In a message dated 2/26/03 9:01:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, NY-HUDSONRV-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > * Death certificates - if on file for at least 50 years. > My best guess is that he died in the mid to late 1950's so I may have to wait for another few years to locate him in the Index! :( This grandfather was a real black sheep ... so no one in the family kept in touch. I was told he died in Buffalo but now it seems it was more likely in Albany. Several years ago I wrote to the state Vital Stats Office but they didn't find him in the years I requested a search. I need to dig out those papers and see what years I used. I'd put finding his death info on the back burner until I read the posting about the New York State Index. Maybe it's time to get focused on him again. :) Thanks everyone for your help! :) Linda