Index to History of Greene County, New York
With Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men
1884 by J. B. Beers and Co.
Indexed by Jean D. Worden 1984
Permission
to publish this index on the Tracing your Roots in Greene County website has
been graciously provided by Jean Worden.
Transcribed by Arlene Goodwin
This is a full person name index. There are many spellings for many of the same names, check all spellings. Titles such as Dr., Rev., Capt. Are not included except where there is no first name.
MANY NAMES APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE, SOME SEVERAL TIMES ON A PAGE, but are listed only as being on the page. It would be wise to check the whole page for each entry.
Women's names showing maiden names or more than one marriage appear under each name
ie:
Brink, Gertrude (Dederick) (Burhans)
Dederick = Maiden name
Burhans = 1st married name
The author of this book included the English meaning for some names, these are included:
ie:
Gertjen (Gretrude)
Eggie (Agnes)
Eytje (Ida)