Where do I find birth, marriage, and death certificates?
Answer
Where do I find birth, marriage, and death certificates?
Statewide registration of births, deaths, and marriages began in 1880-1881 but was not fully complied with until 1913. The NYS Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records
provides birth and marriage records from 1881, death records from 1880 and divorce records from 1963. Indexes to these records are available for the public to access at the NYS Archives and other locations across the state as well as online through Ancestry and Familysearch.