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If you are unable to find the materials you need using the name search, other indexes exist to help you identify the certificate number. The new New York City Historical Vital Records index is based on an index created by the Genealogical Federation of Long Island (GFLI) who used the microfilmed card file to create the indexes. The Germany Genealog...
As you download a record, the file name provides some key information for you. Files are named like this: M-K-1894-0005326 or B-M-1878-0235338. The first letter is the type of record: 1. B for birth 2. M for Marriage 3. D for death The second letter is the Borough: 1. B for Bronx 2. K for Kings (Brooklyn) 3. M for Manhattan 4. Q for Queens 5. R for...
To see if a record is digitized, use the site tab Digital Vital Records, and then select the tab for Birth, Deaths, or Marriages. Remember that marriage records between 1908 and 1937 come in two different record collections, certificates and licenses and you should check both series. The NYC DORIS website has an explanation of these materials, and ...
Sep 4, 2019 · Sometimes a simple search on Google or other web browser can be the quickest way to get the info you need. Enter the person’s full name plus the word “obituary.”
Indexes to digitized records are now available on NYC Open Data! View/search data, explore visualizations, and download data sets. Search Tips. By Certificate Number. The fastest way to locate a vital record is by using the certificate number.
He traveled as a "student" to go to his "friend's", Mrs. Walter Coster of NYC. In Los Angeles in 1944 he married Mabel Gould, he age 47 and she age "58". She lied about her age and actually was 66; a first marriage for both. She died in 1959. Her newspaper obituary described her as a "club woman".
A complete index to obituaries published in The New York Times between 1858 and 1968. Researchers may use the information found in this index to locate the full obituary in The New York Times archives.
