I guess I should clarify what I meant--I was describing the process you follow to request, not the length of time it takes any party to reply to you. Sorry for the vagueness! Melanie Egan <megan@cfl.rr.com> wrote: LDS has gotten a lot quicker. I consistently receive copies back within two weeks. I usually fax the request so that cuts down on the mailing time to them. The Municipal Archives, on the other hand, get take up to 6 weeks for copies. I've also found very few birth certificates for my Irish NYC relatives. Even my father, born in 1907, didn't have a birth certificate . If your father's family was Catholic, another option is to track down the baptismal record. Lastly, I've sometimes found where the year of birth was wrong. Everything about my grandmother said she was born in 1885 but I know have the baptismal and birth certificates and she was born in 1884. Melanie Orlando FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "cathy hatcher" To: Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Birth Certificates and Surprise information > Particia, > > Ancestry.com does include a database of NYC births 1891-1902. This > database gives date of birth and certificate number. If you find a match, > there is a long process you can follow to get a copy of the certificate > through the LDS Family History Library [$2, I think] or a quicker process > can get a copy straight from NYC archives [$10, I think]. The family > address and place of birth should be on the certificate as well as his > parents' names and their places of birth and occupations. > > > Cathy > > Win Nowlin wrote: Hello, All! > > My e-mail has been down for sometime and I just picked up on the following > 2 > e-mails today! I missed all the rest of this thread. > My father was born in NYC in 1891 and I haven't found a birth certificate > yet. > I know my Grandparent's names, but that is it. > What database are you accessing? > > Thanks so much!!!!! > > Patricia Connors Nowlin > San Diego, Ca. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:18 PM > Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Birth Certificates and Surprise information > > >> Sounds like you need a thorough Directories search to help you track this >> family and their parish. One of my Irish had kids baptized at 5 >> different >> parishes. May 1 was the unofficial moving day in NYC, in the 1800s. >> B McK >> >> >> >> cathhat@yahoo.com writes: >> >> >>> So, here is how this turned out. One child, Thomas, was baptised at St. >>> Raphael's Church on 27 Oct 1891--no other baptisms mentioned. >>> >>> Back to the drawing board. None of the earlier children were in St. >>> Raphael's baptism records, so the family must have switched parishes >>> [parish >>> records (and existence, if I understand correctly) begin in 1886--my >>> grandfather >>> was born in 1888 and is not here. Their sister Anna was baptised at St. >>> Raphael's in 1895 and was married there in 1914 [there is a notation to >>> this effect >>> in the margin by her baptism record]. So, I need to see what parish the >>> family belonged to prior to 1891 if I want to find my grandfather's >>> baptism >>> records. I will also order birth certificates for older siblings to see >>> the >>> "previous births" count. One sibling was born in 1881 and then there is >>> a >>> long break >>> in known births until 1885. Long by the standards of the times :) >>> >>> Someone along the way here told me about St. Raphael's birth records >>> on >>> microfilm--this was a big find: thank you! It was easy to look through >>> this >>> film for family names--as I call other parishes, I'll have a yes or a no >>> reply >>> for the name and general date that I forward to their contact person. >>> >>> Take care to all, and a blessed St. Patrick's Day. >>> >>> Cathy >> >> >> >> >> ************** >> It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & >> Finance. >> (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! 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