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MANHATTAN  (New York County)
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(Manhattan Island is New York City.)

In this series:
Marriage records 1866-1937
Index 1866-1937

Health Department marriages but not City Clerk marriages;
12 FHL films beginning with film 1543903
only for Manhattan from 1888--1893
only for Manhattan and Brooklyn from 1894--1897.

Microfilm of original records at the Municipal Archives of New York, New York City.
Department of Health. Division of Vital Statistics

Marriage register 1823--1853 (Mariners' Church) FHL film 017785
Mayor's marriage records and index 1830--1854 FHL film 017776

MARRIAGE REGISTER & INDEX 1829--1887
(There are no records between January 1875 to August 1876)
Includes Groom & Bride's name
Place of birth
Age and Place of residence.
Includes name and residence of person who performed the marriage.
There are no records between Jan. 1875 to Aug. 1876.
13 microfilm reels FHL films 1671673--85

MANHATTAN MARRIAGE RECORDS 1866-1937; INDEX 1866-1937
Health Dept. marriage records and indexes 1866--1937 1447 FHL films beginning with film 1522995
Marriage indexes 1898--1937 4 FHL films beginning with film 1983782

Some marriages which happened at end of year were written on the registers in the next year.
SEARCH indexes for following year also.

Some indexes are arranged in three year intervals.
Ex: 1866 A, 1867 A, 1868 A, then 1866 B, 1867 B, 1868 B, etc.

Certificate numbers was assigned as they were received for registration, then bound in sequential order.
Marriage dates are not always in chronological order.

These are cert. starting with:
#1001-2250 1936-1937
#31250-31528 1936 1-1000 1936-1937

NOTE: New York City Bride and Groom Indexes in ONE STEP
Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco

Search Groom Index Search Bride Index
Manhattan 1895-1897 Brooklyn 1871-1910, 1931-1937
Brooklyn 1866-1879, 1895-1897 Bronx 1899-1937
All Boroughs 1908-1936 Queens 1905-1937

NOTE:
INDEXES 1908-1951, & LICENSES 1908-1929, are at the NYC MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
They are not listed on the FHC site.

MARRIAGES by MAYORS & ALDERMEN, JUSTICE of the PEACE 1830-1854
FHL US/CAN Film 17776

Another filming, 1971. Copy in DAR Library, Washington FHL US/CAN Film 860287 1 Roll

NEW YORK CITY MARRIAGES, 1810-1814, as reported in the COMMERICAL ADVERTISER
Microfilm of typewritten transcript at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
FHL US/CAN Film 17785 1 microfilm reel

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW YORK CITY, 1686-1706, 1807
Microfilm of handwritten and typewritten transcripts at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Includes Marriages of Westchester, Borough of the Bronx, now part of New York City.

Marriage register of Rev. Henry Chase, minister of Mariners Church, New York City, 1823-1853
FHL US/CAN Film 17785 1 microfilm reel
Another filming, 1985 FHL US/CAN Film 1405496

RECORDS of the CHURCH of the SEA AND THE LAND
New York City, formerly the Market Street Dutch Reformed Church, 1864-1866
Microfilm of handwritten transcript; New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Contains marriages of the Church of the Sea and the Land, 1864-1866

Includes an article from the newspaper New York Herald Tribune, Feb. 5, 1934,
concerning the merger of Seventh Presbyterian Church, Broome and Ridge Streets,
with the Church of the Sea and the Land.

To see a listing of Church Records and what they contain:
NEW YORK CITY - CHURCH RECORDS

To order a certificate from the F.H.C. you can download the form here:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/FReqMicrofilm.pdf

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