New York City vital records fully online, certificate images
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 2:04 pm
A new era has started, apparently spurred by litigation of the group called Reclaim The Records. Birth-marriage-death certificate images are accessible online for all New York City boroughs (including Brooklyn/Kings County annexed in 1898), whereas previously a researcher had to order a certificate or find an LDS facility with a filmed or digitized version. The birth year range seems to be 1881-1949; deaths start with 1855. The fast, surest search will be done with a certificate number, available from several listed online websites not affiliated with NYC government. This new website has a search engine, which I think works very well although somehow a broad search using bride and groom's names for a specific 1935 marriage failed, but then I easily reached the right certificate by inputting the known certificate number. Fast returns and the images are very clear.
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/search
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/search