I am hand delivering an order for death certificates to the New York State Archives in Albany... For some reason if they are hand delivered the wait time is about 6-8 weeks. They seem to prefer requests to be hand delivered Their wait time for mail orders is about 8 months!! If anyone is interested in joining me in ordering please let me know ASAP. Gail Jorgensen Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~

I have been doing RAOGK in NYState Vital Records Index at my library for years. When I find the entry I give the requestor the Date, Cert Number and Town of the event and where to write. If you order through the municipality the event happened the fee is $22 and the wait time is about a month. I have a list of municipality addresses should anyone need an address. Hope this helps. Elaine Long Island, New York -----Original Message----- From: Gail Jorgensen [mailto:gailjmom@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 12:48 PM To: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com; NYC Roots Subject: [BKLYN] Ordering certificates from New York State Archives in Albany I am hand delivering an order for death certificates to the New York State Archives in Albany... For some reason if they are hand delivered the wait time is about 6-8 weeks. They seem to prefer requests to be hand delivered Their wait time for mail orders is about 8 months!! If anyone is interested in joining me in ordering please let me know ASAP. Gail Jorgensen Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ _______________________________________________ NYBROOKLYN mailing list -- nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe send an email to nybrooklyn-leave@rootsweb.com _______________________________________________ NYBROOKLYN mailing list -- nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com To unsubscribe send an email to nybrooklyn-leave@rootsweb.com

I'd like to add that, if you do request a certificate from the local municipality, you should ask that they send a photocopy of the original record. Some municipalities will send a transcription which often does not include all the original information. Transcriptions are also subject to interpretation and error. I'd much rather interpret the original information myself. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 7, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Elaine LaGreca <elainelagreca@optonline.net> wrote: > > I have been doing RAOGK in NYState Vital Records Index at my library for > years. When I find the entry I give the requestor the Date, Cert Number and > Town of the event and where to write. If you order through the municipality > the event happened the fee is $22 and the wait time is about a month. > I have a list of municipality addresses should anyone need an address.

Interestingly, I hand-delivered a request to the Vital Records office in Menands in early December 2017 and still have not received the certificates. In the past, this method had an even faster turn-around time than the drop box at the NYS Archives. I'm now wondering if my request is still in the queue or if the certificates were lost in the mail. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 7, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am hand delivering an order for death certificates to the New York State Archives in Albany... > > For some reason if they are hand delivered the wait time is about 6-8 weeks. They seem to prefer requests to be hand delivered > Their wait time for mail orders is about 8 months!! > > If anyone is interested in joining me in ordering please let me know ASAP. > > Gail Jorgensen >