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Generally, the New York State Department of Health provides uncertified copies of the following types of records for genealogy research purposes: Birth certificates - if on file for at least 75 years and the person whose name is on the birth certificate is known to be deceased.
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.
Genealogy. Historical Vital Records of NYC provides access to millions of digitized birth, death and marriage records dating from 1855 to 1949. Search, browse, download or order certified copies from the Municipal Archives’ vital records collection.
With the project now 70% complete, 9,318,625 digitized records from the late 1800s to the early 1900s are now available online as of March 2022. Visit the NYC Department of Records & Information Services website for a complete listing of records available online.
Data elements include year/date of death, decedent name, gender, residence code, and state file number. The State Archives also holds an index to “delayed” birth certificates filed for some births occurring prior to 1881 [series B2029], mostly in the 1870s.
Information on obtaining copies of birth certificates from the New York State Department of Health.
To order a certificate, select one of the following: Pre-Adoption Birth Certificate. Birth Certificates. Death Certificates. Marriage Certificates. Divorce Certificates. Fetal Death & Still Birth Certificates. Genealogy Records & Resources. Additional Information. Getting Married in New York State. How to Get Married in New York State.
Researchers should use this index to obtain the certificate number for an ancestor's birth certificate - a crucial piece of information needed to order a copy of the full certificate from New York State. Years covered are 1881 - 1941.
New York State does file birth records for Queens and Richmond counties for the years 1881 through 1897. Anyone may obtain records of births that occurred at least 75 years ago and records of marriages and deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago.
The following resources are designed to highlight record series in the New York State Archives that are most useful for genealogical research. Topics. Birth, Marriage, and Death Records. Military Service Records. Census Records. Real Property Transfer Records. Real Property Tax Records. Court Records. Naturalization and Related Records.