Hello, I am asking this question on behalf of a friend who has a birth to find in New York c1862 ... can anyone help me locate where or how to go about tracing a birth certificate. The name of the man concerned is Robert Howland MORRIS, born New York USA British Subject. 1881 Census, he is with his mother Mary E Brown living in Manhattan, New York although Robert is away at sea. I cannot get access to any other censuses in USA. Can anyone offer some advice or information please on where we could go next to find this birth. Thank you Wendy