Hello from the Great Northwest again! I have a mystery to be solved and need your wisdom and experience. I have both of my father's sibling's birth certificates. One born 1883 and the other 1889. However, my father was born April 29Th, 1886 when the change occurred in N.Y / and the Boroughs etc. that Walter just described in his email. I have been unable to find his birth certificate due to this . I had a search done for Brooklyn, N.Y and he was not found by The Municipal Archives. Should I be searching the Town Of Flatbush as that was where his sister before him was born? Her 1889 birth is registered as Town of Flatbush, King's County, N.Y. The family lived on Coney Island Avenue at that time Please give me some insight on how and where to search for his birth certificate that won't cost me a fortune. I will be most appreciative of any help. Eleanor in Bellingham WA .