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

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