"To clarify then, the Albany City death records are just in Albany City?" That can be said only of death certificates from before 1914. Beginning in 1914, the city and the state both have them. The state has the original handwritten copy, and the city has the information in a ledger. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy M. Lyons wrote: >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. > >4I >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 > > >