FamilySearch Wiki:Project New York/Tasks-Vital Records FHLC

WikiProject New York Progress Chart  Tasks - Vital Records: FHLC

Description:
This task involves searching for vital records in the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC).

Instruction
1. In New York, very few vital records are kept on the county level. Most are kept on the town level. However, it is important to check in the event there are original records or abstracts.

2. To locate the records, do a place name search in the FHLC by typing in your county. If you need more instructions on how to search the FHLC, go to Family History Library Catalog Place-name Search.

3. Review the entries and add any original records under the appropriate headings. If there is only one original record, indent, but do not bullet. The date should be bolded. See the following example:




 * 1908–1920 Marriage records. &lt;/nowiki&gt;

4. For substitute records, such as abstracts, transcriptions, and indexes, list them under the apropriate heading. For use book use Chicago Manual of Style. Use these guidelines:

Chicago Manual of Style footnote style (modified):

Book:


 * a. Author(s), followed by a comma
 * b. Title (book titles in italics)
 * c. Publication data in parenthesis: Publication place, followed by a colon; Publisher; Year of publication
 * d. comma, and the the page number(s) followed by a period

Access information:


 * e. link to free online copy, if any. IF a free online copy is available no further access data needs to be added. IF NO free online edition is available, then add:
 * f. WorldCat template . g. FHL template:.
 * h. Brief annotation explaining the content, or why, or how a reader would want to use the source.

example:


 * 1813–1850 Fred Q. Bowman,10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, (Balitimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986). Abstracted from newspaper marriage columns.

5. While in the FHLC, select any record under the county's "vital records" topic. Then click on the blue subject link (i.e. New York, Madison - Vital Records). Copy the subject number in the "for" field. Paste the number in the appropriate place in the Additional Sources template already created on the page. NOTE: This template allows for future records added to the FHLC.

6. If any of the following books apply to your county, copy and paste them to the county page under each birth, marriage and death heading.

10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834 Ancestry($) Otsego, Clinton, Essex, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, and "Old Dutchess," which, prior to 1812, included the territory of present-day Putnam County. 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850 Ancestry($) Ostego, Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Cortland, Cayuga, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Wayne, Ontario.

10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 Ancestry($) Wayne, Steuben, Genesee, Ontario, Chautauqua