New York State Marriage Records Index

Name index to marriage records from the state of new york.

New york state marriage records index. As with other vital records compliance increased as time went on and records between 1881 and 1913 may be incomplete. Doh keeps divorce certificates for both new york state and new york city. In new york this was upheld in a new york state freedom of information case from 1993 formally gannett co inc. Researchers should begin by searching new york state s index to all marriage records from 1881.

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. Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. 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.

Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers. A few records may be earlier or later. This collection consists of county marriage records from various counties in new york. The records for 1881 1964 are online now.

New york new york extracted marriage index 1866 1937. New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau. Manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island. About marriage records in new york new york marriage records are managed by the vital records section of new york department of health for most of the state from 1881 to present.

You can browse through the images online at the internet archive totally free. The year range represents most of the records. 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 county manhattan kings county brooklyn bronx county the bronx richmond county staten island and queens county queens contact.

Vital records has marriage records since 1880 for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city. 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. Records from 1907 to 1951 represent indexes of marriage licenses issued by the new york city clerk and are accompanied by images. This database contains indexes for marriage licenses in new york city from 1907 to 2018.

Please note that the bride and groom appear on separate images listed alphabetically according to surname. For new york city records. The new york state marriage index is now partially online. New york state marriage records.

New york county marriage records 1847 1849 1907 1936. It does not have records for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city which includes the five boroughs.