Local History Talk: The Enduring Impact of the Palatine Migration on Columbia County

In partnership with the Jacob Leisler Institute, this local history talk will cover the aftermath of the Palatine Migration in our area, the persistence of many family names, more than a century of co-existence with Livingston Manor, and the factors that eventually swept away much of the outwardly obvious Germanness of southern Columbia County, with an emphasis on those traces that have survived. Thomas Shannon—Germantown Historian, President of the NY Chapter of Palatines to America and Trustee of Friends of Historic Germantown—will present the discussion.