If you're seeking a birth, marriage, or death record for an ancestor in one of those locations before , click the name of each municipality for tips on finding records before Researchers with ancestors anywhere else in New York State can get their ancestor's vital record in two steps:.
These records are only available to the public after a certain period of time, which varies depending on the record and the researcher's relation to the person of interest.
Read on for a general overview of each type of record and where to find the indexes you need to get started. Those seeking New York birth certificates should begin with the state's index to all birth certificates from Birth indexes are made available after 75 years, but not all indexes are entirely up to date, and may only go up to the mids.
Another limitation to keep in mind is that not all births were reported in the earlier years of the index - compliance grew over time, and before was often incomplete in many areas.
The vital records chapter of our New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer goes into detail on when compliance started in every area of New York State, and how researchers should handle research in all areas and time periods.
Images are also available to browse but not search for free on Internet Archive. Again, these indexes do not cover several notable locations. New York City birth certificates have always been kept completely separate from vital records of other locations in New York State. See the New York City section of this guide for more information.
Click the name of each municipality to find out about obtaining vital records for your ancestors in these cities. Once you have found the birth certificate number, you're ready to request a copy. Researchers should begin by searching New York State's index to all marriage records from Marriage indexes are available online at Internet Archive for to As with other vital records, compliance increased as time went on, and records between and may be incomplete. In many cases, marriage records can be located at the county level.
For detailed information on marriage and other records available in each county, see our New York State County Guides for Genealogists for your county of interest. Findmypast has a growing collection of county marriage records for New York State - this includes a searchable index of brides and grooms, along with images of marriage records in many cases.
New York City marriage records have always been kept completely separate from vital records of other locations in New York State. Once you have found the marriage certificate number, you're ready to request a copy. To find a death certificate, researchers should begin by searching New York State's index to all deaths beginning in Death indexes are made available after 50 years.
The images in these collections are not searchable, but they are easy to browse by year, though the image quality of some years makes it difficult to read certain images. New York City death records have always been kept completely separate from vital records of other locations in New York State. Once you have found the death certificate number, you're ready to request a copy. Once you have retrieved information about the record you are seeking, you can obtain a copy of the vital record certificate by contacting either:.
We advise seeking records from local authorities or seeking vital record substitutes. The New York State Department of Health will provide uncertified copies for genealogical research in the following instances:. Watchers Murphynw. Larger map. This place has no commentary yet.
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