Thanks for the information, Carol. At 07:44 PM 1/29/2010, you wrote: >If you request a copy of a birth, death or marriage certificate from the >local municipality, you will get a typed and sealed certificate from the >archives. If you request one for genealogy purposes, they are stamped that >way and are cheaper than the full transcript. The "genealogy" ones have >basic information. There are also time constraints in NYS of 50 years for a >marriage or death and 75 years for a birth and you must be a direct >descendant. The County does not have these records. Port Jervis is a City >not a Town. > >Carol Van Buren