Depending on how long ago you made your initial request, the TOWN clerk may not have had access to the VILLAGE clerk's records. The two positions were combined here in Ossining within the past few years, although I do not recall exactly when. Deborah...in Ossining quillpen1 wrote: > Thanks, Deb. > > Yes, Mary Ann is the person I dealt with before......it was a couple of > years ago if memory serves me right. > > Dad used to mention the docotr's name too, I think it was Coburn or Colburn > and this doctor would surely have reported the birth if he was a efficient > as Dad always said. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deborah Gizzi" <gizzi1213@optonline.net> > To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:48 PM > Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) > > > >> Ossining has a combined office of Village and Town Clerk. The current >> clerk is Mary Ann Roberts. >> >> Website information can be found here: >> >> http://www.villageofossining.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=24&TPID=3484 >> >> If this is who you dealt with previously, and I'm assuming it is, you >> may need to check with her to see if she's already checked the village >> records as well as the town records. >> >> quillpen1 wrote: >> >>> Thanks so much, Jean Ann. >>> >>> I never thought to check with the Village, and the Town Clerk didn't >>> tell >>> me......probably because she didn't know either. She was certainly >>> helpful >>> otherwise. >>> >>> I assume that Dad was born at home because I remember him talking about >>> being so small because of prematuriy that he was put in a box on the open >>> oven door.....wood stove in those days. >>> >>> I'll email the Village if I can find a website. >>> >>> Maureen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jean Ann Lupinetti" <jeanann@bestweb.net> >>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:04 PM >>> Subject: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Maureen, >>>> I know when I was looking for birth and death certificates (several >>>> years >>>> ago) I had to check with BOTH the Town of Ossining AND the Village of >>>> Ossining. >>>> I grew up on Croton Dam Road, Ossining. I went to Ossining schools and >>>> the address was Ossining but I actually lived in the Town of New Castle. >>>> Jean Ann >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On Behalf Of quillpen1 >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:18 PM >>>> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>>> >>>> Nancy, >>>> >>>> I had no problem with my mother's birth certificate in NJ although I had >>>> help from another lister who lives down there. >>>> >>>> However when I tried to get Dad's who was born in 1889 in Ossining, it >>>> could not be found. I wasn't charged but I was disappointed. I also want >>>> to >>>> point out that at the time of Dad's birth the family lived on Croton Dam >>>> Rd >>>> which to my knowledge was Town of Ossining although Dad always referred >>>> to >>>> where he grew up as Mt Pleasant. >>>> >>>> All comments appreciated. >>>> >>>> Maureen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Nancy Davis" <ndavis1@san.rr.com> >>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:10 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> If this helps someone, I have both my parents' birth certificates >>>>> obtained >>>>> from the towns in which they were born. Printed on my mother's Birth >>>>> Return, For Gen. Research Only, and Note: Birth Returns and all ___ >>>>> are >>>>> to >>>>> be procured of Town and Village Clerks and Boards of Health, for the >>>>> Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths. She was b/1893 Peekskill. >>>>> >>>>> My father's (b/1889) was obtained from either the clerk in Eastchester >>>>> or >>>>> Mt. Vernon -I don't remember which at this late date. However, >>>>> consists >>>>> of >>>>> a copy of pages from a large ledger: Register of Births in the Village >>>>> of >>>>> Mt Vernon, Town of Eastchester.County of Westchester, State of NY. >>>>> Interestingly, someone pulled Book 1 Pg 69 out and annotated his death >>>>> (11/4/51) but only the date of birth as 1889. At any rate, I'd try the >>>>> city >>>>> clerks in the town in which the person was born or died. And yes, >>>>> they >>>>> were all born at home >>>>> >>>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:14 AM >>>>> Subject: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> School districts in the state were required to collect vital records >>>>>> starting in 1847. The law was not in effect very long. I know some >>>>>> districts collected the records until 1851, but for other districts >>>>>> the >>>>>> records that still exist stop in 1848 or 1849. Many city, village and >>>>>> town clerks do not know about these records. >>>>>> >>>>>> During the Great Depression in this country, the locations of old >>>>>> records in each county around New York State were recorded. Some >>>>>> counties still had the 1847 vital records. For the city of Albany, >>>>>> the >>>>>> City Clerk had them. Today, however, that office does not know where >>>>>> they are. >>>>>> >>>>>> In localities where those records still exist, I suspect that they >>>>>> have >>>>>> been turned over to a local historical society or archive. Or, they >>>>>> may >>>>>> be stored somplace where people seldom look. >>>>>> >>>>>> Some have been put on the internet. >>>>>> >>>>>> For Westchester County: >>>>>> http://www.westchestergov.com/wcarchives/vital_records.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> "Town clerk returns for births, marriages and deaths for 1847 have >>>>>> recently been discovered. They are currently being processed and will >>>>>> be available to the public in early 2005." >>>>>> >>>>>> For Rensselaer County (this is one of many webpages): >>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/deaths1.htm >>>>>> >>>>>> Cliff Lamere >>>>>> >>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> *************************************** >>>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>> >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>> >>>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >> > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 > > >

I'll try again and relate to Mary Ann the "whole story" of my earlier attempt. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Gizzi" <gizzi1213@optonline.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) > Depending on how long ago you made your initial request, the TOWN clerk > may not have had access to the VILLAGE clerk's records. The two > positions were combined here in Ossining within the past few years, > although I do not recall exactly when. > > Deborah...in Ossining > > quillpen1 wrote: >> Thanks, Deb. >> >> Yes, Mary Ann is the person I dealt with before......it was a couple of >> years ago if memory serves me right. >> >> Dad used to mention the docotr's name too, I think it was Coburn or >> Colburn >> and this doctor would surely have reported the birth if he was a >> efficient >> as Dad always said. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Deborah Gizzi" <gizzi1213@optonline.net> >> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) >> >> >> >>> Ossining has a combined office of Village and Town Clerk. The current >>> clerk is Mary Ann Roberts. >>> >>> Website information can be found here: >>> >>> http://www.villageofossining.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=24&TPID=3484 >>> >>> If this is who you dealt with previously, and I'm assuming it is, you >>> may need to check with her to see if she's already checked the village >>> records as well as the town records. >>> >>> quillpen1 wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks so much, Jean Ann. >>>> >>>> I never thought to check with the Village, and the Town Clerk didn't >>>> tell >>>> me......probably because she didn't know either. She was certainly >>>> helpful >>>> otherwise. >>>> >>>> I assume that Dad was born at home because I remember him talking about >>>> being so small because of prematuriy that he was put in a box on the >>>> open >>>> oven door.....wood stove in those days. >>>> >>>> I'll email the Village if I can find a website. >>>> >>>> Maureen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jean Ann Lupinetti" <jeanann@bestweb.net> >>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:04 PM >>>> Subject: [NYWESTCH] birth before 1900 (Maureen) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Maureen, >>>>> I know when I was looking for birth and death certificates (several >>>>> years >>>>> ago) I had to check with BOTH the Town of Ossining AND the Village of >>>>> Ossining. >>>>> I grew up on Croton Dam Road, Ossining. I went to Ossining schools >>>>> and >>>>> the address was Ossining but I actually lived in the Town of New >>>>> Castle. >>>>> Jean Ann >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>>> [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>>> On Behalf Of quillpen1 >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:18 PM >>>>> To: nywestch@rootsweb.com >>>>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>>>> >>>>> Nancy, >>>>> >>>>> I had no problem with my mother's birth certificate in NJ although I >>>>> had >>>>> help from another lister who lives down there. >>>>> >>>>> However when I tried to get Dad's who was born in 1889 in Ossining, it >>>>> could not be found. I wasn't charged but I was disappointed. I also >>>>> want >>>>> to >>>>> point out that at the time of Dad's birth the family lived on Croton >>>>> Dam >>>>> Rd >>>>> which to my knowledge was Town of Ossining although Dad always >>>>> referred >>>>> to >>>>> where he grew up as Mt Pleasant. >>>>> >>>>> All comments appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Maureen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Nancy Davis" <ndavis1@san.rr.com> >>>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:10 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851; birth before 1900 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> If this helps someone, I have both my parents' birth certificates >>>>>> obtained >>>>>> from the towns in which they were born. Printed on my mother's Birth >>>>>> Return, For Gen. Research Only, and Note: Birth Returns and all ___ >>>>>> are >>>>>> to >>>>>> be procured of Town and Village Clerks and Boards of Health, for the >>>>>> Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths. She was b/1893 Peekskill. >>>>>> >>>>>> My father's (b/1889) was obtained from either the clerk in >>>>>> Eastchester >>>>>> or >>>>>> Mt. Vernon -I don't remember which at this late date. However, >>>>>> consists >>>>>> of >>>>>> a copy of pages from a large ledger: Register of Births in the >>>>>> Village >>>>>> of >>>>>> Mt Vernon, Town of Eastchester.County of Westchester, State of NY. >>>>>> Interestingly, someone pulled Book 1 Pg 69 out and annotated his >>>>>> death >>>>>> (11/4/51) but only the date of birth as 1889. At any rate, I'd try >>>>>> the >>>>>> city >>>>>> clerks in the town in which the person was born or died. And yes, >>>>>> they >>>>>> were all born at home >>>>>> >>>>>> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:14 AM >>>>>> Subject: [NYWESTCH] NYS Vital Records 1847-1851 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> School districts in the state were required to collect vital records >>>>>>> starting in 1847. The law was not in effect very long. I know some >>>>>>> districts collected the records until 1851, but for other districts >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> records that still exist stop in 1848 or 1849. Many city, village >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> town clerks do not know about these records. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> During the Great Depression in this country, the locations of old >>>>>>> records in each county around New York State were recorded. Some >>>>>>> counties still had the 1847 vital records. For the city of Albany, >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> City Clerk had them. Today, however, that office does not know >>>>>>> where >>>>>>> they are. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In localities where those records still exist, I suspect that they >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> been turned over to a local historical society or archive. Or, they >>>>>>> may >>>>>>> be stored somplace where people seldom look. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some have been put on the internet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For Westchester County: >>>>>>> http://www.westchestergov.com/wcarchives/vital_records.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Town clerk returns for births, marriages and deaths for 1847 have >>>>>>> recently been discovered. They are currently being processed and >>>>>>> will >>>>>>> be available to the public in early 2005." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For Rensselaer County (this is one of many webpages): >>>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/deaths1.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cliff Lamere >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *************************************** >>>>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> *************************************** >>>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>> >>>>> *************************************** >>>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> *************************************** >>>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> *************************************** >>> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >>> >> >> *************************************** >> Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~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 >> >> >> > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~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