Online New York City Death Records & Indexes

New York City Death Records Indexes, Cemeteries and Obituaries

• All Boroughs - Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
• New York City Historical Vital Records Project, 1855-1949 (free) currently 76% complete; includes birth certificates, marriage records, and death certificates; from the New York City Municipal Archives; coverage varies by type of record and borough.
• Click on "Search beta" to search by name. Name searching is currently in beta and may not be complete.
• Digitized Death Records (not yet complete) are or will be available for...
• Bronx: 1898-1948
• Kings County (Brooklyn): 1862-1948
• Manhattan: 1866-1867, 1871-1875, 1920-1930, 1931-1944
• Queens: 1898-1948
• Richmond (Staten Island): 1898 to 1948
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• New York, New York, Vital Records, 1798-1903 (births, marriages and deaths) (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by borough and type of record; includes digitized images of the the vital records registers.
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• New York, New York, Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes date and place of death, names of parents, date and place (cemetery) of burial and other items for many of the entries; some may include cause of death; earlier entries have less information; coverage is for:
• Bronx: 1898-1948
• Brooklyn: 1862-1948
• Manhattan: 1866-1867, 1870-1875, 1934-1948 (see the Ancestry or FamilySearch indexes listed below for coverage of some of the missing years)
• Queens: 1898-1948
• Richmond: 1898-1948
• New York City Death Index, 1949-1965 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
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• New York City Death Records Index, 1862-1948 (at Ancestry/index is free with registration) includes Manhattan 1867-1948; Brooklyn 1862-1948; Bronx, Queens, and Richmond 1898-1948; includes date and place of death, and age for most of the entries
• New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 from FamilySearch (free with registration) includes Manhattan 1795-1949, Bronx 1898-1948, Brooklyn 1847-1949, Queens 1898-1949, and Richmond 1898-1949
• New York City Death Records Search, 1862-1948 (index is free) includes: 1868-1894 Manhattan; 1862-1897 Brooklyn; 1898-1948 All Boroughs
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• New York City Death Notices, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) (at Ancestry/requires payment) extracted from the New York Evening Post (1801-1890) and the Brooklyn Eagle (1841-1845 & 1851-1890)
• New York Times Obituaries Index, 1858-1968 from the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

• Bronx County
• The Hart Island Project documents over 62,000 people who were buried at Hart Island since 1980
• Hart Island Cemetery - NYC's Public Burial Ground Database for deaths 1977 and later

• Brooklyn
• Diocese of Brooklyn Catholic Cemeteries includes burial indexes for St. John Cemetery (Middle Village, Queens); St. Charles/Resurrection Cemeteries (Farmingdale, Nassau County), Mount St. Mary Cemetery (Flushing, Queens) and Holy Cross Cemetery (Brooklyn)
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1841-1963 searchable newspaper articles, including obituaries
• New York, Kings County, Estate Files Index 1866-1923 from FamilySearch
• Canarsie Cemetery Burials
• Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Search
• Early Brooklyn and Queens Town Death Database pre-1900 (for assorted towns and years)

• Manhattan
• Marble Cemetery Interments (Second Avenue Cemetery) a small burial ground in Manhattan's East Village - about 2000 listings
• New York City Marble Cemetery Burials another Marble cemetery around the corner from the one listed above
• Trinity Church - Parish Registers and Churchyard Burials Databases Trinity Church is at Broadway and Wall Street. The parish registers include baptism, marriage, and burial records. Also has databases for Trinity Churchyard burials and St. Paul's Churchyard burials. St. Paul's Churchyard is at Broadway at Fulton Street. Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza Schuyler Hamilton are buried in the Trinity Churchyard.
• Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum: Remembrance Section Burials located at 770 Riverside Drive; includes burials in the Remembrance section only
• New York, New York, Bodies in Transit, 1859-1894 (at Ancestry/requires payment) transcriptions of transit permits for bodies of the deceased traveling in, out, or through Manhattan; includes death date and burial place for most of the entries
• Digitized copies of these records can be found here: NYC Municipal Archives Collections: Bodies in Transit Records

• Queens County
• Jewish Cemeteries in Queens...
• Mount Hebron Jewish Cemetery Burials Flushing, NY
• Mount Carmel Jewish Cemetery Burials Glendale, NY
• Mount Zion Jewish Cemetery Burials Maspeth, NY (includes more than 210,000 burials from Queens, Manhattan & Brooklyn)
• Mount Judah Jewish Cemetery Burials Ridgewood, NY
• Mount Lebanon Jewish Cemetery Burials Glendale, New York
• Montefiore Springfield Jewish Cemetery Burials Springfield Gardens, NY
• Catholic Cemeteries in Queens: see the Diocese of Brooklyn link in the Brooklyn section above
• Cedar Grove Cemetery Burials Flushing, NY
• Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium Interment Index Middle Village, Queens, Long Island, New York
• Prospect Cemetery Inscriptions at York College Campus, Jamaica, Long Island, New York
• For early Queens town deaths see the link in the Brooklyn section above

• Richmond County: Staten Island
• Hebrew Burial Records, Silver Lake and Mount Richmond Cemeteries, 1899-1991 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) Cemeteries on Staten Island; includes digitized images of the burial registers
• Mount Richmond Cemetery Map with Burial Search Jewish cemetery for indigent burials in Staten Island, NY
• Richmond County: Resurrection Cemetery Burials Catholic Cemetery in Staten Island, NY
• New York, Staten Island, Moravian Cemetery Interment Records, 1866-1967 from FamilySearch

New York City Probate Records and Wills Online

• New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for New York City and State; coverage varies by county; includes some indexed and digitized probate records for all 5 New York City Boroughs; coverage varies.
• New York County, New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1658-1880 (NYSA) (at Ancestry/requires payment) This is a collection of indexed digital images of probate records for New York County from the New York State Archives. There are also some records for Long Island, Staten Island and Westchester County. Some volumes are missing.
• New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 at FamilySearch. This is a collection of unindexed digital images of probate records statewide. Coverage varies by county and not all counties are included. Some unindexed records are included in this collection for all New York City Boroughs except the modern day Bronx. Coverage varies. Most records end in the 1920s.
• Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, 1665-1801 at FamilySearch. This is a series of digitized books (e-books) originally compiled by the New York Historical Society.
• New York County Letters of Administration Index, 1743-1875 (Barber Collection from Ancestry) (requires payment) A letter of administration is a legal document usually created in intestate estates - when a person dies without making a will.

Ordering New York City Death Certificates and Vital Records

• For information on ordering copies of New York City birth, marriage and death records see:
• Where to Write for Vital Records - New York City (fee required; restrictions apply)

More Helpful New York Genealogy Resources

• New York City and State Vital Records and Genealogy Indexes on the Internet
• New York City Naturalization Records and Indexes on the Internet
• Finding New York Ship Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
• New York State Census Records - Research Guide and List of Online Indexes
• New York Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes New York census records, vital records indexes, military records, immigration records and more

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