If the search you requested specified Long Island City prior to 1898, then the Municipal Archives would have checked the indexes to the Long Island City old town registers. All of the boroughs (and prior to 1898, sub divisions in Queens County) have separate pools of vital records. During the period 1881 through 1897, before it became part of the city of New York, Queens death registration was also required by the New York *State* Dept. of Health. These certificates are kept at the DOH in Albany. They can 9-10 months to respond, and cost $22, but the certificates are far more informative than the registers held by the Municipal Archives for that period. Check their Web site and download their request form. http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/genealogy.htm Incidentally, I say death registration was "required," but compliance was far from 100%. If you are close to NYC, Albany or Rochester, NY, you can find indexes to New York State vital records and check them yourself. In Manhattan, the indexes are kept at National Archives Northeast Regional Center (NYC) 201 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014-4811 Patty Fagan Boston >Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 01:02:23 -0600 >From: "vince" <vciinves@charter.net> >To: NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [QUEENS] Death Certificate for Long Island City 1890s > >Thank you. I'll check for the website. If all the City records are together, >I guess, I have already checked.