New York State Marriage Records Index

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New york state marriage records index.

If the state loses their appeal of our lawsuit we will be able to get more recent years through 2017 some of which may already be in text database format rather than scanned images. New york county marriage records 1847 1849 1907 1936. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers. The year range represents most of the records.

The records for 1881 1964 are online now. New york state marriage records. Name index to marriage records from the state of new york. New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau.

This database contains indexes for marriage licenses in new york city from 1907 to 2018. Vital records has marriage records since 1880 for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city. It does not have records for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city which includes the five boroughs. This collection consists of county marriage records from various counties in new york.

New york new york extracted marriage index 1866 1937. Records from 1907 to 1951 represent indexes of marriage licenses issued by the new york city clerk and are accompanied by images. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. A few records may be earlier or later.

Marriage indexes are available online at internet archive for 1881 to 1964. Researchers should begin by searching new york state s index to all marriage records from 1881. Certified marriage records are available to the bride groom those with a documented proper or judicial purpose and those with a court order. New york death index 1852 1956.

In new york this was upheld in a new york state freedom of information case from 1993 formally gannett co inc. Please note that the bride and groom appear on separate images listed alphabetically according to surname. You can browse through the images online at the internet archive totally free. As with other vital records compliance increased as time went on and records between 1881 and 1913 may be incomplete.

For new york city records. 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. 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. Doh keeps divorce certificates for both new york state and new york city.

Yes in most states a basic marriage license log or marriage license index is considered to be public information even if the actual certificates or licenses may have strict privacy rules under the state s vital records laws. This collection consists of indices of deaths from the state of new york.