Just an FYI....but I've found the death certificates to be a bit spotty between 1882 and 1900 or so.? I know they were supposed to keep them, but in my experience it can be hit or miss whether you find them or not.? Plus, when I've found one from that time-frame, the information seems very minimal (often not even parents names)..just name of deceased, age at death, and cause.? Hopefully you will have better luck.? I know I was very disappointed when I found my great grandfather's certificate.? I was hoping to learn where he was born, but it didn't even tell me.? He died in 1892 in St. Lawrence county. Starting around 1900 they seemed to go to a pretty good form across the state and the info is much more consistent. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Craig <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 1:41 pm Subject: Re: [NYSTLAWR] 1893 death certificate (McConkey) Sorry, I usually do list the surnames while doing online message boards but I just had a question regarding why I could not find a DC for her despite the fact it was 1893, 13 years past when NY began keeping records. The name I am looking for is McConkey. Her name was Mary Mathilde (Matilda) McConkey. She died in June of 1893. She was born in Canada, but I know she died in Ogdensburg (or Oswegatchie), so there is no mystery there. Thank you for responding, Marilyn Craig On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Marilyn, > > If you listed your gg grandmother's someone might recognize the > family and offer you > assistance. Also the area of the county where she lived might be of > help also. > > Hope you find some information concerning her and her family. It > can be very > frustrating hitting roadblocks in your searching. > > Eleanor > > > > > ------- Original Message ------- >> From : Marilyn Craig[mailto:[email protected]] > Sent : 1/19/2009 10:38:55 AM > To : [email protected] > Cc : > Subject : RE: Re: [NYSTLAWR] death certificate > > I am wondering why I can not find a death certificate for my gg > grandmother who died in 1893 in Ogdensburg, NY? > > It was well beyond the 1880 benchmark for keeping vital records. I > have gone to City Hall in Ogdensburg looking for this one and another > one, also well beyond the time frame. I wasted $44 (because you pay > for the search, not the finding of the document). > > I really wasted 2 days, plus the cost of the hotel accommodations > since I found absolutely nothing that I was after. I spent an > afternoon also in Canton in the center library, and while the > employees were very helpful I found nothing I didn't already know. > > It wasn't really a waste because the area is beautiful, and from my > room I had a wonderful view of the St. Lawrence River and I had some > alone time, but I had planned on finding out things and then taking > that information across the border to Canada to find out more. Who > else might have records where I might find a death certificate. > > Someone suggested I look in Oswegatchie, but I drove through there and > saw nothing that resembled a building where public records might be > kept, just some random buildings, mostly farm houses and the like. > > Can someone help me? > > Marilyn Craiig > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just my luck to be looking during those years. Marilyn On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Just an FYI....but I've found the death certificates to be a bit > spotty between 1882 and 1900 or so.? I know they were supposed to > keep them, but in my experience it can be hit or miss whether you > find them or not.? Plus, when I've found one from that time-frame, > the information seems very minimal (often not even parents > names)..just name of deceased, age at death, and cause.? Hopefully > you will have better luck.? I know I was very disappointed when I > found my great grandfather's certificate.? I was hoping to learn > where he was born, but it didn't even tell me.? He died in 1892 in > St. Lawrence county. > > Starting around 1900 they seemed to go to a pretty good form across > the state and the info is much more consistent. > > Anne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marilyn Craig <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 1:41 pm > Subject: Re: [NYSTLAWR] 1893 death certificate (McConkey) > > > > Sorry, I usually do list the surnames while doing online message > boards but I just had a question regarding why I could not find a DC > for her despite the fact it was 1893, 13 years past when NY began > keeping records. > > The name I am looking for is McConkey. Her name was Mary Mathilde > (Matilda) McConkey. She died in June of 1893. She was born in Canada, > but I know she died in Ogdensburg (or Oswegatchie), so there is no > mystery there. > > Thank you for responding, > > Marilyn Craig > On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Marilyn, >> >> If you listed your gg grandmother's someone might recognize the >> family and offer you >> assistance. Also the area of the county where she lived might be of >> help also. >> >> Hope you find some information concerning her and her family. It >> can be very >> frustrating hitting roadblocks in your searching. >> >> Eleanor >> >> >> >> >> ------- Original Message ------- >>> From : Marilyn Craig[mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent : 1/19/2009 10:38:55 AM >> To : [email protected] >> Cc : >> Subject : RE: Re: [NYSTLAWR] death certificate >> >> I am wondering why I can not find a death certificate for my gg >> grandmother who died in 1893 in Ogdensburg, NY? >> >> It was well beyond the 1880 benchmark for keeping vital records. I >> have gone to City Hall in Ogdensburg looking for this one and another >> one, also well beyond the time frame. I wasted $44 (because you pay >> for the search, not the finding of the document). >> >> I really wasted 2 days, plus the cost of the hotel accommodations >> since I found absolutely nothing that I was after. I spent an >> afternoon also in Canton in the center library, and while the >> employees were very helpful I found nothing I didn't already know. >> >> It wasn't really a waste because the area is beautiful, and from my >> room I had a wonderful view of the St. Lawrence River and I had some >> alone time, but I had planned on finding out things and then taking >> that information across the border to Canada to find out more. Who >> else might have > records where I might find a death certificate. >> >> Someone suggested I look in Oswegatchie, but I drove through there >> and >> saw nothing that resembled a building where public records might be >> kept, just some random buildings, mostly farm houses and the like. >> >> Can someone help me? >> >> Marilyn Craiig >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message