April 1837 Register of Deaths for New York City. Individual death certificates were not created during this time. |
Some names are difficult to decipher for the transcription. This surname looks like BIBBY. The first name could be Cathy, Walter, Arthur. |
Online transcriptions are an invaluable resource to genealogists, but the difficulties illustrated here demonstrate that mistakes are likely and you need to seek the original source. In this particular project, the original record includes place of burial, cause of death, and nativity- additional pertinant information that will not be in the online index. If you are unable to travel to New York City to view these ledgers, you can order the microfilm through a FamilySearch Center [catalog numbers 447544-447568 and 1314271-1314289] or wait for the images to appear online at FamilySearch.
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