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 <wnowlin@san.rr.com> 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! Mobile. Try it now.