If you are stumped finding an Ancestor's birth, marriage, and death certificates in NYC, you may want to research them on the NY State Index available at NARA and NYPL. I chose NARA because it is a smaller and usually quieter facility. On my trip to NYC NARA on Saturday (yes, they are open one Saturday per month), I searched just the Death Index. Fortunatley, these are typed so data is clear. These are divided into three time frames: 1881-1919, 1919-1945, and 1946- 1958. Each time frame holds a couple of thousand alphabetized microfiche, so you may need to search 2 - 3 for each year. Examples: In one instance, I had an actual death date to work with, so viewed two microfiche and VOILA! our NYC guy was found in Rockland County. The data frm the index included: the name, death date, city/town of death, and certificate number of the deceased. In another ase, I was searching a Katy/Catherine/Katherine MAUL/MAULE/ MAILE/MALL/MELL etc, without a known death year, seeking 1900-1904. For each of the five years, I had to review two microfiche, due to the number of deceased included on just one film. If anyone has searched Births and Marriages on the NYS Index, I'd appreciate it if you'd share onlist, what years are covered for each of these vital records. It is a relief to know that you have alternatives to brickwall New Yorkers! Barb N of NYC ************** New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

Thanks so much for sharing this!! Kelly Gray Gray-Devlin_Griffin All in NYC/NY State > From: MizScarlettNY@aol.com > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:49:39 -0400 > To: NYBROOKLYN-L@rootsweb.com; NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com; NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYNEWYOR] Ancestors MIA in NYC? > > If you are stumped finding an Ancestor's birth, marriage, and death > certificates in NYC, you may want to research them on the NY State Index available at > NARA and NYPL. I chose NARA because it is a smaller and usually quieter > facility. > > On my trip to NYC NARA on Saturday (yes, they are open one Saturday per > month), I searched just the Death Index. Fortunatley, these are typed so data is > clear. These are divided into three time frames: 1881-1919, 1919-1945, and > 1946- > 1958. Each time frame holds a couple of thousand alphabetized microfiche, so > you may need to search 2 - 3 for each year. > > Examples: > In one instance, I had an actual death date to work with, so viewed two > microfiche and VOILA! our NYC guy was found in Rockland County. The data frm the > index included: the name, death date, city/town of death, and certificate > number of the deceased. > > In another ase, I was searching a Katy/Catherine/Katherine MAUL/MAULE/ > MAILE/MALL/MELL etc, without a known death year, seeking 1900-1904. For each of the > five years, I had to review two microfiche, due to the number of deceased > included on just one film. > > If anyone has searched Births and Marriages on the NYS Index, > I'd appreciate it if you'd share onlist, what years are covered for each of > these vital records. > > It is a relief to know that you have alternatives to brickwall New Yorkers! > > Barb > N of NYC > > > > ************** > New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > > ************************************* > Jim Garrity, List Administrator > jimgarrity@earthlink.net > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/