Municipal Historians

Columbia County Historian  
William J. Better
560 Warren Street, Hudson, NY  518 821 3070  
historian@columbiacountyny.com

Columbia County Town and Village Historians

Town of Ancram
Robin Massa
TownHistorian@townofancram.org
Deputy Historian: Clara Van Tassel
Click here for Ancram Historian Page 

Town of Austerlitz
David Harrison
 PO Box 237
Spencertown, NY 12165

Click here for Austerlitz Historian Page 

Town of Canaan
Doris J. Gearing
11 Real View Drive
East Chatham, NY 12060
518-392-5704
Historian@canaannewyork.org
Click here for Canaan Historian Page

Village of Chatham

Currently Vacant

Town of Claverack
Jeane LaPorta
518-755-3411 
jlaporta@hotmail.com
Click here for Claverack History Page 

Town of Clermont
Dawn Brownson
PO Box 104
Livingston, NY 12541
518-537-6272
HistorianClermontNY@gmail.com
Click here for Clermont History Page

Town of Copake
Howard Blue

Copake Town Hall

230 Mountain View Rd.

Copake, NY 12516

518-329-1234 Ext. 2

Copaketownhistorian@gmail.com
Click here for Copake History Page

Town of Gallatin
Louisa Ruby
Deputy Historian: Sarah Lock
gallatintownhistorian@gmail.com
Click here for Gallatin History Page 


Town of Germantown

Thomas Shannon

*NYS Registered Historian
1767 Parsonage, 52 Maple Ave.
Germantown, NY 12526
518-537-3600
GermantownHistory@gmail.com
Click here for Germantown History Page

Town of Ghent
Gregg Berninger
PO Box 98
Ghent, NY 12075
518-758-2692
Historian@TownofGhent.org
Click here for Ghent History Page

Town of Greenport
Contact Greenport Historical Society
info@greenporthistoricalny.org
Click here for Greenport History Page 

Town of Hillsdale
Chris Atkins &
Lauren Letellier
HillsdaleHistorians@gmail.com
Click here for Hillsdale History Page

Town of Kinderhook
William  Better
518-758-1511
Click here for Kinderhook History Page

Village of Kinderhook
Kate Johnson
PO Box 472
Kinderhook, NY 12106
518-729-1954
HistorianKinderhook@gmail.com
Click here for Kinderhook Village History Page

Town of Livingston
Joe Gatti
Deputy Historians:
Vincent Dicks &
Mike Sofokles
167 County Rt. 19
Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-3442
LivingstonHistoryBarn@hotmail.com
Click here for Livingston History Page

Town of New Lebanon
Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig
Town Hall
14755 Rt. 22 North
Lebanon Springs, NY 12125
518-794-8880
Historian@TownofNewLebanon.com
Click here for New Lebanon History Page 

Village of Philmont
Shawn Jennings
518-965-1015
Jennings_shawn@yahoo.com
Click here for Philmont Village History Page 


Town of Stockport
Viola Vandenburgh
Click here for Stockport History Page


Town of Stuyvesant
Deputy Historian: Catherine Knott
*NYS Registered Historian
142 Summerset Road
Stuyvesant, NY 12173
518-758-6752

Click here for Stuyvesant History Page

Town of Taghkanic
Nancy Griffith
573 Route 15
Elizaville, NY 12523
518-851-7349
Click here for Taghkanic History Page

Village of Valatie
Dominick Lizzi
PO Box 542
Valatie, NY 12184
518-758-1656
DominickLizzi@gmail.com
Click here for Valatie Village History Page