I think you are all aware of how regulative California is about everything.... I stewed about getting d.c for my son's ex mother and father in law--hoped I wouldn't get the 3rd degree. A d.c is $12--no questions asked--stamped as official --and-- IN COLOR!. Didn't care WHO I was! Didn't ask! BLEW ME AWAY. Guess the local legislators in my County haven't thought of this one yet! Sssssshhh! Jan jgrellim@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:43 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Yonkers vital records for genealogy >I received a phone call today from an official of the vital records > section of the NYS Health Dept. He had a discussion with the Yonkers > registrar and confirmed what I had earlier said to the list. She was > requiring indentification in instances when none was needed. > > On the back of the form for ordering certificates, the rules are > stated. I discussed these with the official a few weeks ago after the > Yonkers registrar sent me the form from which she had quoted me the > rules over the telephone. They are easy to misinterpret, and I believed > the registrar was doing that. > > Some of you have noted that the ID requirement (like a driver's license) > was new, so something must have changed in that office. The registrar > of Yonkers has not held that position long. > > So here is where things stand, as told to me today. > > Genealogy certificates in Yonkers will NOT require any proof of > identification from the person requesting the records. > > Genealogy certificates are as follows: > Birth certificates issued more than 75 years ago. > Marriage certificates issued more than 50 years ago. > Death certificates issued more than 50 years ago. > > ID can be required for more recent certificates, but it is not necessary > to do so. Yonkers can make that decision. > > My understanding, though I'm a bit uncertain, is that more recent birth > and marriage certificates can be sometimes be obtained statewide for > Genealogy, but only if the person is dead and proof is supplied to the > vital records office. You may also have to be a descendant, but I'm not > certain of that. The information was coming faster than I could record > notes. > > Cliff > > > > *************************************** > 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 >