Ms Van Buren, Thanks for the reminder regarding the city status of PJ. You are, of course correct; I should have said "City Clerk". What do you mean by a "typed and sealed document"? That is a new term for me. Is that the same as certified? Wouldn't that be a certified copy of the summarized info the Clerk has locally? Once marriages and deaths reach 50yo, they become public records that anyone may purchase (births must reach 75yo and divorces 100yo!). It is for a shorter time period that the requester must be a direct descendant and supply proof of their relationship and death certificates for anyone whose records they are trying to access. Otherwise, anyone can order them. This Upstate New York Genealogy Blog and its links and comments provide the most in-depth info on obtaining NYS vital records that I've seen, including news of the mysterious drop-off box at the NYS Library (has anyone used it & is it really that much faster?): http://ny-genes.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-obtain-copies-of-vital-records.html This is the NYS Department of Health's site: http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm This is the NYC Municipal Archives (obtaining vital records from NYC is a bit different and much faster - if at all possible, make sure your ancestors are from there .^_^.): http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml Yours, Julia --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: ...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... Carol
If someone requests from my office (Town Clerk or Registrar) a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate, we type it on paper provided by the NYS Health Department and use the Town Seal on it and sign it. The dates I listed are for genealogy purposes which is a different sealed/certified form than the more current time period. Town, Village, and City Clerks in NYS issue birth and death certificates. Only Towns and cities issue marriage certificates. Divorce records are filed in the County. Carol Van Buren -----Original Message----- From: nyorange-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyorange-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of juliasgenes Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 12:23 AM To: nyorange@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] Info on Elias Cameron SNYDER? Ms Van Buren, Thanks for the reminder regarding the city status of PJ. You are, of course correct; I should have said "City Clerk". What do you mean by a "typed and sealed document"? That is a new term for me. Is that the same as certified? Wouldn't that be a certified copy of the summarized info the Clerk has locally? Once marriages and deaths reach 50yo, they become public records that anyone may purchase (births must reach 75yo and divorces 100yo!). It is for a shorter time period that the requester must be a direct descendant and supply proof of their relationship and death certificates for anyone whose records they are trying to access. Otherwise, anyone can order them. This Upstate New York Genealogy Blog and its links and comments provide the most in-depth info on obtaining NYS vital records that I've seen, including news of the mysterious drop-off box at the NYS Library (has anyone used it & is it really that much faster?): http://ny-genes.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-obtain-copies-of-vital-records.h tml This is the NYS Department of Health's site: http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm This is the NYC Municipal Archives (obtaining vital records from NYC is a bit different and much faster - if at all possible, make sure your ancestors are from there .^_^.): http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/home.shtml Yours, Julia --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: ...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... Carol ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message