Thanks! Yes, I found one on the 1860 census, but the copy was so bad I could not make out the address. The microfilm quality of that page is absolutely terrible! However, I do know the ward number (NYC is such a horribly big place), so I will work from there. Thanks, I will post any "tricks" I find on this roots web page! Tom -----Original Message----- From: niccispark@halcyon.com <niccispark@halcyon.com> To: Thomas Novak <Thomas.Novak1@prodigy.net>; NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] NYC birth certificate for the 1850s >Hi Tom, > >I have the same problem. Have you located your people in any census >schedules yet? They should be enumerated in at least the 1855/65 NY State >Census and/or the 1860 US Federal Census for NY. If you can get their >addresses, you can start researching the churches in their local >neighborhoods... > >If you come up with any tricks, can you let me know? > >Best, >Nicci >(Researching BELL, PATTON and SHAW in NYC, circa 1820 - 1880) > > > > >At 2:50 AM 7/13/00, Thomas Novak wrote: >>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 >> >> >>==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Hudson County N.J. GenWeb page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhudson/ > >