As a West Coast resident, I was delighted to hear that NY records would somehow be made available to those of us who are unable to drive down to the local NY library. NY seems to have been very shy about letting the rest of us learn anything. Is this my impression, or is it so? Having drained online resources and come up dry, I would welcome the opportunity to work with original records, which may be more reliable than "cookie-cutter" family trees. Good luck, everyone!!! Are we going to be able to get help from the Onondaga library? A Longtime and frustrated researcher---------------------------------------> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:42:35 -0700> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Update to NYS Vital Records Indexes - Free Look Ups!> > That's actually kind of worrisome. When BECPL got the same> index, they were told that look-ups were to be done in person> and that it was against State health department lawsfor staff to> offer remote look-ups. Violations would result in the index> being withdrawn.> > --- Dick Hillenbrand <[email protected]> wrote:> > > Read our latest Blog with some additional information> > regarding the eight> > sets of NYS microfiche indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages> > for most of> > the Upstate New York areas. Now one of the libraries is> > offering to do free> > lookups!> > > > Read the story on Upstate New York Genealogy Blog at> > http://ny-genes.blogspot.com.> > > > Dick Hillenbrand> > www.unyg.com> > > > -------------------------------> > 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> > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-*> Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com> http://www.BuffaloResearch.com> > "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)> > -------------------------------> 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