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From: "Joan M. Lowry" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUDSON-L] anthony m. schmitt
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 18:27:41 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20040302021537.68970.qmail@web60210.mail.yahoo.com>


Peg

I hate to be a bearer of bad news - but I wouldn't be surprised if an 1882 birth record
was not found in NYCity. It may not have been recorded. They were not as reliable in New
York City as they were in NJ until much closer to 1900.

The other possibility is that the staff would not have checked enough possible variations
of a name like Schmitt. It might have been found if they had checked Schmidt or Schmid or
Shmidt, Smith, etc. etc. Possibly the record might be there - but the child is unnamed or
has a different name - "Male child Schmidt" or "Jacob Anton Schmitt" could be your guy -
but how would the staff know that? You might want to hire a researcher to check again for
you. They would be able to spend the time to check all the variant spellings and
alternate choices for names.

You can find names of many researchers who do research in New York City at the following
websites:

www.apgen.org
http://www.apgen.org/localchapters/newyork/index.html

If you are interested in hiring someone - you could also contact me off list and I can
recommend a couple of reasonably priced researchers that I know.

Joan M. Lowry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: margaret hinz [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:16 PM
> To:
> Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] anthony m. schmitt
>
>
> Dear List, I am having a hard time finding my father's birth certificate
> location. On the 1920 Census he is listed born in New Jersey, on the 1930
> Census he is listed born in New York, in his Jersey Journal obituary it reads
> "born in New York City he had been a resident of Jersey City 60 years". He
> died June 04, 1948 in Jersey City (buried Holy Name Cem.) was born December 22,
> 1882, supposedly NY, NY; however, when I requested a certified copy of his
> birth certificate from the Dept of Rcords & Information Services Municipal
> Archives, 31 Chambers St., NY, NY I was informed no record found.
>
> A clipping I found in my father's file states "WASHINGTON, March 19 ?--The
> House today passed and sent to the Senate a bill to permit issuance of
> certificates of citizenship to native Americans unable to produce birth
> records---" Another clipping heading "1917 Draft Index to be Used for Birth
> Searches WASHINGTON -The census bureau announced today that the 1917-1918
> draft registrion records of 24,000,000 men now are available for obtaining
> evidence of place of birth and citizenship...." Another clipping states
> "Birth Papers on War Jobs Waived WASHINGTON,D.C. July 5 19?--Birth certificates
> no longer will be required to prove citizenship of applicants for jobs in
> plants handling secret or confidential government contracts...."
>
> All the above clippings lead me to believe that he couldn't locate his birth
> certificate, which is the same trouble I am having now.
>
> Any clues you can suggest I follow will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Peg Hinz
>
>
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