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Official
vital records were not mandated by New York State until 1881.
Consequently, researchers must rely on alternate sources for
prior years.
Vital
records for the town are kept by the Hounsfield Town Clerknot
at the Jefferson County Courthouseand copies have been
filed with the state's Dept.
of Health in Albany. Sometimes the state has a more complete
record than the town has, or the state has records no longer
existing on the town level, so researchers should consult
both sources.
For
the most part, records for residents of municipalities are
held by the clerks of those settlements, not by the town clerks
(for example, Sackets Harbor records are with that village's
clerk, not with the Town of Hounsfield clerk).
Clerks
are required by New York State to charge $11 for certified
copies of vital records, but some will give information out
for free or over the phone if no certification is necessaryit
varies from town to town. Clerks are restricted by law from
performing genealogical research in their records.
Town
of Hounsfield Clerk |
Diane
M. Nier |
(315)
646-2280 (office)
(315) 646-2073 (home) |
14202
Co Rt 75
Sackets Harbor, NY 13685 |
Sackets
Harbor Village Clerk |
Betsy
Stocker |
(315)
646-3548 |
Village
Office
P.O. Box 335
Sackets Harbor, NY 13685 |
Vital
Records Online
Births,
Marriages and Deaths, 1847-1849: collection of vital
records at the town level occurred for this three-year span
throughout New York State, but for unknown reasons was discontinued;
this is a great resource from before reporting was state-mandated,
at Jefferson
County GenWeb.
Marriages,
Deaths and Civil War Veteran Deaths from the 1865 State
Census:
reproduced with permission from Sheila
Hoffman.
As
a substitute for other years, don't miss
the Jefferson County-wide GenConnect Boards for wills
and obituaries!
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Find
links to other resources in the Connections
section.
WorldConnect
Family Trees at Rootsweb—the following
links are encoded to retrieve records about people:
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