Barbara, Could you please explain the paragraph below a little more fully? And yes, the office on the concourse closed because the lady retired. They moved it to another location. However, I believe there is now a box right at the archives where a request form and check can be deposited and you will get the certificate in two to three weeks. Ruth Cherecwich In a message dated 3/26/2004 1:36:27 PM Mountain Standard Time, albnews@yahoo.com writes: Schenectady ignored that and are starting with $22 and going up to $42 per - like they want $42 for 1885 & 1889 even if you have the correct date which is, as someone said, highway robbery.