Frances, I suggest that what you were seeing was the record of the death of the child, not really a birth certificate. Death records were important to show the deaths were not murders. Elizabeth Note I am answering Frances' email below, not asking the question. Please do not send any replies to me but just to the list. thanks On 4/20/2015 3:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The earliest Municipal birth record I can find is from 1862, that guy's brother. In addition, I have been able to find records for some of his siblings, but not all. Interesting to note is that I have found a birth record for a child who seems to have only lived for a day. Why that child, and not the others?

Elizabeth, I know what you mean, but in this case, I have found a certificate number for her birth on March 24, 1870, and another one for her death on March 25, 1870. While I haven't gotten the actual certificates yet-I'm working on it-I take this as an example of how you never know, in records from that era, if you will find Municipal information or not. It makes it all that much more interesting-and frustrating! Frances > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:31:42 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] NY Long Form Birth Certs > From: [email protected] > > Frances, I suggest that what you were seeing was the record of the death > of the child, not really a birth certificate. Death records were > important to show the deaths were not murders. > Elizabeth > Note I am answering Frances' email below, not asking the question. > Please do not send any replies to me but just to the list. > thanks > > On 4/20/2015 3:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > The earliest Municipal birth record I can find is from 1862, that guy's brother. In addition, I have been able to find records for some of his siblings, but not all. Interesting to note is that I have found a birth record for a child who seems to have only lived for a day. Why that child, and not the others? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message