> My experience has been you receive an abstracted but "verified" transcript > of the record as entered from the original in a local record book at the > time the event occurred when you obtain a Cert locally. > > Two Degrees away from the original record - Two opportunities for errors > to > be made in the transfer of the information given on the original to the > document you obtain. > > When you order from Albany you receive a copy of the original record. Wouldn't that be a copy of the original copy made by the local registrar? I assume the original is an entry made in a ledger at the local level, from which the Certificate is then made. Even if the original was a certificate, and the ledger entry a copy, I'd still expect the original certificate to be the local certificate, and the one in Albany to be a copy of that. I can't see a local bureaucrat sending any original anything to Albany. I'd be mildly surprised if the copy at Albany is an original anything. Just saying, Brian

Actually BRIAN, I believe with marriages early on . . . . . .from Albany what you will get is a copy of the ORIGINAL certificate as completed by the person/clergy who performed the ceremony not completed by the local registrar. To the best of my knowledge the local record you will receive as a "verified transcript" locally is not the ORIGINAL RECORD. I have my grandparents marriage from 1895 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY. It is signed by the minister - this is the document that I believe would be given to the local registrar to record in their books and then the original was forwarded on to Albany. What I have from Albany is not what you will get today from the municipal clerk in Fishkill - you will get a "verified transcript" from their record book. As far as I know it is the same for deaths - I've gotten them both ways in the past. All for now - try it yourself and see. -----Original Message----- From: Brian J Densmore via Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 2:18 PM To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] Death Records > My experience has been you receive an abstracted but "verified" transcript > of the record as entered from the original in a local record book at the > time the event occurred when you obtain a Cert locally. > > Two Degrees away from the original record - Two opportunities for errors > to > be made in the transfer of the information given on the original to the > document you obtain. > > When you order from Albany you receive a copy of the original record. Wouldn't that be a copy of the original copy made by the local registrar? I assume the original is an entry made in a ledger at the local level, from which the Certificate is then made. Even if the original was a certificate, and the ledger entry a copy, I'd still expect the original certificate to be the local certificate, and the one in Albany to be a copy of that. I can't see a local bureaucrat sending any original anything to Albany. I'd be mildly surprised if the copy at Albany is an original anything. Just saying, Brian *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message