MacCracken Index

MacCracken Index A-K

MacCracken Index L-Z

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In 1954, Dutchess County Clerk Frederic A. Smith invited Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, the recently-retired President of Vassar College, to examine the Ancient Documents Collection. At this time, the collection was completely unprocessed. MacCracken reported that the documents had “tremendous genealogical and historic value” and recommended that they be indexed for improved access.

Over the course of 1955, Dr. MacCracken and staff from the County Clerk’s Office inventoried all of the records in the collection that they could locate dating from 1721 to 1800. They recorded the data on small memorandum cards, which County Clerk Smith compiled into two large index volumes, organized by surname.

The index volumes are presented here in a fully searchable PDF format. Researchers may search by name, year, location, document type, and document number. For further information on the Ancient Documents Project and a guide to searching the collection, please visit https://www.dutchessny.gov/AncientDocuments.