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Vital Records in New York State
Civil registration of births, marriages
and deaths in the State of New York was first required by Chapter 152 of the
laws passed in 1847. The record keeping under this law was to be done by the
clerk of each school district, who would report these records to the
appropriate town clerk who would in turn report to the county clerk. The
records, or an abstract, would be then sent to the Secretary of State. The law
was poorly written and not very easily enforced. On December 19, 1850 the
Secretary of State wrote to all County Clerks:
Although most action under this law seems
to have stopped at the end of 1850, the actual law stayed on the books until
1885. In Chapter 270 of that year's laws, paragraph 9 repealed "Chapter
one hundred fifty-two of the laws of 1847."
Another attempt by the state to collect
death records was begun in 1864 in which the assessor of each town or ward was
directed to accumulate the data. (Chapter 380) This law was repealed in 1865.
(Chapter 723)
An improved law for vital records was not
subsequently enacted until 1880, when registration was put under the
jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Health.
Source: A
Guide to Vital Records in the Collection of the Saratoga County Historian's
Office , by
Lynn Calvin.
Vital Records in Saratoga County
ALDERMAN |
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ALLEN |
Daniel and Minnie F. (Van Schaick)
Allen (in Van Schaick Bible) |
ANDREWS |
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ARCHER |
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AVERY |
|
John
and Maria (Stevens) Avery Bible Record
(in Avery-Closson Bible) |
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BALL |
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BARNES |
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BENHAM |
Ebenezer
Benham Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection, (including
Ebenezer Benham Autobiography) |
BISHOP-WALKER-DODD |
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BOUK |
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BRIGGS |
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BROWN |
Abner and Mary (Ball) Brown Family Record Charles M. and Emma (Hutchinson) Brown Bible Record |
BRYAN |
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BUCKBEE |
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BUCKWELL |
Buckwell Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
William Buckwell Bible Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
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BULLARD |
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BURNHAM |
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BURNS |
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CHURCH |
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CLANCY |
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CLOSSON |
Eli
and Mary J. (Avery) Closson Bible Record (in
Avery-Closson Bible) |
CONDE |
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COOK |
Lyman and Amy (Huling) Cook
Bible Records Nathaniel Cook Family and Memorandum of Cook Family Deaths
see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
CRAMER |
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CRAWFORD |
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DEWEY |
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DICKINSON |
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DRIGGS |
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ELMS |
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FEAN |
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FOLGER |
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FULLER |
Benoni and Lydia (Case) Fuller Bible Record (with
Case Family Data Sheet) |
GALUSHA |
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GATES |
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GIFFORD |
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GILMAN |
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GORDON |
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GRAHAM |
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GREENFIELD |
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HEMPHILL |
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HENDERSON |
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HERRICK |
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HICKOK |
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HOSKINS |
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HUMPHREY |
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JONES |
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KELLEY/KELLY |
Patrick and Winifred (Mulvihill) Kelley/Kelly Family
Records |
KNIGHTS |
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KNOWLTON |
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with inserted
leaflet Lines on the Death of Mr. Joshua Brown |
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KRATZER |
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LaRUE |
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LASHER-McKNIGHT |
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LATHAM |
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LAWRENCE |
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LEE |
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LOCKWOOD |
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MABEE |
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MACKLIN |
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MARSHALL |
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McNEE |
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MEDBERY |
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MILLER |
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MILLERD |
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MOODY |
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MOOR |
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NORTHROP |
Samuel
Northrop Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
ORCUTT |
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ORMSBEE |
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PALMER |
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PIERCE |
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PORTER |
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QUACKENBUSH |
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RAYMOND |
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ROBINS |
Jacob, John,
Joseph and Richard Robins Families: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
ROBLEE |
Roblee Family
Bible Records: Hamilton and Helen (Martin) Roblee and descendants |
SAYRE |
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SEARLES |
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SMITH |
Frederick and Eva (File) Smith Bible Records: revised - see note on page Joel Smith Bible Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection Joel Smith Jr. Bible Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection Jabez Smith Bible Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection Jabez N. Smith Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection Northrop and Rebecca Smith Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
STILL |
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STRAIGHT |
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STURDEVAN |
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TABOR |
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TAYLOR |
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THAYER - PRATT |
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THOMPSON |
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TIBBITS |
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TRITES |
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VAN ARNUM |
John
VanArnum Family Bible Record (with "Alida VanderHyden's
family" records added) |
VAN BUREN |
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VANDENBURG |
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VANDERWERKEN |
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VANDERWERKER |
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VAN SCHAICK |
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WATERBURY |
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WHEELER |
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WHITE |
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WHITHEAD |
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WILBER |
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WILBUR |
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WITHERDEN |
Witherden Family Record: see LaRue Bible and Family Records Collection |
WOODIN |
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WYLIE |