----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Valenta <unclegerbil@worldnet.att.net> To: Thomas Novak <Thomas.Novak1@prodigy.net> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] NYC birth certificate for the 1850s > Tom, Since you know the ward from the census, have you tried to find them in > a New York City Directory? If you start in the year that you have them on > the census, you can work back to the birth year tracing the name and > address. In each directory that I have seen there is a ward map, street > map, and church addresses. From these you can probably narrow down the > churches you have to contact. It is my understanding that birth certs were > not required in the 1850's and therefore not too many were registered. Hope > this helps, Susan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thomas Novak <Thomas.Novak1@prodigy.net> > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:50 AM > Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] NYC birth certificate for the 1850s > > > > I have two people in my family research that were born in NYC in the > 1850s, > > then the moved to Hudson county in the 1868s. > > > > I have written to NYC records to get their birth certificates, but I have > > gotten my request, both times, with the notation "not indexed". And, > > naturally, no birth certificate. > > > > I called them and asked what should I do, and they suggested I should go > to > > the church records. Since I don't have the foggiest idea where they > lived, > > or what church they would have attended, I am stuck. > > > > Anybody with any suggestions? > > > > Tom Novak > > > > ______________________________ >