Thank you for the update, but are you not confusing two separate organizations? The NYS Archives has the vital records indexes, but no actual certificates. The NYS Dept of Health has the certificates. They're both located in the same Empire State Plaza complex but in different buildings. I assume you looked up the certificate numbers at the Archives, then walked over to the NYSDOH to order the certs. Regards, Charles Sullivan SkyBirdy@aol.com wrote: >Hi You all! > Just returned from New York and did reserch at the Albany Archives. Where >I spent $11 each for 16 birth and death records. OUCH to my thinning wallet. >But the lady I paid was very thank full that I put the index number on the >record i requsted. In doing so I'm suppose to get the records in two weeks. >She said they are so back logged with request by mail that it can take from >two months to two years for a reply. Sorry for the bad news on the two years. > But I can under stand the delay, it took me the hole day to go through the >birth and death records to find the ones I did get. If I didn't do this >myself someone at the Archives would have to do it and that's why it may take >up to two years they just don't have enough personal to handle all the >letters they are getting. Deanna LaVoy-Lewis > > >==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== >Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data >Cooperative?