This page provides information on obtaining copies of New
York birth certificates, New York marriage licenses, New
York divorce decrees and New York death records. There are
also useful links to past New York Vital Records for those
of you conducting family history research. General information
about US vital records can be viewed on this site's homepage
New York City Vital Records
New York City birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Office of Vital Records
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
125 Worth Street, CN4, Rm. 133
New York, NY 10013-4090
New York City birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene may be
contacted by phone on (212) 788-4520 or online at http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html
Remarks:
Office has birth records since 1910 and death records since
1949 for those occurring in the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island
New York State Vital Records
New York birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
New York birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The New York State Department of Health may be contacted
by phone on (518) 474-3075 or online at http://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/
Remarks: State office has records since 1881
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search New York
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of New York birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
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Billion records