Hello all! I have just joined this list as I will be traveling through New York and plan to spend a couple of days in Utica doing some research. What I need to look for is birth verifications and hopefully some marriage records. Census records would be helpful IF I can locate all the individuals I need. The birth records would be for the period from 1820 to 1835. I am HOPING that they were all born in Utica but I can not be positive. Are these records available for searching? I only have a year for my gggrandmother and I only THINK she was born in Oneida Cty. The other folks I have dates of birth for, and I am hoping to find marriage records but I do not have a year for at least one of them. A needle in a haystack search?? I suppose, but I must start somewhere. So - given the above, can anyone suggest the best location (library or whatever) to begin this search. If it is not in Utica then that is fine. Rather do research where I can locate the best help. Thanks for your help, Jo Hogle Searching in NY for HASTINGS, BROWN, TUTTLE, DICKINSON, GORDON, and HOGLE