Donna wrote: >There was a short time between 1847 and 1849 when some towns kept vital >records. Some of these are still with the towns, some have been transcribed >by such groups as the Central NY Genealogical Society. These are NOT >subject to the law that was passed in 1880 and should be made available to a >researcher, although some town clerks may not realize this. >Donna I have many of the Cazenovia vital records on my web pages, including death notices from early newspapers, 1847-1848 Births, Deaths and Marriages, and the index to the death certificates from 1884 to 1916. Also, the Death Registers from the 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875 and 1880 Censuses, and a cool listing of deceased Cazenovians compiled from the SSDI. Go to the main page and scroll down through all the other great stuff and visit the Vital Statistics links http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/ Dan W.