebeck - Starr Library
Starr Library
68 West Market Street
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
Telephone 845.876.4030
Fax 845.876.4030 - Rhinecliff - Morton Memorial Library and Community House
- Staatsburg Library Society
- Stanford Free Library
- Tivoli Free Library
- Wappingers Falls - Grinnell Library Association- See Grinnell Library Association