New York State Marriage Records Index

New york state marriage records.

New york state marriage records index.

Manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island. For new york city records. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers. As with other vital records compliance increased as time went on and records between 1881 and 1913 may be incomplete.

If the state loses their appeal of our lawsuit we will be able to get more recent years through 2017 some of which may already be in text database format rather than scanned images. In new york this was upheld in a new york state freedom of information case from 1993 formally gannett co inc. New york new york extracted marriage index 1866 1937. Doh keeps divorce certificates for both new york state and new york city.

The year range represents most of the records. The records for 1881 1964 are online now. About marriage records in new york new york marriage records are managed by the vital records section of new york department of health for most of the state from 1881 to present. New york county manhattan kings county brooklyn bronx county the bronx richmond county staten island and queens county queens contact.

This collection consists of indices of deaths from the state of new york. Records from 1907 to 1951 represent indexes of marriage licenses issued by the new york city clerk and are accompanied by images. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. A few records may be earlier or later.

The indexes cover the entire state outside of new york city and start in june 1880 deaths or 1881 marriages and births birth indexes are made available after 75 years marriage and death indexes after 50 years. You can browse through the images online at the internet archive totally free. The new york state marriage index is now partially online. This collection consists of county marriage records from various counties in new york.

Please note that the bride and groom appear on separate images listed alphabetically according to surname. New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau. New york death index 1852 1956. Yes in most states a basic marriage license log or marriage license index is considered to be public information even if the actual certificates or licenses may have strict privacy rules under the state s vital records laws.

Name index to marriage records from the state of new york. New york county marriage records 1847 1849 1907 1936. Researchers should begin by searching new york state s index to all marriage records from 1881. Certified marriage records are available to the bride groom those with a documented proper or judicial purpose and those with a court order.

Vital records has marriage records since 1880 for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city. Birth indexes have been made available through 1937 only an index entry states only the name of the person date and place of event and state certificate number.