Diane if it is a microfiche--not a microfilm, you pay only 15 cents per page of microfiche and it stays in your local FHC forever and you can refer back to it as you find new things to research. I would gamble that it would have what you are looking for. I would also attempt to get a copy of her death certificate from the state of New York. I am unfamiliar of the process but the information should be readily available on-line or someone on this list can help you. I have heard you need to be extra patient with New York to get what you want. Good luck--Leslie -------------------------------------------------- From: "Diane Hosler" <drhosler@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:56 AM To: "Orange NY Mail List" <nyorange@rootsweb.com> Subject: [NYORANGE] Abbie Macauley/McAuley Death > I am new to the list and am looking for advice. I notice that LDS has > microfiche of Orange County Deaths in the Independent Republican. Is > anyone > familiar with this resource? Is it my best source for locating Abbie's > death, who was 83 yrs old In 1930 and living in Newburgh with her daughter > Mildred Batterton. Diane - Michigan > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

The following blog has all the ins and many outs of obtaining vital records from NYS (NYC is slightly different, but still not easy). Read the comments and follow the updated info links. Be SURE to send for the death certificate from the NYS Department of Health in Albany and NOT from the local town/city clerk. It's usually the same amount of money through the clerk and a lot faster, but it's only an extract of the info typed onto a form letter, whereas from the DoH, you wait a whole lot longer (up to six months, I've heard), but you get a copy of the actual document with all the info intact. In New Yorkese, "upstate" means anywhere north of NYC: http://ny-genes.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-obtain-copies-of-vital-records.html --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Leslie Vaughn <leslievaughn@cfl.rr.com> wrote: ...get a copy of her death certificate from the state of New  York... Leslie