This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: swarm52 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.kings/15578.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: here is the LDS stuff maybe you can find your way through it and find the film number they require and get what you for $2 each. nyc is real expensive. there is an LDS form to fill out once you get your info together. I will try to locate it for you. LDS Microfilms Here is the current list of LDS Family History Library microfilms of New York City vital records and indexes: All Boroughs (City-wide indexes): Birth indexes, 1881-1965 (30 films). Marriage indexes (grooms) 1888-1937 (12 films). Death indexes, 1888-1965 (20 films). Bronx (Bronx County): Birth certificates, 1898-1909 (30 films). Death certificates, 1898-1948 (307 films). Marriage certificates, 1898-1938 (115 films). Marriage indexes, brides, 1898-1937 (4 films). Brooklyn (Kings County): Birth certificates, 1866-1909 (257 films). Marriage certificates, 1866-1937 (410). Death certificates, 1862-1897 (339). Death certificates, 1898-1919 (341). Death certificates, 1920-1948 (486). Coroner's reports and journals, 1897-1914 (25). Card index to birth certificates, 1866-1897 (34). Card index to death certificates, 1848-1898 (84). Manhattan (New York County): Birth registers and index, 1847-1873 (28 films). Birth certificates and index, 1866-1897 (543). Birth certificates, 1898-1909 (233). Marriage certificates, 1866-1937 (1,361). Marriage index, grooms, 1866-1910 (15). Marriage index, brides, 1866-1937 (59). Death registers, 1795-1865 (25). Death certificates, 1866-1919 (1,038). Death certificates, 1920-1948 (782). Card index to deaths, 1868-1890 (104). Coroner's inquisitions, 1823-1898 (101). Queens (Queens County): Birth certificates, 1898-1909 (21 films). Marriage certificates, 1898-1937 (40 films). Marriage indexes: grooms 1881-1937; brides 1905-1937 (10). Death certificates, 1898-1948 (248). Staten Island (Richmond County): Birth certificates, 1898-1909 (10 films). Marriage certificates, 1898-1937 (28). Death certificates, 1898-1948 (79). For more information about the above records, including a reel-by-reel breakdown of film contents, click on the individual links above, or consult the FHLC Locality catalog under the heading: NEW YORK, [County] - VITAL RECORDS For the city-wide indexes, see under NEW YORK, NEW YORK (CITY) - VITAL RECORDS - INDEXES Brooklyn was an independent city before the five boroughs of New York City were incorporated in 1898; for Brooklyn records before 1898, see under: NEW YORK, KINGS, BROOKLYN - VITAL RECORDS See the "Vital Records" section of the FHL's "New York Research Outline" at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/guide/New_York18.asp for more information and links to FHL microfilm numbers 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.