Nancy, Death certificates can usually be obtained from two places; from the state and from the local government. The state has the handwritten, complete and original certificate. Locally, they have copied some, but not all, of the information from the certificate into a ledger before the certificate was forwarded to the state. The local, typed certificate contains all essential genealogical information but may omit minor things like when the doctor first treated the patient, and when the patient was last seen. It might tell the main cause of death, but might omit the secondary causes. If you get the original copy, you get to decipher difficult spellings, but may have to wait several months to get it. A local copy will be received in 2-4 weeks. The cost is the same at either source ($22). If you order a certificate and it can't be found, there is no refund. Before charging you, small communities sometimes will look at their records over the phone to see if they have it. The state and most cities will not do that. The city of Albany has death certificates from 1870 to 1913 that have never been turned over to the state. If a person died in the city of Albany, after 1913 the certificates are available from both places. Before ordering a certificate, you must decide whether you think a person who died before 1914 died in the city of Albany or not. The cemetery record should tell the place of death. Cliff Nancy M. Lyons wrote: >Hi all, >I am searching for an Irish Catholic family who lived in Albany in the mid >to late 1800s and 1900s. They are buried in St Agnes Cemetery. I have their >dates of internment. What is the most cost efficient way to obtain copies of >the death records? and where to get them? What information is provided on >the death records in the 1880s? 1890s? early 1900s? If a couple was living >in Albany and having children in the 1st ward the 1840s what Catholic >Church would they have taken their children to be baptized? Do the baptismal >records ever contain place of origin of the parents? >What newspaper would have covered the area in the 1800s? Do any of the local >institutions have online databases? >Regards >Nancy > > >

Cliff thanks so very much for your response. I believe you have great web site that I just located, and I found some death notices/obits You said The city of Albany has death certificates from 1870 to 1913 that have never been turned over to the state. If a person died in the city of Albany, after 1913 the certificates are available from both places. Before ordering a certificate, you must decide whether you think a person who died before 1914 died in the city of Albany or not. The cemetery record should tell the place of death. To clarify then, the Albany City death records are just in Albany City? I have dates of internment to use a guide. They are buried in St Agnes Cemetery. The census of 1860 though 1920 shows the family in Albany City. Many thanks again, Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <nyalbany@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] Albany City Irish Nancy, Death certificates can usually be obtained from two places; from the state and from the local government. The state has the handwritten, complete and original certificate. Locally, they have copied some, but not all, of the information from the certificate into a ledger before the certificate was forwarded to the state. The local, typed certificate contains all essential genealogical information but may omit minor things like when the doctor first treated the patient, and when the patient was last seen. It might tell the main cause of death, but might omit the secondary causes. If you get the original copy, you get to decipher difficult spellings, but may have to wait several months to get it. A local copy will be received in 2-4 weeks. The cost is the same at either source ($22). If you order a certificate and it can't be found, there is no refund. Before charging you, small communities sometimes will look at their records over the phone to see if they have it. The state and most cities will not do that. The city of Albany has death certificates from 1870 to 1913 that have never been turned over to the state. If a person died in the city of Albany, after 1913 the certificates are available from both places. Before ordering a certificate, you must decide whether you think a person who died before 1914 died in the city of Albany or not. The cemetery record should tell the place of death. Cliff Nancy M. Lyons wrote: >Hi all, >I am searching for an Irish Catholic family who lived in Albany in the mid >to late 1800s and 1900s. They are buried in St Agnes Cemetery. I have their >dates of internment. What is the most cost efficient way to obtain copies >of >the death records? and where to get them? What information is provided on >the death records in the 1880s? 1890s? early 1900s? If a couple was living >in Albany and having children in the 1st ward the 1840s what Catholic >Church would they have taken their children to be baptized? Do the >baptismal >records ever contain place of origin of the parents? >What newspaper would have covered the area in the 1800s? Do any of the >local >institutions have online databases? >Regards >Nancy > > > ====NY-Albany Mailing List==== Check out the mailing list's website at:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ Add/check your Albany surnames on the Surname Registry. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYALBANY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message