If you are not certain that the marriage certificate is for the right person, try putting that marriage information into www.familysearch.org . I've been able to narrow down the possibilities that way. Often, a few of the names will display and will show either parent names or place of birth or some other fact that will rule out my family member. I just tried that last night for my Elizabeth Curtis. Out of 5 possibilities from www.italiangen.org, I was able to eliminate 2 because the parents of the bride were not my ancestors. I was able to visit NY in September and spent two days at the Municipal Archives. It was amazing to be able to look through the certificates myself with just a $5 fee, rather than to blindly order possibilities. But I couldn't get to everyone so now I'm back to ordering the $2 certificates in the hope that they do turn out to be one my great-uncles or aunts. Good luck! Melanie Orlando ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank McCullough" <frank@ap.net> To: <irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] NYC Records from LDS >I have sourced the film #s many times online & ordered the films at my > local LDS FHC, but didn't know I could have the certs copied for me at > LDS for such a reasonable price...I have located the request form, > downloaded it & put together my first order. I'll let you know how it > goes. > > I have 5 siblings of my Grt & Grt Grt Grandparents to find. All are > females. So I have to go through the process of elimination...deaths & > marriages. There are about 40 differents possibilities on the different > indexes. If you look at my last name I can tell you I've found it > spelled a dozen different ways. That is a lot of certs to buy. Renting > the different films now isn't much less than just ordering the certs > from NYC. This deal with LDS really makes sense. > > Thanks for everyone's help. > > Frank McCullough > > > > Melanie wrote: > >>Ordering the first time from LDS is confusing but once you get the hang of >>it, it can save you lots of money! >> >>To order copies of death or marriage certificates from LDS, first look up >>the certificate number and year on the databases at italiangen.org. >>Then go to www.familysearch.org and click on Forms (right hand side) >>Click on Request for Photocopies: Census, Books, Microfilm, Microfiche and >>print off this form. (When you get your response, they will send you more >>blank forms, so you only have to do this once) >>Next, fill in your name and address and credit card information on the >>front >>of the form. On the back middle section labeled, General Microfilm or >>Microfiche, you'll start to print the information you need. Fill in the >>Name of Individual, Certificate #, Event Type, Date, and County (such as >>Manhattan). >>Now for the hard part. You need to find the microfilm reel number. >>Go back to www.familysearch.org and click on Family History Library >>Catalogue on the top bar. >>Next, select Place Search >>Under both "Place" and "Part of", type in New York and click Search. >>Select: New York, New York (City) >>On the next screen, look for "New York, New York (City) - Vital Records" - >>to get there, click "View next set of matching topics" and scroll toward >>the >>end. >>When you click on it, a bunch of different types of records will display. >>Click on the type of record, county, and time period you want. >>A description of the records will display. Click on "View Film Notes" in >>the upper left hand corner. >>Now you are at the actual reels. Look for the year and certificate # >>range >>you want. Be careful because LDS needs the right reel. >>Write the reel number in the first column of your form. They are usually >>a >>7 digit number. >> >>You can request up to 8 certificates at a time. I've found it very easy >>to >>fax the request to the number on the front of the form. I usually get a >>response in two weeks. >> >>Birth certificates are harder because certificate numbers are not usually >>online. If you do have one from Ancestry or another source, you can >>follow >>these same instructions to order. You can also order the page of the >>birth >>index. Find the reel that contains the birth index for the year/name that >>you need. LDS will send the page with the name you requested. If the >>birth >>is on there, you can then order the certificate on your next request. A >>little slower but it is still cheaper than the Municipal Archives. >> >>Melanie >>Orlando >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >

I was able to find copies of the Petition for Naturalization for several of my NYC ancestors on Ancestry.com. If anyone is familiar with these, I had a couple of questions. Is it possible to order the full document showing naturalization using this information, or must this be researched in person at the NARA office in NYC? Also, would those papers offer any more information than the Petition does? Melanie Orlando