Records from the N.Y.C. Department of Records & Information Services 






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N.Y.C. DEPARTMENT OF RECORDS & INFORMATION SERVICES
MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
31 CHAMBERS STREET - ROOM 103
NEW YORK, NY 10007
# (212) 788-8580

Vital Records: DEATH

GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS
All the records described below are
available for research in the

MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES REFERENCE ROOM.
Open: Mon. - Thurs. 9am - 4:30PM and Fri. 9am - 1pm

The following is a list of existing records for each borough

MANHATTAN:
Deaths: 1795; 1802 - 1804; 1808; 1812 - 1948

BROOKLYN:
Deaths: 1847 - 1853; 1857 - 1948

BRONX:
Deaths 1898 - 1948

The Bronx did not exist as a separate Borough until 1898.
Before then it was part of Westchester County, except for certain
western areas which were annexed by New York (Manhattan) in 1874
and some eastern areas in 1895. For Vital Records search
Manhattan.

QUEENS:
Deaths: 1898 - 1948

RICHMOND  (STATEN ISLAND:
Deaths: 1898 - 1948

COSTS AND FEES

$10.00 for search of records in one year and one City / Borough for one
name and issuance of one certified copy or ; Not Found statement.

$2.00 for each additional year for same name
$2.00 for each additional borough for same name
$5.00 for each additional copy or issuance of a
certificate when the certificate number is provided

Death Records after these periods of time are available at:
death records from (1930-present) for the five boroughs of NYC 

CITY OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DIVISION OF VITAL RECORDS
125 WORTH STREET BOX 4
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10013

Costs and Fees

$15.00 Search for two consecutive years and one copy.
$15.00 Each additional copy
$3.00 Each additional year to be searched


*ACCURATE AS OF FEBRUARY 2000

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