FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York/Tasks-Vital Records FamilySearch

WikiProject New York Progress Chart  Wiki Project New York Tasks - Vital Records: FamilySearch Historical Records

Description
This task involves searching for vital records available on FamilySearch Historical Records Collection to be placed on county and town pages.

Instructions
1. Search FamilySearch Historical Records to locate any county specific databases. As you find them put them in chronological order. Also bullet and indent each entry. The date should in bold and put first. Use the following RecordSearch template as a guide to add each database:


 * at FamilySearch Historical Records – free;

2. For the following counties: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, and portions of Wyoming,br>

Add this template in chronological order under the Marriage heading:


 * :*1908–1935 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.

3. Locate county databases on RecordSearch by doing the following:


 * i. Choose “Records” on the [http:/www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] website
 * ii. Then click on USA, Canada, Mexico located under the phrase “Browse by Location.”
 * iii. First find New York and then determine if there are any records which would include the county or towns for which you are searching. Use the template above in Number 1 as a guide.

Example

 * 1908–1935 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index.