Kris - I don't see the original request email address, so can you please respond to the requester with this info? Thanks! Instructions for getting Cohoes vital stats info is here: I http://www.cohoes.com/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=34&TPID=6375 Some records were lost in a fire, but in my case, they returned my check when they were unable to find the records I requested On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Kris6851 via < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I have received a request for help and am tossing it out to all the pro's > on this list. This lady is a real fan of TIGS and has only praise for the > projects we undertake, I hope we can give her some help and/or direction > Thanks > Kristin Cooney-Ayotte > > > The reason I am writing is I'mwondering if you can give some advice for a > record that my husband and I havelong ago searched for but can't seem to > find. It is a marriage license of hisgrandparents: Jan/John STACHURA and > Caroline/Karolina GAWRON. They camefrom Poland and went to St. Michael's in > Cohoes since there was no Polishchurch in Troy. We went to the church a > while ago and the priest looked itup but could not find any record. He did > find the baptism of their first child,Anna, July 4, 1904.I don't recall the > date, but some records > I found Karolina on a passenger listarriving March 10, 1903 at the age of > 16. Even if there was a churchrecord, did there have to be a civil record > also? If something happened to thechurch record I thought there might be > another place it was recorded. So mythought is either in Cohoes or Troy. I > know one can submit a search at the NYDept of Health but it said it would > take 8 months and better to go to thecourthouse. I get the impression that > they don't allow the public to search theselocal records. > > Something else I just thought of isthat she would not have turned 18 until > May 10, 1904 two months before Anna'sbirth. What happens if someone is a > minor? My grandmother was under theage of 18 in PA and had to have a > guardian in order to get married. > > I don't mind sending in a request toeither Cohoes or Troy but I was just > thinking you or someone in your group mighthave some other knowledge or > experiences with something like this. Thanks for any thoughts about this > puzzle. > > >