Ellenville, NY

Over the summer, I made two trips to the Fairchild hometown of Ellenville, NY for ancestral research; a combination of cemetary crawling and finding old obituaries in the village museum. I didn’t learn much beyond what I already knew, but I plan on a third trip to chase another possible source. The villiage of Ellenville is part of the township of Wawarsing in the Shawanagunk Mountains. There are two very old cemeteries, churches, a walkable downtown with bars and restaurants, and great surrounding scenery.

Along Canal Street in Ellenville

A farm along US 209

View from Shawnagunk Mountains Overlook.