This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4730.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Try County Clerk..church if known,town Clerk but none before 1880 when NY was to have started.NY State Census had some vitals of the year previous I believe in 1875 at the end of the District statistics.