Hi There was a Law established in 1847 in NYS that the school district would keep Vital Records. However after a few years (varies from town to town) they discontinued doing this. None of these records are available at the State Level (State Archives or Health Dept.)so one if they still exist would find them at the Village or Town level where the event occurred. Regards Pat R .

At 03:31 PM 1/6/05 EST, you wrote: >Hi > >There was a Law established in 1847 in NYS that the school district would >keep Vital Records. However after a few years (varies from town to town) they >discontinued doing this. None of these records are available at the State Level >(State Archives or Health Dept.)so one if they still exist would find them at >the Village or Town level where the event occurred. > >Regards >Pat R . > I have those for Chenango County online - 1847-1852 or thereabouts: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/pre-1880.htm These also contain a hodgepodge of miscellaneous records from various sources. Tim

Regarding those 1847-49 vital records, I have copied the ones for Smithfield, which are at the town clerk's office. If anyone wants me to look up a name during that time, just let me know. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <NYMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] RE: State Vital Records in 1847 > At 03:31 PM 1/6/05 EST, you wrote: > >Hi > > > >There was a Law established in 1847 in NYS that the school district would > >keep Vital Records. However after a few years (varies from town to town) > they > >discontinued doing this. None of these records are available at the State > Level > >(State Archives or Health Dept.)so one if they still exist would find them > at > >the Village or Town level where the event occurred. > > > >Regards > >Pat R . > > > > I have those for Chenango County online - 1847-1852 or thereabouts: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/pre-1880.htm > > These also contain a hodgepodge of miscellaneous records from various sources. > > Tim > > > ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > To post to this list - send email from the address you subsribed to the list with to this address - NYMadiso-L@rootsweb.com >