I need to request a death certificate for my grandfather who died at the Van Duyn Memorial Home and Hospital in Syracuse in 1970. Can someone tell me the address to write for this and the required fee? Thanks!

Hopefully you will insist on an exact copy from Albany rather than a trsnscribed cop from the county. You will have to apply for it because there is a fifty year waiting period with the exception of direct line descendants & atty's etc. Jim Hartigan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: [NYOnonda] Death Certificate Needed > I need to request a death certificate for my grandfather who died at the Van > Duyn Memorial Home and Hospital in Syracuse in 1970. Can someone tell me the > address to write for this and the required fee? Thanks! >

The address is: Vital Records Section New York State Department of Health PO Box 2602 Albany, NY 12220-2602 (if you want a photocopy) If you are willing to take a transcript, you can order it from Syracuse and it would be faster. Office of Vital Statistics 421 Montgomery Street Room 20 Basement Civic Center Syracuse, NY 13202 Both places charge $22 if they find the record or not. Now for the bad news. New York has a 50 year delay on death certificates unless you can prove you are related. I do not know what kind of proof they require - my mothers birth certificate does not have the right name for my grandmother who died in 1987 so I gave up. Good Luck. I have had some nice responses from other counties in NY but the ones I ordered from the state last April have still not been sent. Joyce in San Antonio,TX P.S. There are some people that live in Albany, that will for a small fee, go over and file it for you and I understand it only takes a couple weeks that way. You might want to try the mailing list for Albany to locate someone. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: [NYOnonda] Death Certificate Needed I need to request a death certificate for my grandfather who died at the Van Duyn Memorial Home and Hospital in Syracuse in 1970. Can someone tell me the address to write for this and the required fee? Thanks!