![]() The town and city clerks were to compile and submit a report to the county clerk who then reported to the Secretary State. The trustees of each school district (there were over 10,000 school districts in New York at the time) were required to review the records of the local midwives and doctors and compile births, marriages and deaths and report them to the local town or city clerk. ![]() Unfortunately, the resulting law was convoluted. New York jumped on board with the resolution and passed a law (Chapter 152) requiring the registration of vital events. A meeting of the National Medical Convention in Philadelphia held in 1847 changed all that when a resolution was passed to encourage statewide registration of births, marriages, and deaths via legislation from the individual states. ![]() (See Records of Marriages below.)Īfter the American Revolution, any attempt by civil authorities to record vital events in the State of New York stopped.
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