New York Vital Record Certificates

Vital record certificates can be ordered through the New York State Department of Health or Archives.com for a fee.

Certificates are available for the following years:

• New York Birth Certificates 1881-present


• New York Marriage Certificates 1881-present


• New York Death Certificates 1881-present


• New York Divorce Records 1963-present


• Queens County Birth Certificates 1881-1897

Vital records certificates for New York City can be ordered through the New York City Municipal Archives or Archives.com for a fee.

Certificates are available for the following years:

• New York City Birth Certificates 1910-present


• New York City Marriage Certificates 1930-present


• New York City Death Certificates 1940-present

If you are not certain of the specific date for the event, you can go to the New York Archives website to find locations in New York where you can go to search, or you can pay the New York Archives to search for you.