New York Vital Records

Locate New York state vital records. List of government and private entities that provide birth records, marriages and decrees, divorces and death certificates. Order online with free downloadable forms. State vital statistics and history

Start with the official state or health-department office responsible for issuing certified copies and official verifications.

• 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

Archive, family-history, newspaper, and historical collections that help with older or public-access vital records.

• 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

• New York Public Records HubReturn to the main New York public-record directory and browse more official record categories.
• New York Genealogy SearchHistorical family-history and archive resources related to New York records.
• New York Background ChecksBackground-check and identity-research resources for New York.