DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME GOING TO TOWN HALL. I'm serious, if you go they will give you the form and take your money and then MAIL you the certificate. They will not let you research and they will not do the research for you while you wait. been there done that many many times, Kristina In a message dated 5/26/2005 3:12:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, gigagirl@comcast.net writes: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/882 Message Board Post: If I go to Hempstead Town Hall in person, is there an archives room/library that I can access indexes, etc. as to who they have birth/death/marriage certificates for? Does anyone have experience with doing research at Hempstead Town Hall? I would like to be able to get copies of many ancestors certificates, but I do not want to go there just to be told I have to fill out a form and pay money before I know if they have records of my person. Does Hempstead Town have a similar set up to NYC where I can access indexes to get dates and certificate #'s before I pay money for a copy request. Unfortunatley for whatever reason, the LDS did not microfilm records from Long Island (anyone know why?), so I can't access microfilm. I know I can call Hempstead, but I'm at work during business hours monday-friday and I can't make long distance phone calls from work. So, I'm hoping that someone has some more details about how procuring records from Hempstead Town works. Thanks, janet