This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3RB.2ACE/385.1 Message Board Post: It may depend on WHEN.Whats the name? NY mandated vitals in 1880 but some places did not start until after 1900.Town of Tioga in Tioga Center. Town Clerk in NY usually has vitals.