Your cousin can get birth, death, or marriage certificates by means of a telephone request--rather than going in person-- provided the date you're looking for is after 1880. I just did this recently to obtain a death certificate for an ancestor. I called Julie Townsend, the Colchester Town Clerk, whose office is in Downsville (phone: 607-363-7169). She then sent me a form to fill out and return with a copy of my driver's license and a $10 check for the death c ertificate I requested. I received it about a week later! Very simple, prompt, user- friendly and all without leaving my home in Charlotte NC. Sally Goodfellow On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:46:00 -0400 "Brook Lassie" <brooklassie@msn.com> writes: > Hello List > > I am hoping that someone might be able to help answer a question. > > Yesterday my cousin was at the Courthouse in Delhi asking for birth > and death certificates, and they told him that he had to go to the > town where the person was born or died in order to obtain them. The > ancestors that he is looking for lived in Colchester. He is curious > to whether or not there is a town hall in Colchester, which would > have these records, or should he be going elsewhere? > > Thanks for any help that you can give him, and have a nice day. > > Beth (Beers) Rupert > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have found that death records will give you more information than death certificates. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Sally W Goodfellow Date: 9/18/2007 1:52:25 PM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Cc: NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Birth and Death Certificates in Colchester, NY Your cousin can get birth, death, or marriage certificates by means of a telephone request--rather than going in person-- provided the date you're looking for is after 1880. I just did this recently to obtain a death certificate for an ancestor. I called Julie Townsend, the Colchester Town Clerk, whose office is in Downsville (phone: 607-363-7169). She then sent me a form to fill out and return with a copy of my driver's license and a $10 check for the death c ertificate I requested. I received it about a week later! Very simple, prompt, user- friendly and all without leaving my home in Charlotte NC. Sally Goodfellow

Good information to know. I'm in Canada and mailing things here can get expensive - especially since our $ is now worth 97 cents. Do you have any idea whether they are limited to mailing? Are the forms, perhaps, available in a pdf format somewhere? Thanks, Ann At 02:49 PM 18/09/2007, you wrote: >Your cousin can get birth, death, or marriage certificates by >means of a telephone request--rather than going in person-- >provided the date you're looking for is after 1880. I just did >this recently to obtain a death certificate for an ancestor. > >I called Julie Townsend, the Colchester Town Clerk, whose >office is in Downsville (phone: 607-363-7169). She then sent >me a form to fill out and return with a copy of my driver's >license and a $10 check for the death c ertificate I requested. >I received it about a week later! Very simple, prompt, user- >friendly and all without leaving my home in Charlotte NC. > >Sally Goodfellow > >On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:46:00 -0400 "Brook Lassie" <brooklassie@msn.com> >writes: > > Hello List > > > > I am hoping that someone might be able to help answer a question. > > > > Yesterday my cousin was at the Courthouse in Delhi asking for birth > > and death certificates, and they told him that he had to go to the > > town where the person was born or died in order to obtain them. The > > ancestors that he is looking for lived in Colchester. He is curious > > to whether or not there is a town hall in Colchester, which would > > have these records, or should he be going elsewhere? > > > > Thanks for any help that you can give him, and have a nice day. > > > > Beth (Beers) Rupert > > To contact list administrator send email to > > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1013 - Release Date: >17/09/2007 1:29 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Family site - 2006 Christmas letter, Garden pics (106 varieties of Hostas - updated pictures), Sara's wedding, grand-twins, Ann's new viola and more - http://www.magma.ca/~fredrkng Emmanubells Handbell Choir - http://www.emmanuelunited.ca/music/bell.asp Canadian Viola Society web site - http://www.viola.ca ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++