Thank you Bobbi. I will try that film first. I got the certificate number from Steve Morse's site so it could be a transcription error. As far as the index films are concerned, how do you do that? Does it work to give them the names and ask them to look? Loreen On 10-12-10 07:52 PM, Bobbi wrote: > Hi Loreen, > > I took a look. It certainly doesn't make sense. > > I myself, would do one of two things. Either I would try sending for certificate #6230, > thinking perhaps they left the "0" off the end of the number in the index, or I would > send the names and ask them to look up the record in the index and see what I got. > > If you try the first option, it would be: > Certificates no. 5001-6250 1922-1923 > FHL US/CAN Film 1653737 > > Please let us know what you find out. > > Bobbi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loreen Wells" > To:<nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 10 December, 2010 10:20 PM > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] need help finding title > > > >> Since we're talking about LDS and NYC cert numbers, I also have a >> question. I want to get a Manhattan marriage certificate from January >> 1923. The cert # is 623, Manhattan. >> >> When I go to the LDS catalog for relevant years, I get these film titles: >> >> Certificates no. 32310-33338 1922 1-250 1922 >> Certificates no. 250-1500 1922 >> Certificates no. 1501-2750 1922 >> Certificates no. 2750-4000 1922 >> Certificates no. 4001-5000 1922-1923 >> Certificates no. 5001-6250 1922-1923 >> Certificates no. 6250-7500 1922-1923 >> Certificates no. 7501-8750 1922-1923 >> Certificates no. 8750-10000 1923 >> Certificates no. 10001-11250 1923 >> Certificates no. 11250-12250 1923 >> Certificates no. 12250-13500 1923 >> etc sequencing down to: >> Certificates no. 38750-39961 1923 >> Certificates no. 1-719 1924 >> >> It looks like the cert I want should be on one of these 1922-1923 films >> but the numbers don't make sense. I can't see any place the numbers >> start over at #1 for 1923. I sent them an email asking about this. The >> first time I got back advice on how to do basic research. I asked again >> and got back links to the NY archives. >> >> Any suggestions? >> Loreen Wells >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >