At 01:28 PM 6/21/99 , you wrote: >Does anyone know where I can write to get a copy of birth certificate for >someone born in Haverstraw, NY in approx. 1898. >Thank you, Allison Gable NY State Dept. of Health at http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm A couple of years ago it took six months to get a record (or notice of no record) back. Note: I don't think it's true for Rockland, but certain NY actual vital records are on LDS film, e.g. Brooklyn birth certificates from the 1880s. --Bruce (Bruce Hamilton, Redondo Beach, CA) bhami@netcom.com http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/