The "long form" includes more details and is more similar to "historical" BCs at the Archives. For example, street address, father's occupation, number of previous births. It is more genealogically useful. FYI Specify that you want a "copy of original certificate." Many municipalities in NYS are no longer providing that. -----Original Message----- From: Debbie via <[email protected]> To: NYC-ROOTS Rootsweb <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 9:00 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] NY Long Form Birth Certs I was hoping to get a better understanding of the "long" version of NY birth certificates. Over the years I've obtained many copies of birth certificates from FamilySearch.org. I was wondering, if these are the long or short forms? Also, how to the two versions differ? I'm wondering if I need to go back and order second copies of some of the certs I have. TIA Debbie