Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara/476 Surname: ------------------------- Niagara County Genealogical Society at the Niagara County Historical Society Building On Niagara St. Lockport NY. They have the NYS and US Census for 1860 and others years. And there is (Niagara County Goverment Offices) Niagara County P.O. Box 461 Lockport, NY 14095 (716) 439-7022 And New York State has birth, marriage, and death records since 1880. To obtain records from the state of New York: Vital Records Section State Department of Health Empire State Plaza Tower Building Albany, NY 12237-0023 (518) 474-3077 http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm Hope this helps. SRB