Updated August 11, 2025
To update this directory, contact County Historian Will Tatum
William P. Tatum III
22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-486-2381 - fax 845-486-2138
wtatum@dutchessny.gov
Bill Jeffway, Executive Director
6282 Route 9
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
bill.jeffway@dchsny.org
Historical Society: Denise VanBuren
Post Office Box 89
Beacon, New York 12508
845-831-1514
dvb1776@gmail.com
Website: beaconhistorical.org
Historian: Vacant
Historian: Tom Lawrence
Poughkeepsie Public Library District
93 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-485-3445 x 3306
tlawrence@poklib.org
Historian: Betsy Strauss
Amenia Town Hall
4988 Route 22
Amenia, New York 12501
strausshouse72@gmail.com
Historical Society: Maureen Moore
Post Office Box 22
Amenia, New York 12501
mmoore1776@aol.com
Historian: Patricia Goewey
4 Main Street
Poughquag, New York 12570
845-724-5300
historian@townofbeekmanny.us
Historian: Craig Marshall
820 Fiddlers Bridge Road
Rhinebeck, New York, 12572
845-242-5879
craigmarshall266@aol.com
Historical Society: Cynthia Koch
Post Office Box 122
Clinton Corners, New York 12514
cynthiakoch@optonline.net
clintonhistoricalsociety.org
Historian: Valerie LaRobardier
845-849-6025
valarobardier@gmail.com
Historical Society: Marilyn Van Millon
PO Box 767
Dover Plains NY 12522
LandUse@doverny.us
914-204-6428
Historian: Rick Soedler
rjsoedler@gmail.com
Historical Society: Rick Soedler
Post Office Box 245
Hopewell Junction, New York 12533
845-227-5374
rjsoedler@gmail.com
Historian: Robert Buccheri
Fishkill Town Hall – 807 NY Route 52
Fishkill, NY 12524
(845) 831-7800 ext. 3309
tofhistorian@fishkill-ny.gov
rbuccheri1776@gmail.com
Historical Society: Alexis Lynch
Post Office Box 133
Fishkill, New York 12524
914 -525-7667
fhsinfo@yahoo.com
Historian: Antonia Houston
Local History Librarian
Blodgett Memorial Library
37 Broad Street
Fishkill, New York 12524
Historian: Carney Rhinevault
4383 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, New York 12538
carneytatiana@yahoo.com
Historical Society: Kerri Palermo
Post Office Box 182
Hyde Park, New York 12538
845-229-8225
hydeparkhistoricalsociety1821.org
Hydeparkhistoricalsociety1821@gmail.com
Historian: Georgia Trott-Herring
845-452-2911
lagrangenyhistory@gmail.com
Historical Society: George Wade III
Post Office Box 112
LaGrangeville, New York 12540
845-489-5183
lagrangehistoricalsociety@gmail.com
https://www.lagrangenyhistoricalsociety.org/
Historian: Vicky LoBrutto
Milan Town Hall
20 Wilcox Circle
Milan, New York 12571
victorialobrutto@gmail.com
Historian: Peter Deveres
tierfalc@aol.com
Historical Society: Robert McHugh
Post Office Box 135
Millbrook, New York 12545
robertmchugh60@gmail.com
Town Historian: Ed Downey
PO Box 496
Millerton, NY 12546
eddowney12@gmail.com
Historical Society: Ed Downey
Post Office Box 727
Millerton, New York 12546
518-789-4442
Town Historian: Robert Reilly
160 Charles Colman Blvd
Pawling, New York 12564
845-855-5040
sc31redsky@gmail.com
Historian: ( Village ) Vacant
Historical Society: Nancy Hopkins Reilly
Post Office Box 99
Pawling, New York 12564
PawlingHistory@gmail.com
Historian: Vacant
Historical Society: Dyan Wapnick
Post Office Box 243
Pine Plains, New York 12567
518-398-5344
dyan.wapnick@gmail.com
Dutchess County Historical Society VP: Dyan Wapnick
Historian: Charles Hulsizer
94 Sherow Rd
Pleasant Valley, New York 12560
Ecoair9897@aol.com
Historical Society: Suzanne Horn
cedarcrestfarm@gmail.com
DCHS VP: Marilyn Bradford
845-518-0998
momof5ny@yahoo.com
Historian: John R. Pinna
1 Overocker Road
Poughkeepsie, New York 12603
845-485-3646
townhistorian@townofpoughkeepsie-ny.gov
Town Historian: Emily Majer
7340 South Broadway
Red Hook, New York 12571
emily.majer@gmail.com
Village Historian: Sally Dwyer-McNulty
7467 South Broadway
Red Hook, New York 12571
sally.dwyer-mcnulty@marist.edu
Historical Society: Elisabeth Tatum
Post Office Box 397
Red Hook, New York 12571
director@historicredhook.org
Town Historian: Susan Kelly Fitzgerald
80 East Market Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Fitzgeralds1116@gmail.com
Village Historian/Town Deputy Historian: Michael Frazier
845-876-7462
michaelfrazier@earthlink.net
Historical Society: David Miller
Post Office Box 291
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
845-750-4486
dhmny@aol.com
Historian: Kathie Spiers
Post Office Box 552
Bangall, New York 12506
845-868-7320
lakeendinn@aol.com
Historical Society: contact Kathie Spiers
Historian: Emily Majer
7340 South Broadway
Red Hook, New York 12571
emily.majer@gmail.com
Historian: Fran Wallin
249 Duncan Road
LaGrangeville, New York 12540
Town Office 845-724-5600
franw821@hotmail.com
Historical Society: Cassandra Redinger
unionvalehistorical@gmail.com
Website: www.unionvalehistorical.org
Historian: Joseph D. Cavaccini
Town Hall: 20 Middle Bush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Town Office 845-297-4158 ext 107
jcavaccini@townofwappingerny.gov
Village Historian: Brenda VonBurg
845-297-2697
Historical Society: Beth Devine
info@wappingershistorialsociety.org
Post Office Box 174
Wappinger Falls, New York 12590
845-430-9520
