New York Marriage Records 1800s
New york marriage index 1600 1784.
New york marriage records 1800s. Birth marriage and death records military service records census records real property transfer records real property tax records court records. To obtain records from these municipalities contact the local registrar for birth and death record requests or the city clerk for marriage record requests. Name index to marriage records from the state of new york. The new york state archives is part of the office of cultural education an office of the new york state education department.
For new york city records. New york ny 10013. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers. The new york state department of health does not file records of birth death and marriage from the cities of albany buffalo and yonkers prior to january 1 1914.
Collection of early new york marriages prior to 1784. The year range represents most of the records. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. State coverage for albany buffalo and yonkers does not begin until 1914.
For the years 1891 to 1897 these records include manhattan parts of the bronx and brooklyn. Statewide registration of marriages in new york began in 1881. New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau. A few records may be earlier or later.
New york county manhattan kings county brooklyn bronx county the bronx richmond county staten island and queens county queens contact. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state in the first half the nineteenth century. A few cities began keeping marriage records before 1881. If you re seeking a birth marriage or death record for an ancestor in one of those locations before 1914 click the name of each municipality for tips on.
Marriage records after 1930 office of the city clerk municipal building room 252 centre chambers streets new york ny 10007 telephone. New york new york birth index 1891 1902. 212 669 8898 marriage records 50 years or older are public records obtainable by anyone. Copies of recent marriage certificates can be obtained from the local town or city clerk or from the new york state department of health.
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. About new york marriage notices 1800 1855 among the most important states in the young union new york was home to over a million people in the early 1800s. 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. New york state vital records.