Death Records Now

Can I just walk into the New York Archives and look through records (census, birth, death, marriage) of my ancestors? I wanna see these records in person instead of online on Ancestry.com. And possibly find ones that aren’t on the site.
What exactly is microfilm?

I can tell you that you can go into the records centers in the UK and view the records for free, you have to get a CAIN card, which you get there on filling out a form proving ID and that then allows you to use the card to go in any UK archives or records center..the card is free and is normally valid for at least 5 years, they also do day cards for visiting genealogists………..I would suspect that in the US you will have a similar system, if you go onto their website and look for visiting information it should tell you on there.

Records are filmed ad put onto film or microfiche and that is what you look at.
Film is a roll of film containing the pages of the records, which you put into the film reader to view and can stop and take a photocopy of the record you want or transcribe the information.

Microfiche or fiche is the same, but looks like an index card and like a photograph negative, which you put into a fiche reader and can then view the records.

In the UK if you wish to view the real records you would write out a card, give it to the archivist and they will go and get them, you go into another room, wearing white cotton gloves which are provided you can then view the real records…..which are very useful as you can often see more information on the real records that doesn’t show on the film/fiche especially if they are poor copies and many are

On ancestry and any other website if they show images it is from the film/fiche although many are just transcriptions or collections and you are right to go and view records yourself as you will find far more there than online, not everything is online, it never will be and you have to check everything you do find online back to records anyway to prove they are correct or like may who have only ever done online searching they have no idea what is really available or if hey even have their ancestors.

http://www.familytimeline.webs.com/ this website will help with records you already have at home ( page 20) and there is some good advice…read FAQ, documents, etc also has a good link page

death certificate on-line, I already have my great-grandad’s death certificate, but I simply cannot find my gr/gr/grans.
Her name was Martha Hatton (nee’ Beresford -Shaw, formerly Simpson.). She was born 15th April 1818 in Sneinton, Nottingham, UK, and died 14th August 1889, in Provo, Utah County, Utah. she is buried alongside her second husband William, along with his other two wives. I found my gr/grandads death certificate on this site,
http://historyresearch.utah.gov/guides/death.htm#1905-1951
I just want any thing regarding my gr/gr grans, death or just to see the entry into the burial record, can some one help please, anything regarding any of the others would be an absolute bonus.
Hello Mitchell, I have the information you posted for me , but many thanks anyway. I was hoping to get Martha’s death certificate on line or the entry that was put into the death index giving her last known address and any other information that one of the researchers may have uncovered that I might have missed. There is already a photo of the grave as I asked www.findagrave .com if they would do it for me. So I have seen the grave. I dont know where the Greasley information came from I have Martha’s baptism certificate and she was actually born in Sneinton. That’s where Martha and Thomas her first husband and the father to her eight children married. I have yet to find out where the marriage to William Hatton took place.

She is listed on find a grave you can ask for a photograph hopefully someone will go and take it for you. if this is you who posted the memorial then you probably aready know this =) I will seach around for the number to the funeral home who handled her remains if its listed on her death certificate,please edit and tell us the name which will help us find a phone number or address for the funeral home or at least gives a place to look for her funeral record.
http://history.utah.gov/apps/burials/execute/viewburial?cemeteryid=UT2601&id=8601
*Death Records, Pre-1898
No governmental agencies were required by law to record deaths prior to 1898. Though not required to do so, some municipalities, such as Salt Lake City and Ogden, registered deaths prior to 1898. For other areas of Utah, try cemetery and burial records, newspaper obituaries, or private family and church records.*

Well thats disappointing and here I thought I had a lead, sorry
I’ll keep hunting.

Martha Beresford-Shaw Hatton
Birth: Apr. 15, 1818
Death: Aug. 14, 1889
Burial:
Provo City Cemetery
Provo
Utah County
Utah, USA
Plot: block 1 Lot 96

Found this on the Utah County, Utah website site

Burial Information: Hatton, Martha
Birth: 4/15/1817
Death: 8/14/1889
Burial: 8/14/1889
Place of Birth: Greasley, Nottingham, England
Place of Death: Provo, Utah
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Provo City Cemetery , Block 1 Lot 96
Source: Sexton
Comments:
Relatives: Berisford Shaw (Father)
William Hatton (Spouse)

Grave Marker Type: No
This comes from the official cemetery records

Burial Information: Hatton, William
Birth: 2/9/1823
Death: 3/6/1892
Burial: 3/6/1892
Place of Birth: Radford, Nottingham, England
Place of Death: Provo, Utah
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Provo City Cemetery , Block 1 Lot 96
Source: Sexton
Comments:
Relatives: William & Mary Walker Hatton (Father)
Elizabeth Raynor Hatton (d. 1872) (Spouse)

his other wife
Burial Information: Hatton, Elizabeth
Birth: 5/26/1824
Death: 12/28/1872
Burial: 12/28/1872
Place of Birth: Rimbley, England
Place of Death: Provo, Utah
Cause of Death:
Grave Location: Provo City Cemetery , Block 1 Lot 96
Source: Sexton
Comments:
Relatives: William Raynor (Father)
William Hatton (d. 1891) (Spouse)

Grave Marker Type: No