Ohio is worse than CT. I have tried both. The first answer I got was "Why do you want that?", then when I told them, "Well, it's back there somewhere", so naturally I asked for help. "Well, it would take sometime". I read an article one time that said that you need to be politely insistant and if I know the record should be open to me by law, I say-I understand this record should be open to me by state law. Is that correct? ( I say it quite sternly but quietly) Guess what in some states the laws are different, so I have had to check to see what is really available to me in some states. The other thing I did was bring my genealogy society card from home. I found out that CT seems to honor that and allowed me to look at records as a "genealogist". That gets me the record every time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Evans" <diet1@mediaone.net> To: <CTFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [CTFAIRFI] Bridgeport, CT Records > I hate Conn. they are unpleasant and uncooperative. In NH public records are > just that, public! YOu go in and ask for info. and they help you and you > find stuff. I continue to find it hard to believe you cant access state > records that should be open to everyone. > Gary > > ---------- > >From: Ginny Gage <kbrewer@cyberportal.net> > >To: CTFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [CTFAIRFI] Bridgeport, CT Records > >Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2000, 5:19 PM > > > > > Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum > > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/3155 > > > > Surname: Blackman > > ------------------------- > > > > Bridgeport Vital Records is the same. Even going in person, unless you're > > a registered genealogist, they won't let you look yourself. I've paid their > > recommended genealogist to look for my great-grandfather's birth record, > > and spent money for the incorrect information! I didn't discover this until > > almost a year later when a friend visiting in Utah was able to get a copy > > of his death record for me. So, I guess you have to be very careful. > > There are other towns in CT where I have personally looked and had no > problems. > > Staff was either helpful or at least didn't mind my looking. > > I know how frustrated everyone is. We all want to find our illusive relations! > > As was also mentioned, with everyone looking these days, offices are > understaffed. > > Wouldn't it be nice to have some volunteers work in these places to help > > us all out? In the small town I live in, this is what happens. > > Good luck! > > Ginny Gage > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >