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The NYC Historical Vital Records Project. The New York City Municipal Archives is undertaking a mass digitization project to provide online access to 13.3 million historical birth, death, and marriage records.
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Indexes to digitized records are now available on NYC Open...
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The birth, death or marriage event was not reported to the...
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nyc.gov | DORIS 311 Search all NYC.gov Historical Vital...
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The New York City Health Department issued marriage...
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Historical Vital Records of NYC is an initiative from...
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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.
Death Indexes and Records Online. This website is an extensive directory of links to online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery and burial records.
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View by certificate number
If you know the certificate number and year, it is easy to search, view, and download the color copy.
Search by name
Search by name is also available if you know the exact name and year (please note, the site does not currently account for spelling variations in names). An important note: Some records are still in the process of digitization, so are not yet included in digitized access. For more details see the vital certificate coverage charts.
Browsing Records
To browse records, select "Browse All" from the main menu, and enter the record type (birth, marriage, or death), borough (Manhattan, (Kings) Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Richmond (Staten Island)), and year. The slider makes it easy for you to search for a year or a range of years:
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 ...
For someone who died outside of New York City, including elsewhere in New York State, the CDC has information on how you can order a certificate. To request a certificate for a death that occurred before 1949, visit the NYC Department of Records Municipal Archives or call 311 .
This index contains the vital record certificate number for death records held by the New York State - these certificate numbers can be used to order a full copy of the death certificate from the State Archives.
Death Certificates: Information on who can order a death certificate and how to report a death. Birth Certificate Corrections and Death Certificate Corrections: Commonly requested corrections and how to correct someone else's certificate. Fees: Each certificate costs $15 per copy. See the Fees page for information on additional costs. Contact Us
