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From: "Bea McManis" <>
Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Three Cheers - Historical Records
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:24:17 -0400
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Good news.
Thanks for the update.

I am searching for anyone, in Dutchess Co., who may have wills that were
witnessed by either William Drake or John Drake. I am also looking for any
connection to the Field family - who may have lived in Dutchess Co. prior to
1811.
Last names of particular interest:
Drake; Field; Haxton; Worth.

Thanks,
Bea
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From: "Ginny" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: [NYDUTCHE] Three Cheers - Historical Records


> On the Editorial Page of todays Poughkeepsie Journal in their feature
> called
> "Three Cheers" appeared the following:
>
> [Believe me the word archives used here in the first sentence was used
> very
> loosely - this county does not have an "archives" or what I prefer to term
> an "archival storage facility geared to research".]
> ---------------------------------------------
> Monday, May 8, 2006
> Three cheers
>
> To Dutchess leaders for preserving historical documents that were falling
> apart in the county archives.
>
> Pages of a book of land records had been sewn together in one bound book
> but
> were becoming frayed with wear. They are now in individual protective
> sleeves, thanks to a $1,200 allocation in the 2005 county budget.
>
> Proposed by County Executive William Steinhaus and approved by
> legislators,
> this preservation effort will aid the documents under the care of County
> Clerk Colette Lafuente. The hand-written records cover transactions from
> 1894 through 1897 and are frequently used by researchers.
>
> Keeping these documents preserved for future use will aid those wanting to
> learn about our past.
> -------------------------------
> The following is my Letter to the Editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal
> submitted today!
>
> County Clerk LaFuente indeed deserves "Three Cheers" for advocating for
> and
> insuring the preservation of records under her care. I look forward to
> the
> day when I read of the same for Records Management Officer Donald Miller
> for
> records under his care at the Records Center - many of which have never
> been
> microfilmed (or the microfilm is deteriorating) and predate those held by
> the County Clerk. Read the 2002 Historic Records Needs Assessment
> http://us.share.geocities.com/ginnyflies/histrecs_needsassess2002.pdf
>
> Perhaps one day there will also be "Three Cheers" for our County Executive
> and Legislature, as well as our County Historian when this County has a
> centralized archival research facility comparable to our neighboring
> counties dedicated to the special care our historical records so
> desperately
> need and deserve.
>
> Our newly appointed County Historian can and MUST play an important roll
> in
> advocating for this once he realizes that under the guidelines established
> by the New York State Department of Education and Dutchess County Local
> Law
> No. 3 of 1986 promoting same is part of his charge:
>
> "Each local government historian shall promote the establishment and
> improvement of programs for the management and preservation of local
> government records with enduring value for historical or other research;
> encourage the collection and preservation of non-governmental historical
> records by libraries, historical societies, and other repositories; and
> carry out and actively encourage research in such records in order to add
> to
> the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the community's history.
> "
>
> --------------------------------
>
> "Ginny"
> Virginia A. Buechele
> Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY
>
> cc: Dutchess County Executive
> Dutchess County Legislataure
> Southern Dutchess News
> Poughkeepsie Weekly Beat
>
>
>
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