Death

Released December 07!

Veterans Buried in New York (Nationwide Gravesite Locator)

Location
All NY Counties
Collection Category
Death
Unlocked
Collection Type
Indexed
Body

The Nationwide Gravesite Locator is a database that allows researchers to find the gravesite of military veterans and their families. This collection includes all entries in the NGL database for veterans buried in New York State.

Released March 02!

New York County Coroner's Report Abstracts

Location
New York County
Collection Category
Death
Collection Type
OCR
Body

The Minutes of Coroners Proceedings: City and County of New York, John Burnet, Coroner, 1748-1758 and the two volumes of Coroners’ Reports New York City, 1823-1842, 1843-1849 reports the deaths of people in British colonial New York and nineteenth cenury New York City, respectively. The causes of deaths are many, such as smallpox, accidents, drowning, murder, and falls.

Released February 10!

New York Times Obituaries Index

Location
All NY Counties
Collection Category
Death
Unlocked
Collection Type
OCR
Body

A complete index to obituaries published in The New York Times between 1858 and 1968. Researchers may use the information found in this index to locate the full obituary in The New York Times archives.

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