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Birth, death and marriage records are filed and indexed according to the locality (Borough) in which the event occurred:

Birth Records

Borough

Dates Available

Manhattan - July 1847 - 1848
- July 1853 - 1909
 
Brooklyn - 1866 - 1909
 
Bronx - 1898 - 1909
 
Queens - 1898 - 1909
 
Richmond
(Staten Island)
- 1898 - 1909
 
Death Records

Borough

Dates Available

Manhattan

- 1795
- 1802-1804
- 1808
- 1812-1948

 
Brooklyn - 1847-1853
- 1857-1948
 
Bronx - 1898 - 1948
 
Queens - 1898 - 1948
 
Richmond
(Staten Island)
- 1898 - 1948
 
Marriage Records

Borough

Dates Available

Manhattan - July 1847 - 1848
- July 1853 - 1937
 
Brooklyn - 1866 - 1937
 
Bronx - 1898 - 1937
 
Queens - 1898 - 1937
 
Richmond
(Staten Island)
- 1898 - 1937
 

Notes

    -There are separate marriage and death records for Kings County Towns: Flatbush, 1847-1851, 1880-1894; Flatlands, 1880-1895; Gravesend, 1880-1894; New Lots, 1881-1886; and New Utrecht, 1880-1894.
    - Bronx: The Bronx did not exist as a separate Borough until 1898. New York City (Manhattan) annexed the area west of the Bronx River in 1874 and annexed the area east of the Bronx River in 1895. For vital records in those areas after the date of annexation through 1897, request a search of Manhattan records.
    - Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records 1847-1849, 1881-1897; and Long Island City 1871-1897
    - Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records, 1847-1849, 1881-1897

 
Census

Manhattan

1890 New York City "Police Census." (Manhattan only)
Listed according to address, the census recorded the name, age and sex of each resident, including children.
No mail search service.

Brooklyn

New York State Census, Kings County, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915.
Not indexed; listed according to Ward, and/or Assembly, and Enumeration District number.
Recorded name, family relationship, sex, age, nativity, occupation, and citizenship status.
No mail search service.

Richmond

New York State Census, Richmond County, 1855, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1915, 1925.
Not indexed; similar information as Kings County Census.
No mail search service.

 

CITY DIRECTORIES

MANHATTAN 1873-1913; 1915-1918; 1920; 1922; 1924; 1931; 1933

BROOKLYN 1796; 1802; 1811; 1822-1826; 1829-1910; 1912-1913; 1933

Listed alphabetically, by last name, head of household (male adult primarily; women usually only if widowed), his or her occupation, home address and/or business address.
No mail search service.

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