Dear Gary: You need to apply to the Town Clerk where the event took place. Within each county in NY State there are Town subdivisions (in other states this subdivision is commonly called "township"). For instance, in Nassau County there are three Town subdivisions: Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay. All smaller villages, hamlets, etc. fall within one of these towns. So, you need to find out the "Town" name of the place that they died is located. You then write to that Town Clerk for the vital record you are interested in. Best regards. Nancy. NColeman ncroots@worldnet.att.net NYC/Long Island Family History Research Services: http://www.genealogyPro.com/ncoleman.html County Coordinator for the Nassau GenExchange: http://www.genexchange.com/ny/nassau/index.cfm Irish Family History Forum www.ifhf.org -----Original Message----- From: Gary Moore <garyrmoore@earthlink.net> To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 12:07 AM Subject: Finding vital records >Greetings listers, > > Does anyone have an idea where to look for vital records (Birth, >Marriage, Death) when the city listed has no City Clerk or is not a >municipality, and, the County has no records and says to contact the >city where the above occurred? > > Thanks, > > Gary > > >==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== >Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data >Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >