New York City Vital RecordsBirth | Death | Marriage | Divorce | Adoption Address: Remarks: Check or money order should be made payable to New York City Department of Health. Personal checks are accepted. Call or visit the Web site to verify current fees. Web Site: New York City Vital Records Dates: From 1910 at city level, varies at borough level Cost of copy: $15.00 (includes a 2-year search) Comments: Office has birth records since 1910 for those occurring in the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. For birth records prior to 1910, write to Archives Division, Department of Records and Information Services, 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007. * Birth records prior to 1910 are available through the municipal archives: Manhattan (from 1847), Brooklyn (from 1866), Bronx (from 1898), Queens (from 1898) and Richmond/Staten Island (from 1898). If you are looking for births in NY outside of New York City: Event: Death Dates: From 1949 Cost of copy: $15.00 (includes a 2-year search) Comments: Office has death records since 1949 for those occurring in the Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. For death records prior to 1949, write to Archives Division, Department of Records and Information Services, 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007. * Death records prior to 1949 are available through the municipal archives: Manhattan (from 1795, with a few gaps), Brooklyn (from 1847, with a few gaps), Bronx (from 1898), Queens (from 1898) and Richmond/Staten Island (from 1898). If you are looking for deaths in NY outside of New York City: Event: Marriage Dates: From 1930 Cost of copy: $15.00 (includes a 1-year search) Comments: Marriage records since 1930 are available from the Office of the City Clerk for New York City or from the borough where the marriage took place: Bronx Borough: Brooklyn Borough: Manhattan Borough: Queens Borough: Staten Island Borough (no longer called Richmond):
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