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Sylvia Hasenkopf, the principal researcher for North River Historic Research, is a genealogical researcher and historian for over 25 years. She developed and hosts the wildly successful website Tracing your Roots in Greene County, which allows individuals to use a wide variety of original documents online, at no charge. Sylvia has a broad range of genealogical experience from the early Dutch roots to the present day, in Greene, Ulster, Columbia, Dutchess, Delaware, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Montgomery, Washington, Fulton and Albany counties as well as the New England states.  She has undertaken intensive research in the Palatine, Colonial, and Revolutionary eras. Drawing upon her extensive personal library of published and unpublished material, Sylvia has assisted many individuals in completing their DAR, SAR and Mayflower applications. In addition, Sylvia has developed an expertise in developing house histories, drawing upon the wealth of information available in local historical and state repositories. Sylvia is frequently called upon to lend her expertise and knowledge of local history to assist professionals in the media, who are developing historical documentaries of the local area.

Services

Specializing in genealogical and historical research, house histories, document retrieval and cemetery photos in South Central New York State, and the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island  

Geographic Specialties

NY, New England

Geographic Specialities
New York , New England states

Publications/Media
Writer and editor of the Cairo Historical Society's historical publication, the Cairo Herald. 
Co-author "Cairo's Hometown Heroes: One Small New York Town's History of Patriotism and Sacrifice; from the French and Indian War to the War in Afghanistan" (2015)
Author "May God in His Mercy Spare our Lives, the Civil War Letters and Diary of Eseck G. Wilber, 120th NYSV" (2013)
Author "The Letters of Thomas Cole" (1st of 4 volumes) (expected publication 2025)
Tracing your Roots in Greene County historical articles published in Porcupine Soup, a digital newspaper for Greene County, New York (www.pporcupinesoup.com/tracing-your-roots-in-greene-county)
Tracing your Roots in Greene County, a free website on the History of Greene County, NY (www.tracingyourootsgcny.com)

Repositories
Albany Institute of History and Art, NY, Albany, Greene, Ulster, Delaware, Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Saratoga Montgomery and Fulton County offices and historical societies, State Library at Albany, New York, New York libraries and historical societies. 

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century

Languages
English, French, Spanish, German

Affiliations
Cairo Historical Society
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
New England Genealogical and Biographical Society
Greene County Historical Society

Degrees
Certification (Environmental Management), B.A. (French, Spanish, German)