This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: famhistresearcher Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.kings/16382.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: And then there is the Stevemorse website which is so full of wonderful tools for researchers. (BTW, if you have not been using the site to determine where to start searching the 1940 fed census for your ancestors, then, as Ancestry might exclaim "You're missing out!") http://stevemorse.org/ If you scroll down the page to the folder "Births, deaths, and other vital records" you will see various sub-folders, including NYC birth, brides, grooms, death indexes etc. If you use these search forms, it will search the Italiangen website for you and in many cases it will provide not only the cert numbers and other relevant info but it will also provide the FHL film numbers on which you will find the certs. On rare occasions, there may be errors so it is always wise to double-check the FHL catalogue youself. (Personally, I always use the old FHL catalogue. BTW, you can still easily reach the old familysearch site by googling "classic.familysearch") In addition to the above tools, Stevemorse also offers a direct route to find FHL film numbers for NYC. http://stevemorse.org/vital/filmnotes.html Margaret Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.