Hollow Oak Chronicles – The Van Vliets of Dutchess County

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by Nancy Vogel, editor

Published by the Dutchess County Historical Society as the Yearbook for 2005 (Volume 84), with seven articles relating to the Van Vliet family of Pleasant Plains in Clinton. Material is taken from the collection of family correspondence, diaries, daybooks, maps, genealogy, photographs, clothing and objects donated to DCHS. Helena Van Vliet was a nurse in China in the 1920s and 30s. Stories also cover her parents, George and Mercedes, their life on Hollow Oak Farm and their courtship and later family history. A family genealogy and vintage images are included.