In new york this was upheld in a new york state freedom of information case from 1993 formally gannett co inc.
New york state marriage records index.
It does not have records for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city which includes the five boroughs.
Certified marriage records are available to the bride groom those with a documented proper or judicial purpose and those with a court order.
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.
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.
The records for 1881 1964 are online now.
This collection consists of county marriage records from various counties in new york.
Manhattan kings brooklyn queens bronx and richmond staten island.
Records from 1907 to 1951 represent indexes of marriage licenses issued by the new york city clerk and are accompanied by images.
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.
Marriage indexes are available online at internet archive for 1881 to 1964.
The year range represents most of the records.
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.
For new york city records.
Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed.
New york new york extracted marriage index 1866 1937.
A few records may be earlier or later.
New york death index 1852 1956.
As with other vital records compliance increased as time went on and records between 1881 and 1913 may be incomplete.
Researchers should begin by searching new york state s index to all marriage records from 1881.
New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau.
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.
Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers.
This database contains indexes for marriage licenses in new york city from 1907 to 2018.
Name index to marriage records from the state of new york.
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.
New york county manhattan kings county brooklyn bronx county the bronx richmond county staten island and queens county queens contact.
New york state marriage records.
This collection consists of indices of deaths from the state of new york.
Doh keeps divorce certificates for both new york state and new york city.
