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New York County, New York Facts
When was New York County, NY Created?
New York County was created on 1683 as one of 12 original counties created in the New York colony.
What is the County Seat of New York County, NY?
The County Seat is located in New York City and in addition the county government website is home.nyc.gov
What counties are adjacent to New York County, NY?
Bordering Counties are Bergen County, NJ (west/northwest), Hudson County, NJ (west/southwest), Bronx County, New York (The Bronx), Queens County, New York (Queens) (east/southeast), Kings County, New York (Brooklyn) (south/southeast), Richmond County (Staten Island).
New York County, NY Vital Records
Where can find New York County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
New York County vital records can be found at the New York Department of Health which has copies of birth records after 1881 and death records after 1880, copies of marriage since 1881 and a Divorce records since 1847 . There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in New York for current fees and application process.
You can search online for New York County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for New York Birth and Death Certificate, Marriage and Divorce Certificate Application to mail.
You can also get vital records from the New York City Vital Records Office, Dept of Health, 125 Worth Street, Rm #133, New York City, NY 10013; (212) 788-4520, (212) 788-8580 Archives
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Social Security Death Index
- New York City, Births, 1891-1902
- New York City, Deaths, 1892-1902
- New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s
- New York City Reformed Dutch Marriage Records, 1639-95
- Marriage and death notices from the New York weekly museum, 1789-1796
- Marriage and death notices from the New-York weekly museum, 1790-1793
- Supplementary list of marriage licenses
- Index of marriages and deaths in New York weekly museum
- Miscellaneous vital statistics other than death and marriage notices taken from the Brooklyn Eagle
- Registers of the births, marriages, and deaths of the Eglise françoise à la Nouvelle York
- New York Times, Obituaries & Marriage Notices, 1889
- New York Times (New York City, New York) Death and Marriage Index, 1890
- New York City Deaths, 1814-16
- Independent (New York City) Ministerial Register, 1892-95
- Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald 1856-1863 Vol. 2
- Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald, Vol. I: 1835-1855
- USGenweb Archives New York Marriage Project
- New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
- New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935
- New York Marriages, 1686-1980
- New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952
New York County, NY Census Records
What New York County, NY census records are available?
There are many types of census records for New York County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
New York Co. Mortality Schedules can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. New York Co. Industry and Agriculture is available for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. New York Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be obtained for 1890.
There are New York State censuses from 1880, 1892, 1905, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925. You can get free downloadable and also printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also New York Census Records Research Guide
New York County, NY Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the New York County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of New York County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in New York courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless New York residents. The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the New York County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also New York Courthouse Records Research Guide.
PLEASE READ FIRST!!! Please call the clerk’s department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information. The Department Offices DO NOT DO RESEARCH. The files are available to interested parties, barring private issues. Many staff will guide individuals in locating the materials, however it’s up to the person to carry out the research. At the City Register’s Office, Rooms 203-205, 31 Chambers Street, New York 10007. Early records of the County are in the Division of Old Records, 7th Floor. Pre-1830 surrogate files are not known to have survived. Extant early inventories are at the Surrogate’s Court, the New York Historical Society, and the New York Municipal Archives
- New York County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 60 Centre St., New York, NY 10007-1402
- New York City Clerk
- Address: 1 Centre Street, Second Floor South, New York, NY 10007
- Phone: 212-669-2400
- Land Records: 1654
- Court Records: 1654
- New York County Surrogate Court Clerk Pre-1830 surrogate files are not known to have survived. Extant early inventories are at the Surrogate’s Court, the New York Historical Society, and the New York Municipal Archives. .
- Address: 31 Chambers Street, N.Y.C., NY 10007
- Phone: (212) 374-8232
- Probate Records: 1665
- New York City Treasurer is responsible for the collection of taxes.
- New York County (Manhattan Borough) Historian
- Address: 1 Centre Steet, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10007
- Phone: (212) 669-8089
- Index of wills for New York County (New York City) from 1662-1850
- New York City Wills, 1665-1707
- New York County, Letters of Administration Index, 1743-1875 (Barber Collection)
- New York City Wills, 1708-1728
- New York City Wills, 1744-1753
- Minutes of the Common Council of the city of New York, 1675-1776 : in eight volumes.
- New York City Wills, 1730-1744
- New York City Wills, 1760-1766
- New York City Wills, 1754-1760
- New York City Wills, 1766-1771
- New York City Wills, 1771-1776
- New York City Wills, 1777-1783
- New York City Wills, 1706-1790
- New York City Wills, 1780-1782
- Record of real estate owned by the city of New York
- List of persons who were taxed on seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and upwards in the city of New York
- Abstract of wills probated in the Common Pleas Court
- Index of wills for New York County, New York from 1851 to 1875, inclusive
- Abstracts of Van Voorhees family wills in the Surrogate’s Office of New York County
- New York Wills, 1626-1836
- BLM Land Records
New York County, NY Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for New York County, NY?
A list of New York County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide New York Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY 10024, Phone (212) 873-3400 – (212) 485-9225; The library contains Colonial, State, and US historical Collections. Books, maps, newspapers, manuscripts.
- New York City Municipal Archives, Department of Records and Special Services, 31 Chambers St. – Room 103, New York, NY 10007; (212) 788-8580
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 36 West 44th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036-8105, Phone: (212) 755-8532
- New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788, Phone: (917) 275-6975; Family records, manuscripts, maps, photographs, historical records, rare books, several collections.
- Special Collections: Phone: (212) 930-0801; Special collections requires a Library card and prior approval to research the material. Be sure and contact the librarian to know the procedure.
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801; Phone: (212) 491-2200; According to their website: This Center has “for over 80 years …collected, preserved, and provided access to materials documenting black life, and promoted the study and interpretation of the history and culture of peoples of African descent.”, ,
- Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Phone: (212) 491-2224
- Patricia D. Klingenstein Library
- New-York Historical Society LIbrary & Museum, 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY 10024; Phone: (212) 485-9225
- Inventory of the county and borough archives of New York City. (search.ancestry.com)
- Inventory of the county archives of the city of New York. (search.ancestry.com)
- Inventory of the county archives of New York City. (search.ancestry.com)
- Inventory of borough archives in the city of New York: Bronx borough. (search.ancestry.com)
- New York State Archives and Records Administration, 11th Floor, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230; (518) 474-8955
- New York State Library, Cultural Education Center, 7th Floor, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230
- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 122 East 58th Street, New York, New York 10022-1939
- New York State Historical Association, West Lake Road, P.O. Box 800, Cooperstown, New York, 13326-0800
Where can I connect with other New York County, NY Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- New York Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- New York State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- New York County, New York Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- New York County, New York Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in New York County, NY?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to New York County. Most of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some have to have a cost. This is simply a listing that has been compiled or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site over another.
New York Co. NY Books, Newspapers & Publications
- New York Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- New York historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from New York (1719 – 1992) (genealogybank.com)
- The New York Times (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Herald (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Daily Times (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- Barnard Bulletin (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Times, (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Evening Times (New York, New York) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Times (April 15th, 1865) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York County, New York Books (amazon.com)
- Search New York Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
New York Co. NY Cemeteries & Church Records
- New York Cemetery Research Guide
- Gravestone inscriptions of Trinity Cemetery, New York City, New York (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City, Dutch Church Burials (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Marble Cemetery Records, New York City, NY, 1830-1937 (search.ancestry.com)
- Burials in the Dyckman-Nagel burial ground and the Berrian graveyards near Kingsbridge, New York City (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Co., New York Graves (findagrave.com)
- New York County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- New York Co., New York Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- New York Co., New York Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- New York Church & Bible Research Guide
- The baptismal records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Utrecht, Long Island (search.ancestry.com)
- New York, New York City, Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church Records, 1862-1955 (familysearch.org)
- New York, Family Bible Records, 1581-1917 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York County, New York Church Books (amazon.com)
New York Co. NY Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- New York Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Nichols and Related Families (nicholsgenealogy.com)
New York Co. NY General and History Websites
- See Also State History for New York
- New York County, New York Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Historical guide to the city of New York (search.ancestry.com)
- Minutes of the Common Council of the city of New York, 1784-1831 (search.ancestry.com)
- A History of the parish of Trinity Church in the city of New York (search.ancestry.com)
- Leslie’s history of the greater New York (search.ancestry.com)
- History of the city of New York : its origin, rise and progress (search.ancestry.com)
- The old merchants of New York City (search.ancestry.com)
- Holocaust: Survivor Names printed in Aufbau Newspaper, New York, 1944-1946 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York County, New York Wiki (familysearch.org)
- New York Co. NY Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- New York County, New York (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – New York – Counties – New York (cyndislist.com)
- New York County New York (genealogytrails.com)
- New York Co. NYGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- New York County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- New York Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
New York Co. NY Immigration & Naturalization
- See Also Statewide Immigration and Naturalization Links for New York
- Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989 (search.ancestry.com)
- Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1891 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Immigrants (Austria, Galicia, Poland), 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City, Ellis Island Oral Histories, 1892-1976 (search.ancestry.com)
- AJHS Selected Naturalization Records, New York City, 1816-1845 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1925-1942 (familysearch.org)
- New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846 (familysearch.org)
- New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 (familysearch.org)
- Early New York Naturalizations (search.ancestry.com)
New York Co. NY Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of New York Links and Information
- Atlases of New York city (digitalgallery.nypl.org)
- 1895 New York County Map (livgenmi.com)
New York Co. NY Military Records
- New York Military Records Research Guide
- AJHS WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947 (search.ancestry.com)
- AJHS WWI Jewish Servicemen Questionnaires, 1918-1921 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City and vicinity during the war of 1812-’15 : being a military, civic and financial local history of that period (search.ancestry.com)
- The battle of Harlem Heights : September 16, 1776 : with a review of the events of the campaign (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City during the American Revolution : being a collection of original papers (now first published) from the manuscripts (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City during the American Revolution (search.ancestry.com)
- New York during the Revolution (search.ancestry.com)
- New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 (familysearch.org)
- New York Civil War Records (1861-65) (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Military Records (Fold3.com) provides easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the New York both women and men who served. Perfect for New York County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.
New York Co. NY Schools & Directories
- Manhattan, New York City, New York Directory: 1839-1840 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Directory, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Directory, 1869 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Directories (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Directory, 1786 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City, Public School Teacher Retirement List, 1895 – 1915 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York Politicians and Postmasters, 1898 (search.ancestry.com)
- List of registered voters in the city of New York, for the year 1880 (search.ancestry.com)
- A Copy of the poll list of the election for representatives for the city and county of New-York (search.ancestry.com)
- A copy of the poll list of the election for representatives for the city and county of New-York : which election began on Monda (search.ancestry.com)
- A Copy of the poll list of the election for representatives for the city and county of New-York (search.ancestry.com)
- Manhattan New York City Directory: 1829-30 (search.ancestry.com)
- New York City Directory, 1786 (search.ancestry.com)
- Webb’s consolidated directory of the north and south shores, Staten Island (search.ancestry.com)
- Catalogue of members in the communion of the (Collegiate) Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York : January 6, (search.ancestry.com)
- Catalogue of members in the communion of the (Collegiate) Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York (search.ancestry.com)
- Directory, Tremont Baptist Church : Tremont Avenue west of Webster Avenue, New York City, nineteen hundred and sixteen. (search.ancestry.com)