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New York State Vital Records Index Look-up (Birth, Marriage & Death)
Will research up to 6 records and search each record 1 year forward and 1 year backward covering a 3 year span.
Please read and understand before purchasing...
Heres how it works:
You give us:
1. Name
2. Event (ie:Birth, Marriage or death)
3. Year of event
We will research that information and give you:
1. Name of individual as it appears in the Vital Records Index.
2. Date of event as it appears in the Vital Records Index.
3. Location of event (ie: name of City, Town et.)
4. New York State record number.
5. The State form and address to send for the actual record.
Scope of records:
Introduction to New York State Vital records indexes.
New York began statewide registration of births, marriages, and deaths in 1880-81, under supervision of the State and local boards of health. Compliance with the law was incomplete until 1900 or even later; therefore certificates are lacking for many events.
Vital Records Indexes
* 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.
* An index entry states only the name of the person, date and place of event, and State certificate number. Indexes for certain years are arranged by SOUNDEX codes.
Scope of Indexes:
* The indexes do not include vital events in New York City and in the former city of Brooklyn for any period.
* The indexes do include vital events in the former towns of Kings County prior to their annexation by the City of Brooklyn in the 1880s and '90s; in portions of Westchester County prior to their annexation by New York City in 1895; and in Richmond County (Staten Island) and the western portion of Queens County prior to their incorporation into the City of New York, January 1, 1898.
* The indexes do not include births and deaths in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers prior to 1914, or marriages in those cities prior to 1908. (Contact the local registrar of vital statistics in those cities for information about earlier records.)
* The birth indexes do not include original data for adopted infants. The birth and death indexes do include data on individuals who were born or died in a state facility (such as a prison or mental hospital).
$19.99
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