The birth, death and marriage certificate index starts in 1881. Mabel Goewey does not have a birth certificate. (These certificates were not required until 1912 so not every one had them). I did find that Mabel C. Goewey died age 67 on September 9, 1953 at the age of 67 in Pokeepsie, NY, certificate number 55862. * Hattie Goewey died in Gloversville, age 90, on 5/5/53. * Clarence A. Goewey married on August 19, 1919 in Freestville, NY 28748. Thanks to Rici for these lookups. -original message- Eleanor GOEWEY, my paternal grandmother, of Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY, was dau. of Franklin J. & Eleanor SHARP[E] GOEWEY and is buried Blooming Grove Cemetery, Defreetsville, Rensselaer Co., NY. Children of Frank J. GOEWEY & Eleanor M. SHARP[E] b. Troy, Rensselaer, NY a) Mabel GOEWEY b) Clarence A. GOEWEY m. 1919 Julia BORNT [1900-1987], c) Alice GOEWEY m. Dr. Samuel SAULPAUGH, d) Edith GOEWEY m. Dr. Frank HECKER, and e) Eleanor GOEWEY. Thank you, Janice Jordan <jnrose@webtv.net>

Outside of New York City, birth certificates were required for each birth in the state beginning in 1881. The original handwritten certificates had to be sent to the state. The cities of Albany, Buffalo and Yonkers were not required to begin sending theirs to the state until 1914, but that is because they had their own rules in place before 1881. Despite the requirement, some doctors and midwives did not report some of the births, so no certificate was issued for those births. Even though the index may have said Freestville, it was named after a DeFreest family. Today it is called Defreestville. The Defreetsville spelling in the record of Eleanor Goewey is a typo. Pokeepsie is now spelled Poughkeepsie. The -gh- is not pronounced, so the earlier spellings included Pokeepsie, but probably not as official spellings. For people who are not local, I have only heard it pronounced Po-KIP-see. One note of caution. In the index, I have seen G'ville a few times. Gloversville (Fulton Co.) is a city, so it is the location most likely meant by such an abbreviation, but I know of one occasion where it meant Glenville (Town of) in Schenectady Co. which is quite a bit closer to Rensselaer Co. In my own study of a single surname, I have noticed that some of the people did move from Rensselaer Co. to Schenectady Co. or vice versa. If the index said G'ville, try to confirm Gloversville with another piece of information. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janice J. wrote: >The birth, death and marriage certificate index starts in 1881. > >Mabel Goewey does not have a birth certificate. (These certificates were >not required until 1912 so not every one had them). I did find that >Mabel C. Goewey died age 67 on September 9, 1953 at the age of 67 in >Pokeepsie, NY, certificate number 55862. >* >Hattie Goewey died in Gloversville, age 90, on 5/5/53. >* >Clarence A. Goewey married on August 19, 1919 in Freestville, NY 28748. >Thanks to Rici for these lookups. > >-original message- >Eleanor GOEWEY, my paternal grandmother, of Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY, >was dau. of Franklin J. & Eleanor SHARP[E] GOEWEY and is buried Blooming >Grove Cemetery, Defreetsville, Rensselaer Co., NY. > >Children of Frank J. GOEWEY & Eleanor M. SHARP[E] b. Troy, Rensselaer, >NY >a) Mabel GOEWEY >b) Clarence A. GOEWEY m. 1919 Julia BORNT [1900-1987], >c) Alice GOEWEY m. Dr. Samuel SAULPAUGH, >d) Edith GOEWEY m. Dr. Frank HECKER, and >e) Eleanor GOEWEY. > >Thank you, >Janice Jordan <jnrose@webtv.net> > > > > >