New York City DEPARTMENT OF RECORDS AND INFORMATION SERVICES MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
31 Chambers Street Room 103 New York, NY 10007 # (212) 788-8580 Marriage records are filed and indexed according to the locality (Borough) in which the event occured. ____________________________________________ MANHATTAN : Marriages*: June 1847 - 1848; July 1853 - 1937 Liber Books from 1848 to 1865 for N.Y.C. (Manhattan only) and Brooklyn, These are on microfilm. It is a line in a book recording the marriages by date. Pages are listed by letter of the alphabet by date of the marriage. They don't have as much information but it could be very helpful when one does not have a church or synagogue record. _____________________________________________ BROOKLYN : Marriages*: 1866 - 1937 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 New Utrecht, 1880-1894. Liber Books from 1848 to 1865 for N.Y.C. (Manhattan only) and Brooklyn, These are on microfilm. It is a line in a book recording the marriages by date. Pages are listed by letter of the alphabet by date of the marriage. They don't have as much information but it could be very helpful when one does not have a church or synagogue record. _____________________________________________ BRONX : Marriages*: 1898 - 1937 The Bronx did not exist as 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. ______________________________________________ QUEENS : Marriages*: 1898 - 1937 Pre-consolidation TOWN AND VILLAGE VITAL RECORDS, 1847-1849; 1881-1897, Long Island City, 1871-1897. _______________________________________________ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) : Marriages*: 1898 - 1937 Pre-consolidation TOWN AND VILLAGE VITAL RECORDS, 1847 - 1849; 1881 - 1897 Current FEES * Heath Department marriage certificates and indexes for all Boroughs prior to 1938 are available on microfilm. Index to City Clerk marriage licenses for all Boroughs, 1908 - 1929, available on microfilm; licenses 1908 - 1929 have not been microfilmed; license copies are available via special order only. RETURN to MARRIAGE MAIN RETURN to BROOKLYN MAIN