From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 22 01:41:50 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0M8foRc020861; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:41:50 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0M8fcl4021358 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:41:38 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0M6EBFI019782 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:14:11 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0M6EBuc019781 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:14:11 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0M1JSFI019247 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:19:28 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0M3kiDr012317 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:46:44 -0700 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Sat Jan 21 20:46:44 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0M3kiRc012308 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:46:44 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.56]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0M3kgCM012368 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:46:43 -0700 Received: from 1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k0M3kfpO029679; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:46:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <008f01c61f06$73a8b960$6501a8c0@1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: "FLORENCE SECOR" , References: <000601c61ec9$78ec4e10$2f01a8c0@yourf78bf48ce2> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Death Certificates in NYS facilities Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:46:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Just an added tidbit I learned a few months back. Death certificates for someone who died in the St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogdensburg are not at the Ogdensburg clerk's office where I first inquired. They are kept at the mental hospital and one has to prove relationship to get a copy. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "FLORENCE SECOR" To: Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Birth & Death Certificates > For New York State research: > > If the person was born or died in a hospital, the certificate was filed at > the local village or city town clerk's office of the hospital. > > In Jefferson Co. Watertown is a city and Carthage is a village where a > hospital is located. > > In St. Lawrence Co. - Ogdensburg is a city, and Canton & Potsdam are > villages where there are hospitals. > > Using www.switchboard.com will help to determine whether the location you > are researching is a village or a city. > > Florence >