I want to thank you for the link to records in Buffalo and Erie County. I was sorry to read it since it seems that very little is available to access on line. Since I am doing this for a friend, I will pass the info on to him and let him decide what to do from here. I still have to search the 1830 and 1840 census for that area but I'm sure there will not be much specific information from that. Now that the weather is getting better, we will be going back to Mexico, NY where we have a camp on Lake Ontario. It's nice here in the witer but I much prefer the Lake in the summer. Thanks again, Ray. On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Cynthia Van Ness <[email protected]> writes: > Welcome, Rayomnd, > > Unfortunately, New York State did not require that births, > marriages & deaths be reported to the government until 1880. > Before then, one pretty much relies on church records. > > Here's more than you ever wanted to know about finding records > in Buffalo & Erie County: > > http://www.buffaloresearch.com/vital.html > > --- Raymond F Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm a new member of this list. I hope there is someone that > > may be able > > to give me some help in locating info on a Francis and > > William Silver > > who may have been born in the Buffalo area. > > > > The earliest information I have on that family is from the > > 1850 census in > > Richmond, Lincoln Cty, Maine. The mother and the two boys > > were > > there. Jane Silver was 40 years old and William and Francis > > were 12 and > > 6. That census had all three being born in Maine, however, all > > other > > census and other sources had the boys born in NY State. > > Information at > > the death of Francis had Buffalo as his birth place hence the > > reason I am > > trying this area. Would there be any city or county records of > > birth and > > marriages for the 1830 and 40 time period? There are probably > > also > > records of the marriage of a Jane Stacy and a Silver in the > > 1830's. I > > have no information on Janes husband as to what happened - > > death, divorce > > or something else. She did remarry later in life. > > > > > > > > Ray Roux > > Vero Beach, FL > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > Ray Roux Vero Beach, FL

I believe that NY State Health Department regulations prohibit digitizing vital records. Libraries which are chosen to receive the NYS Vital Records Index on microfiche are instructed that the information contained in them cannot be put online. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library & the Rochester Public Library have this microfiche. --- Raymond F Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to thank you for the link to records in Buffalo and > Erie County. I > was sorry to read it since it seems that very little is > available to > access on line. Since I am doing this for a friend, I will > pass the info > on to him and let him decide what to do from here. I still > have to search > the 1830 and 1840 census for that area but I'm sure there will > not be > much specific information from that. > > Now that the weather is getting better, we will be going back > to Mexico, > NY where we have a camp on Lake Ontario. It's nice here in the > witer but > I much prefer the Lake in the summer. > > Thanks again, > > Ray. > > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Cynthia Van Ness > <[email protected]> writes: > > Welcome, Rayomnd, > > > > Unfortunately, New York State did not require that births, > > marriages & deaths be reported to the government until 1880. > > > Before then, one pretty much relies on church records. > > > > Here's more than you ever wanted to know about finding > records > > in Buffalo & Erie County: > > > > http://www.buffaloresearch.com/vital.html > > > > --- Raymond F Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm a new member of this list. I hope there is someone > that > > > may be able > > > to give me some help in locating info on a Francis and > > > William Silver > > > who may have been born in the Buffalo area. > > > > > > The earliest information I have on that family is from the > > > 1850 census in > > > Richmond, Lincoln Cty, Maine. The mother and the two boys > > > were > > > there. Jane Silver was 40 years old and William and > Francis > > > were 12 and > > > 6. That census had all three being born in Maine, however, > all > > > other > > > census and other sources had the boys born in NY State. > > > Information at > > > the death of Francis had Buffalo as his birth place hence > the > > > reason I am > > > trying this area. Would there be any city or county > records of > > > birth and > > > marriages for the 1830 and 40 time period? There are > probably > > > also > > > records of the marriage of a Jane Stacy and a Silver in > the > > > 1830's. I > > > have no information on Janes husband as to what happened - > > > death, divorce > > > or something else. She did remarry later in life. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ray Roux > > > Vero Beach, FL > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > > Ray Roux > Vero Beach, FL > > ------------------------------- > 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)