Ss death index for free#
Ss death index registration#

Ss death index registration#

Researchers must produce identification, sign a registration form, and comply with the rules of the research room. No appointment is needed to use the indexes. New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany 12230. The birth and death indexes do include data on individuals who were born or died in a state facility (such as a prison or mental hospital).The birth indexes do not include original data for adopted infants.(Contact the local registrar of vital statistics in those cities for information about earlier records.) The indexes do not include births and deaths in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers prior to 1914, or marriages in those cities prior to 1908.The indexes do include vital events in the former towns of Kings County prior to their annexation by the City of Brooklyn in the 1880s and '90s in portions of Westchester County prior to their annexation by New York City in 1895 and in Richmond County (Staten Island) and the western portion of Queens County prior to their incorporation into the City of New York, January 1, 1898.

Ss death index for free#

Indexes to New York City vital records are available through the Vitalsearch Company (for a fee), and for free on the websites of the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group. The DOH indexes do not include vital events in New York City and in the former city of Brooklyn for any period.The State Archives also holds an index to “delayed” birth certificates filed for some births occurring prior to 1881, mostly in the 1870s.Data elements include year/date of death, decedent name, gender, residence code, and state file number. These datasets start in 1957 and are posted after 50 years. The data in the indexes is not available in electronic format, except for death indexes made available for download from the State Department of Health.Indexes for certain years are arranged by SOUNDEX codes. An index entry states only the name of the person, date and place of event, and State certificate number.Birth indexes have been made available through 1937 only. Birth indexes are made available after 75 years, marriage and death indexes after 50 years.The indexes cover the entire state outside of New York City and start in June 1880 (deaths) or 1881 (marriages and births).