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The Cairo Historical Society has partnered with Tracing your Roots in Greene County, who will be hosting their web pages. For membership information, meeting dates and project highlights click here.

Portrait of the Past

Back in print and available for purchase! Cost is $15.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling and all proceeds support the projects of the Cairo Historical Society. Send a cheque to Tara Rumph, Town Clerk, 512 Main St., P.O. Box 261, Cairo, NY 12413.

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Available for purchase! A beautiful 50 inch by 70 inch blanket throw. Ideal for covering up while watching TV or reading. This item is offered by the Cairo Historical Society. Manufactured in the USA. Depicted on the throw are iconic scenes from the Town of Cairo - the WW 1 Memorial fountain in Town, the Almshouse, the Greene County Fairgrounds, Shingle Kill Falls and Grist mill and many others. A must have! Cost is $45 plus shipping. Contact Sylvia Hasenkopf for more information.

Greene County Historical Quiz #21

Earliest settlers in the Cairo area were the Strope family, who lived near Round Top. They were Loyalists, and friendly with the Indians. They are remembered in the locality for one unusual fact:
1) Was it because Strope was a wealthy landowner?
2) Was it because he was a close friend of Dominie Schuneman?
3) Was it because of his treatment by the Indians?
4) Was it because the Governor bestowed on him an honor?
5) or was it because he was one of the First Families?

Frederick Schermerhorn was one of the few young men of our region who was captured by the Indians in 1780 and lived to tell the tale. He reported that all but one of the following befell him:
1) His arms were bound, and he was forced to walk.
2) He was taken over mountain trails, and by canoe, to Fort Niagara.
3) The Indians received a bounty for his capture from the British.
4) He was forced to enlist with the British where he remained for years.
5) Finally, watching his chance, he escaped and came back to his home.

Robert R. Livingston, son of the owner of "Clermont House" and the patron of Robert Fulton was one of American's most famous statesmen. He did all but one of the following things:
1) He was a member of both the Provincial and Continental Congresses.
2) Though one of the Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence, he was away and unable to sign it. 
3) He was in charge of the defense of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.
4) In association with James Monroe, he effected the purchase of Louisiana from the French.
5) As chancellor of New York, he administered the Oath of Office to our first President, George Washington.

Henry Brockholst Livingston, great-grandson of the First Lord of the Livingston Manor was born in 1757, and had an exciting time during the Revolution. He did all but one of the following things. Which one?
1)At the outbreak of the war he enlisted and was made captain. 
2) In the year 1779, he accompanied John Jay, his brother-in-law, on an important mission to Spain.
3) While returning from Spain, their ship was captured by the British.
4) He rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel, before the end of hostilities.
5) He studied law in 1783, after the war, and remained a lawyer the rest of his life.

Even before the end of hostilities, settlers were drifting into the region now known as Greene County. The largest population of these new settlers came from one of the following regions. Which one?
1) New Jersey
2) Connecticut
3) New Hampshire
4) England
5) New York City

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Obituaries from the Windham Journal - February 2010, March 2010, April 2010, May 2010, June 2010, July 2010, August 2010, September 2010, October 2010, November 2010, December 2010 -   July 4, 2011
Obituaries from the Daily Mail - April 2007, June 2007, July 2007, September 2007, October 2007 -   July 4, 2011
Cornwallville School Postcard -  July 4, 2011
Greene County Ephemera - Edwin S. Keith Business Card -  July 4, 2011
Catskill Village Minutes - 1806 - 1822 -  July 4, 2011
Coxsackie Tax Assessment 1803, Freehold Tax Assessment 1803, Windham Tax Assessment 1803 - Catskill Tax Assessment 1803, Greenfield Tax Assessment 1803 -  July 4, 2011
Cairo Tax Assessment 1828 -  July 4, 2011
Grantor Index - De - Dy -  July 4, 2011
Greene County Poor House Intake Index - 1896 - 1913 -  July 4, 2011
Tanner's Bank, Catskill - Stockholders 1833 -  July 4, 2011
Town of Lexington Births, Deaths and Marriages 1848 -  July 4, 2011
Masonry in Cairo, an Historical Sketch - July 4, 2011
Ancient Documents of Greene County - Book 2 - 1865 - 1875 -  July 4, 2011
Return to the Catskills - Carl Ratsch -  July 4, 2011
Greene County Postmasters - 1857 - 1876; 1874 - 1889 -  July 4, 2011
Supreme Court Case - Jonathan Palen vs. Rufus, James, Joseph, Catharine, Caroline, Maria, Harriet and Hannah Palen -  July 4, 2011
Catskill Village Fire Department -  July 4, 2011
Greene County Men in Uniform - Civil War - John Wright and wife -  July 4, 2011
Albertha Krueger Gonnerman Family Gallery -  July 4, 2011
Gonnerman Family Bible -  July 4, 2011
Krueger Family Bible -  July 4, 2011
Rensselaerville Baptist Association Minutes - Florida 1827, Slonesville 1828 -  July 4, 2011
Greene Lake School Pic 1919 -  July 4, 2011
Graduating Class of Catskill High School 1937 with Reunion picture -  July 4, 2011
More Schutt/Abeel Family Gallery pictures -  July 4, 2011
Greene County Ephemera - Saulpaugh Hotel, Catskill - leather postcards -  July 4, 2011
Boarding Houses - Bavarian Manor, Crystal Brook Resort, Eva's Farm, Edgewood Falls -  July 4, 2011
Catskill Game Farm - Wild Life Art Exhibit Brochure -  July 4, 2011
Photographers from Greene County - H.B. Aldrich, Gilbert & Walden, Towne & Elwell, Frank Allen -  July 4, 2011

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