Dave, We have the index in our library. Starts 1880 through the 1950s. It is organized by year, the surname, then first names. You then look at the microfiche sited in the index and look for your surname and first name. The person's name as on certificate and date of event and cert. # are given on the microfiche and usually the place (Town/city) of the event. That is all. If you are looking for just one, send info you have to me and I'll look it up. When you don't have the year it can take some time. If you have more than one I can do research for a fee for you. I can look for obits in the newspapers also. Nancy J Silkey Syracuse, NY On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Dave Orens wrote: I'm writing from out of state (Boston area) and looking for suggestions on how to access material at the State Archives (vital record indices). I have emailed them a request to see if they can do a review of the death indices, but I will be extremely surprised if they can or will comply with such a request. Does anyone have suggestions, or better yet access to the vital records indices? _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008 ====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