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NYC's Story: The City on Record is an interactive, online exhibit celebrating 400 years of city history through founding documents, visual materials, and written accounts - capturing both defining events and everyday moments in New Yorkers' lives.
Read about our most popular programs, new digitization projects, and more in the FY25 Joint Annual Report of the Archival Review Board and the Archives Reference & Research Advisory Board here.
Introducing Historical Vital Records NYC! Browse, search, and download more than 10 million birth, death, and marriage records from 1855-1949!
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10,000 Women’s Stories
Explore the first permanent catalog of women activists in NYC.
A Shared Cultural Heritage Project
Explore 17th-Century Records between Amsterdam and New York City.
Your Story, NYC's History
Help connect local history with the records of City government.
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NYC Honorary Street Names Map
Find the story behind NYC street names.
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NYC Open Data
Access more than 1,400 NYC data sets for free, at any time via the NYC Open Data portal.
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