Vital Records Resources
Access official birth certificates, death records, marriage certificates and divorce records.
- New York Department of Health Vital Records ServicesProvides qualified applicants with certified copies of the certificates, where to obtain a copy, who is eligible, identi
- New York Department of Health Genealogy Records and ResourcesBirth certificates if on file for at least 75 years, death and marriage certificates if on file for at least 50 years
- New York State Archives Genealogy Vital RecordsMicrofiche copies of birth indexes are made available after 75 years, marriage and death indexes after 50 years
- New York City Vital Records at the Municipal ArchivesRecords of births reported in the five boroughs prior to 1910, deaths prior to 1949 and marriages prior to 1930, ways to