New York City

Released July 06!

Marriage Contract Index, New York City Municipal Archives, 1902-1907

Location
New York City
Collection Category
Marriage Contracts
Collection Type
Indexed
Body

Marriage Contracts, 1901-1967, New York City historical vital records, courtesy of Municipal Archives , City of New York. In addition to the 8,613 contracts documented for 1902-1907, there are seven contracts in the database that fall outside this range. If you would like to contact the Municipal...

Released February 17!

Account Ledger of Michael W. Divine, New York County, 1864-1884

Location
New York City
Collection Category
Account Books
Digitize New York
Collection Type
Image Browse
Body

Michael William Divine was born in Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland in December of 1828. He immigrated as a young boy and is found in New York City as early as 1850. By 1864, he was working as an attorney at a firm located at 52 Exchange Place; it was during his time at this firm that he created...

Released September 28!

New York City Birth Index

Location
New York City
Collection Category
Vital Records
Unlocked
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Collection Category: Vital Records | Collection Type: OCR | Location: New York City This collection contains text searchable images of the official New York City birth index produced by the NYC Department of Health. Organized by year, names are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the last...

Released March 02!

Province and State of New York Admin Bond Abstracts, 1753 - 1799

Location
New York City
Collection Category
Wills & Probate
Collection Type
OCR
Body

The Duke Laws of 1664 gave the state the power to administer the authentication of wills and managing the estates of people who did not write wills before their death. In the coming century, the laws regarding the probate of wills were altered in how they were supervised. As a result, we have documents that contain a great deal of information for readers looking for genealogical information.

Released March 02!

New York County Newspaper Abstracts, 1825–1870

Location
New York City
Collection Category
Newspapers
Collection Type
OCR
Body

Newspaper transcriptions of genealogically relevant material from a variety of New York newspapers. Read the collection description for an overview of all records.

Find a photo of any NYC building from 1940

Researchers interested in New York City will be thrilled to learn that you can view online images of nearly every single building in the five boroughs of New York City from circa 1940.
Released October 18!
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