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Louise Hasbrouck Zimm

b. 1883

A dedicated New York genealogist, she spent decades preserving family histories and local burial records that might otherwise have been lost. Her books remain useful to researchers tracing old Ulster County and Hudson Valley lines.

1 Audiobook

Insect Adventures

Insect Adventures

by Jean-Henri Fabre, Louise Hasbrouck Zimm

About the author

Born in 1883 and later identified in library and bookseller records as Louise Hasbrouck Zimm (1883–1967), she is remembered chiefly as a genealogical writer and compiler of regional family history.

Her work focused on early New York families, especially in Ulster County and the wider Hudson Valley. Surviving catalog and bookseller records connect her with titles such as The family record of Colonel Abraham Hasbrouck of Kingston, New York (1674–1846), Tongore (Olive Bridge) gravestones, and Krom-Krum Genealogy, showing a sustained interest in documenting descendants, cemetery records, and local history.

That kind of research takes patience as much as scholarship, and her books suggest exactly that strength: careful collecting, organizing, and preserving of details for future generations. For listeners drawn to ancestry, place, and the stories hidden in old records, her work offers a window into the families who shaped early New York.