Hi Janet, and all, These two lists are invaluable for researching NYC Municipal Archives records. I recommend printing each one for easy reference. #1) NYC Municipal Archives "Holdings" http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/archives/holdings.shtml #2) NYC Municipal Archives "Collections" [Click on titles] http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/archives/collections.shtml Death *certificate* format began for New York and Kings Counties about 1866. Prior to 1866, births, marriages and deaths (BMD) are recorded as one meaty line of handwritten text, in ledgers, that are searchable on microfilm. Please note: Some early films are missing, too damaged to view, or have illegible handwriting. Searching early films is more time consuming than searching for certificates, even if one has to view index films as well as certificate films. Please remember: 1898 was the year that New York City consolidated the counties of New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. BMDs for *early* (pre-1898) Queens and (pre-1866) Kings Counties may be filed my neighborhoods, as was Whitestone, Queens and Flatbush, Brooklyn. Questions? Please contact me offlist. Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: janjans via < To: NYBROOKLYN <NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2016 4:14 pm Subject: [BKLYN] Death Record Help I have a death obit in the New York Tribune Oct 1862 and sent for the record at the Municipal Archives and got a not found letter. I gave the name, date of death. parents names and place of death. Since they did not find the record where might find it. I do not know the cemetery or church. I think the family was Catholic and may have attended Holy Cross Church but they have no record of the burial. I am really stumped on this. The name was Ann Elizabeth Connor, died Oct 5, 1862 in Flatbush, parents James and Elizabeth Connor, age 4. Janet KINGS DEATH, 5 Oct 1862, Ann Elizabeth O'CONNOR