VITAL SEACH
New York City-Specific Databases
Vital Search is primarily a subscription site, but for some locations, some records are available without a subscription. 

Including: Indexes 
Declarations of Intention, 1808-1927 
Cemetery Records, Veterans, 1775 - 1918 [Updated 7/14/2000] 
Court Records, 1778 - 1885 [Updated 1/17/2001] 
Government Publications by Westchester County Departments, 1915-Present   
Historic Preservation Survey Records, 1983 
Incorporation Records, 1876-1926  [Updated 5/17/2000] 
Incorporation Records: Personal Names Index, 1848- 1906 
Marriage Records, 1908-1928  [Updated 7/29/2002] 
Miscellaneous Records, 1840 - 1916 [Updated 12/1/2000] 
Naturalization Records, 1808-1927
School Reports, 1828-1927

The Virtual Archives..
a collaborative effort of the The Westchester County Archives 
& 
The Westchester County Historical Society

MARRIAGE..GUIDE to film records at the (FHC)..Family History Center

Film # Guide for BIRTH - DEATH & MARRIAGE for (FHC) Family History Center

Family History Center CATALOGUE Here is the current list of LDS Family History Library microfilms ALL Boroughs vital records and indexes: From the Jewishgen.org. Oh so simplified!

LONG ISLAND

Vital Records..Long Island

Nassau County Vitals Information

NASSAU COUNTY VITALS..Birth-Death-Marriage Info

Office of the County Clerk..Nassau

Nassau County Information

Nassau County Vital Records Site - Explanations, address etc

Nassau County Website Genweb Site

Town of Oyster Bay..Town Hall North

Town of Hempstead..Town Clerk's Office

North Hempstead..Town Clerk's Office

City of Glen Cove..City Hall

City of Long Beach..City Clerk's Office

Jewish Genealogy Site of Long Island Info

Long Island: "Our Story" This site is produced from Newsday. Wonderful look back to the L.I. roots. History from The first inhabitants to present day.

Queens Borough Library/Long Island Division..One of the BEST sources for information

Nassau County Website Wonderful site, filled with history, newspaper vitals, info that keeps growing

The Long Island Genealogy Page Histories..Bios..Militia..

SUFFOLK COUNTY VITALS..Birth-Death-Marriage Info

Riverhead..Suffolk County Vitals Information

Suffolk Cooperative Library System Census..Federal & State..Rolls #s and how to obtain thru I.L.L

Suffolk County Libraries Maps..How to get there

Suffolk County NAUTRALIZATION RECORDS On-Line database

Suffolk County Interactive Map showing Towns within

LONGWOOD GENEALOGY GROUP Long Island & Brooklyn Information..

Patchogue-Medford Library Local History Room offers an outstanding, non-circulating collection of old and new materials on Long Island History

Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates The SUFFOLK County Clerk’s Office does not maintain Birth, Marriage or Death records, This is a function of the town clerk and or registrar. Below are links to the ten town clerks in Suffolk County, where these records can be found.

Town of Babylon

Town of Brookhaven

Town of East Hampton

Town of Huntington

Town of Islip

Town of Shelter Island

Town of Smithtown

Town of Southhampton

Town of Southold

Town of Riverhead

FLORIDA VITAL RECORDS

ARCHIVE Holdings

LONG ISLAND STUDIES INSTITUTE: Special Collections A small idea of what they offer!! -Carman Family Collection -Pearsall Collection -Post Collection -The Raynor Family Collection -Hershkowitz Collection of New York County Court Records -and assorted community records and papers --microfilm collections: -Brooklyn Eagle from 1841 to 1951, -Federal and New York State Census records for geographic Long Island, -street directories of Brooklyn and western Queens. -Long Island History of Sports Collection -Places of Worship is a photographic collection. (Robert Harrison photographed churches, mosques, and synagogues on Long Island in the early 21st century.)

Municpal Archives On-Line Contact Form

NYCity Municipal Archives Chambers St. Collections

Guide to Records Department of Correctional Services

1910 Article of Old Records Holdings

New York State History Links - Repositories

The New York State Archives

King's Park State Hospital patient case files,1890-1931

The COURTS

The Courts of New York A guide to court procedures & glossary of legal terms

Kings County Court System

New York County (Manhattan) Court System

Bronx County Court System

Queens County Court System

Richmond (Staten Island) County Court System

Nassau County Court System

Suffolk County Court System

Probate Records..Whhere they are located

Court Guide New York area..Divorce, Immigration, Crimminal etc

Divorce Records Where to obtain them

New York State County Clerks Offices LIST (as of March 1994)

Kings County Clerks Office

To research Old Crimminal Records

"Miscellaneous Files" Division of Old Records..Chambers St.

Old Business Records/Corporations..How to/Where

Register's Office

Where to write.Guardianship Records

Convicts Records-Registers of discharges by commutation of sentences 1883-1916

Prison, Jail and Court Records - Circa 1930-1945

Federal Prison Records.. We are able to obtain State and County Prison Records or Incarceration Records for most states in the US, and Federal Records nationwide. Three types of records can be obtained: County Prison Records, County Jail Records State Prison Records, Department of Corrections Federal Prison Records, Federal Bureau of Prisons

DIRECTORY Info

Brooklyn Directories..What is available & Where to view them

Directory's..Various Years

The Suffolk Cooperative Library System has City Directories for Brooklyn and Manhattan available to libraries in Suffolk County in microfiche and microfilm.

Patchogue-Medford Library L.I. Manhattan & Bklyn

The Long Island Division of the QueensBorough Library

EMMIGRATION

Ellis Island On-Line Search Passenger Manifests..1892 thru 1924

Ellis Island..Wall of Honor

National Archives N.A.R.A.

Not sure what County a town is in? Click here

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Queens County Historical Societies

Nassau County Historical Societies

Suffolk County Historical Societies

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

Brooklyn Historical Society

Ridgewood Historical Society

Brooklyn Historian

Richmond Hill Historical Society

Bronx County Historical Society

Czechoslovak Genealogical Society Int'l (CGSI)

National Genealogical Society Library

German Genealogy Group

Hispanic Genealogy enter

Italian Genealogical Group

Italian Historical Society of America

Jewish Genealogical Society of New York

New York Historical Societies

Polish Genealogical Society

Puerto Rican Genelogical Society

Slovenian Genealogical Society

Suffolk County Historical Society

The Tenement Mueseum.. "A tenement building at 97 Orchard Street. Built in 1863, this structure is the first homestead of urban, working class, poor and immigrant people preserved in the United States."

1600s ANCESTORS DATA BASE The database contains listings of thousands of 1600s Colonial Ancestors whose lines have been approved by various Societies and Organizations through the years.

Family History Place Genealogy Societies, Articles, and Books for Everyone. Over 1000 genealogy societies listed, a library of articles, and a wide selection of genealogy books. A listing of New York Genealogy Societies

GOVERNMENT

Tax Photos - For Blk & white Tax photos..Info/Form

CCC = Civilian Conservation Corps WPA = Work Projects Administration

National Archives Information Locator (NAIL)

Stephen P. Morse, Searching the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) in One Step

Brooklyn Borough President

LIBRARY INFO

Brooklyn Collection Newspaper Morgue

Brooklyn Public Library..E-Mail service

Libraries around the world

Libraries in the USA

New York State Library Albany..Catalog search available

Queens Borough Public Library..L.I.Division

Excellant Manuscripts Collection..Queens Borough Library..Family Names Albertson thru Young

Long Island Divison..Genealogy

The Suffolk County Library System

GENEALOGICAL CENSUSES AT THE SUFFOLK COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM

Family History Centers in Queens, New York Microfilm and Microfiche Inventory On Indefinite Loan

The Nassau County Library System

How To Order Vital Records From the LDS Family History Library

Obit Requests from Queens & Long Island Queensborough Library

Research Library..NY State Historical Association & The Farmers' Museum

Encyclopedia of Genealogy The Encyclopedia of Genealogy, a free-content encyclopedia created by its readers, people like you. The Encyclopedia of Genealogy is available to everyone, free of charge. Everyone can also contribute information, again free of charge.

POOR Info

Potter's Field / Soldier's Plot Where to obtain records

Kings/Bklyn The POORHOUSE LADY Site Wonderful on-going project..Other states available

ALMSHOUSE Info Where to write

Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records with Ships Names 1820 ( New York City, NY)