-- [ From: Richard Frisbie * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Dear Denise from my web page: http://www.hopefarm.com/ulstrhst.htm Genealogical Society (Street Address??) in the basement of the church in Hurley - go south on Rt 209 from Kingston, make a right just under the underpass and a right again at the stop sign. The church ahead of you on your left before you swing around to cross over rt 209 on the bridge you just went under. That church basement. PO Box 536 Hurley NY 12443 HOURS: Jan. thru Nov. 3rd and 4th Mondays 10 AM - 2:30 PM Every Month 1st Friday 10 AM - 2:30 PM Ulster County Records New York State did not start recording death certificates until 1880, so town and city clerks will not have any such record before then. The Surrogate Court is a good source if the decedant left any property. The death record in such files is highly unlikely to contain any information on parentage, but a will file can have very useful information on children and maybe siblings (if the decedant died with no children or a sibling might have been named executor, particularly if children were young). Establishing someone as a sibling to your ancestor then finding a death certificate for that sibling (if he/she died after 1880) can be very helpful in establishing parentage. Recent death records, those that are less than 50 years old, have access restrictions.   The Ulster County Hall of Records might be able to give you some direction as to gaining access to these records.  A will file, even without the parentage information, can be invaluable in stringing together clues. Thanks to C Raymond LaFever \ Internet: (rlafever@juno.com) for this contribution. Ulster County Records Management Hurley Avenue Kingston NY 12401 Laurie A Beecroft, Administrator 340-3415 Ulster County Office Building 240 Fair Street Kingston NY 12401 Ulster County Office Building - voice 340-3000 // fax   340-3430 It's all there if you look Richard Frisbie d/b/a Hope Farm Press & Bookshop for orders 1-800-883-5778 or write: 252 Main Street Saugerties NY 12477 Subscribe to my free monthly New York State Books Newsletter http://www.hopefarm.com/sampl03.htm#news