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New York Genealogy Databases

Click Here to List ALL New York Databases New York Birth Records. New York Death Records. New York Marriage Records. New York Vital Records. New York Geneology Databases. New York Genealogy Records. New York Geneology Records. New York Records. New York Census Records.

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•	New York Times (New York City, New York) Death and Marriage Index, 1890 Collection of obituaries and marriage notices which appeared in the New York Times in 1890.
•	New York Evening Times (New York, New York)
•	New York Daily Times (New York, New York)
•	New York Times (New York, New York)
•	New York Times, (New York, New York), 1881-94
•	Marble Cemetery Records, New York City, New York, 1830-1937 Listing of persons interred in New York City's Marble Cemetery.
•	New York Supreme Court Plaintiffs, 1824-1911 An extraction of New York Chancery and Supreme Court records for much of the 19th century.
•	New York City Reformed Dutch Marriage Records, 1639-95 Marriage records from the Reformed Dutch Church in New York between 1639-1695
•	New York Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24 Naturalization petition records from New York County (Manhattan) between 1907 and 1924.
•	New York City, Public School Teacher Retirement List, 1895 - 1915 This database lists names of teachers who retired from teaching in New York City between 1895 and 1915.
•	Early American Immigrations Information on New England founders and Scandinavian immigrants in New York
•	Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-74 Names of many early Scandinavian immigrants to New York
•	French's Gazetteer of New York Geography, geology, and general history of New York
•	New York Marriages to 1784 Database of New York marriage bonds to 1784, earliest 1664
•	New York Pensioners, 1835 New York soldiers covered under various pension acts during the early nineteenth century
•	New York Chinese Exclusion Index Index of New York INS Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files 1882-1960
•	New York City Directory, 1786 Male, heads of households living in New York in 1786
•	New York City Wills, 1665-1707 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Wills, 1708-28 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Wills, 1730-44 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Police Census, 1890 Partial city census listing of New York City residents in 1890.
•	New York City Wills, 1744-58 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York Census, 1790-1890 U.S. Federal Census indexes (and other related census indexes) for New York from 1790 to 1890
•	New York City Wills, 1754-60 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Directory, 1869
•	New York City Directory, 1890
•	New York City Wills, 1760-66 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Wills, 1766-71 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Wills, 1771-76 Collection of will abstracts
•	New York City Wills, 1777-83 Collection of will abstracts

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New York Genealogy Help

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, these public records are prime sources of genealogical information. These records are critically important in genealogy research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century.

There are many sources for birth, death and marriage events that are not in the New York vital records office. Cemeteries, church records, newspapers, military records, immigration and naturalization records, as well as family records in letters and Bibles, are all places where evidence of vital events might be found. Once New York vital records have been researched, and especially if none are available for the location and time period required, a good procedure would be to try to locate your New York ancestors using New York census records.

Every state has a division charged with the responsibility of maintaining and dispersing public information from its vital record holdings. Each state page on this website indicates the availability of birth records, marriage records, death records, and divorce records and the agencies responsible for maintaining them.

New York Vital Records Information
(How to contact the Vital Records Department of New York)

Event: Birth or death

Cost of copy: $15.00

Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section
P.O. Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220-2602

Remarks: State office has had records since 1880. For records before 1914 in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers, or before 1880 in any other city, write to Registrar of Vital Statistics in city where event occurred. For the rest of the State, except New York City, write to State office.

Check or money order should be made payable to New York State Department of Health. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (518) 474-3075. This will be a recorded message.

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: $5.00

Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section
P.O. Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220-2602

Remarks: Records from 1880 to present.

Event:
Marriage (city)

Cost of copy:
$5.00

Address:
See remarks

Remarks:
For records from 1880-1907 and licenses issued in the cities of Albany, Buffalo, or Yonkers, apply to--Albany: City Clerk, City Hall, Albany, NY 12207; Buffalo: City Clerk, City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202; Yonkers: Registrar of Vital Statistics, Health Center Building, Yonkers, NY 10701.

Event:
Divorce (State)

Cost of copy:
$15.00

Address:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section
P.O. Box 2602
Albany, NY 12220-2602

Remarks:
Records since January 1963.

Event:
Divorce (county)

Cost of copy:
Varies

Address:
See remarks

Remarks:
County Clerk in county where divorce was granted.