New York State Marriage Records

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New york state marriage records. Marriage ceremonies must continue to be arranged through private marriage officiants. If you re seeking a birth marriage or death record for an ancestor in one of those locations before 1914 click the name of each municipality for tips on. It does not have records for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city which includes the five boroughs. The year range represents most of the records.

Certified marriage records are available to the bride groom those with a documented proper or judicial purpose and those with a court order. Marriage licenses are available exclusively on project cupid. My late stepmother was an irish but she was born in india and my late father always hid this secret from me without marriagerecordsonline us i would have never known this secret in my entire life many thanks. All offices of the city clerk nyc marriage bureau remain closed to the general public until further notice.

New york city keeps marriage records separately from new york state. New york state vital records. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the family history library and family history centers. Copies of all records can obtained from the town or city of birth or by contacting the state archives.

The new york state department of health may be contacted by phone at 518 474 3075. Registered user s comments about our marriage database. Doh keeps divorce certificates for both new york state and new york city. A few records may be earlier or later.

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. State coverage for albany buffalo and yonkers does not begin until 1914. For new york city records. Vital records has marriage records since 1880 for marriage licenses purchased in all of new york state except new york city.

Due to privacy laws recent records may not be displayed. New york state has created indexes to births marriages and deaths occurring after 1880 for locations outside of new york city. In new york this was upheld in a new york state freedom of information case from 1993 formally gannett co inc. Name index to marriage records from the state of new york.

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. 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. 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. New york city department of health and mental hygiene or new york city marriage bureau.