There is index fiche for BMD in Syracuse's Local History room. Jim Hartigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Crego" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 7:40 PM Subject: RE: [NYONEIDA-L] Birth certs in Utica churches > David, > > You can get a copy of the original birth certificate (not a copy from > Utica's register)from the NY State if you meet their requirements: > > See website at > http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vr/forms/genealogy.htm > > They say they will issue the certificate if it is 75 years old and the > person is deceased. > > You can also look up the birth in the NY State Vital Records Index in > NYC, Albany, Rochester and perhaps elsewhere. This isn't as complete as > the certificate, but will give you name, date and birthplace. I've > found it very accurate when I've compared it to the actual certificates. > Also if you are not quite sure the birth occurred in Utica, the index > will tell you if the event really occurred in New Hartford or some other > neighboring town. > > Regarding church records, they do not contain birth records, but usually > have baptismal records. Depending on the denomination and time period, > some baptismal records do contain birth date as well as baptismal date. > When requesting certificates from the church, be sure to ask for all > information included on the original register. Otherwise, you may get > only the baptismal date. > > Hope this helps. > > Roy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Critchley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYONEIDA-L] Birth certs in Utica churches > > > I am researching a family in Utica and need a copy of > a birth certificate for 1919. Since the clerk's > office in Utica makes it so hard for people to obtain > birth certificates, unless you can prove to their > satisfaction that you are related to the person, is an > alternative approach of writing directly to the > churches in Utica feasible? Presumably, they will > have copies of birth certificates as well, and may not > impose such tight conditions on people seeing their > own records as does the city authorities in Utica. > Any thoughts on this? Thanks. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at [email protected] > Oneida Co Surname page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html > List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html > Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ > > > > > > ==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== > Contact the List Manager at [email protected] > For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List > Visit the Oneida County Mailing List Surname Page at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006/oneida.html > Visit the Oneida Co NYGenWeb Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida >