For order forms and instructions, click here.The Registrar's Office issues and maintains birth certificates for unincorporated communities only. Marriage records less than 50 years old are more difficult to obtain you must meet specific criteria and present all required documentation. Note: Marriage records more than 50 years old are available to the general public and may be ordered by mail or in person. For locations and contact information of all NY city clerk offices, click here. Records between 1996 and the present may be obtained at any city clerk’s office. Marriage records between 19 can be obtained only at the Manhattan office. The City Clerk has offices in each of the five boroughs.
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Marriage applications and licenses from 1930 to the present and marriage license indexes from 1908 to the present are held by the NY City Clerk’s Office, Marriage Bureau. Hours: Monday to Friday, except holidays, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Vital Records When ordering death certificates, if you are not the spouse or a blood relative of the deceased, you must document your right to get the certificate. For order forms and instructions, click here.
Note: You may order birth certificates only for deceased relatives. They may be ordered online, by mail, or in person. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pmīirth certificates from 1910 to the present and death certificates from 1949 to the present are held by the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s Office of Vital Records. At least two independent sets of marriage records were maintained for the period 1908-1937 in each borough, one set at the Department of Health and the other at the City Clerk’s Office. In addition to holding the complete Department of Health set from this period, the Municipal Archives also holds the following records from the City Clerk’s Office set: bride and groom license indexes, 1908-1951 licenses, 1908-1929.
Note: Approximately 25% of all births prior to 1910 were not reported to the city, as they often took place at home and the doctor or midwife sometimes failed to report the event to the appropriate civil office. * For specific date ranges of Municipal Archives holdings for each borough, click here. For order forms and instructions, click here. The New York City Municipal Archives (Department of Records) maintains original records of births reported in the five Boroughs of New York City prior to 1910 marriages reported prior to 1938 and deaths reported prior to 1949.* You may view them in person or order them online or by mail. Vital Records section of this guide for information on ordering these microfilms. If you cannot visit the Genealogy Institute, please see the U.S.
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To find the relevant microfilm number, search for “New York, New York (City)” and click on “Vital Records – Indexes.” These indexes are on permanent loan at the Center for Jewish History’s Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute. Specific date ranges for each borough are provided at the above links.įor New York City birth and death certificates later than those covered by FamilySearch’s online indexes (see above), indexes through 1965 are available on microfilm through the Church of Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Library. The below indexes will provide you with this information, so that you can easily locate or order the certificate you are seeking.įamilySearch, the website of the Church of Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Library, offers searchable indexes of historical New York City certificates of birth (prior to 1910), marriage (prior to 1938), and death (prior to 1950). New York City vital records are organized within each event type (birth, marriage, or death) by borough, year, and certificate number.
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