New York State Historical Records

New York is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023 It was admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788.

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New York State vital records New York City Marriages, 1866-1949 20,912,651 records available New York City Marriage License Index 1908-1972 9,516,669 records available New York City Marriages, 1950-2017 9,514,164 records available New York City Deaths, 1866-1948 8,893,688 records available New York City Births, 1866-1909 7,560,069 records available New York City Death Index, 1862-1948 5,317,387 records available New York City Marriage Index, 1866-1937 5,193,858 records available New York State Death Index, 1880-1956 4,733,111 records available New York, Birth Index, 1881-1942 4,550,483 records available New York Marriages, 1908-1935 3,972,241 records available New York City Birth Index, 1878-1909 2,233,470 records available New York State Deaths, 1957-1972 1,617,746 records available New York City, Hart Island Burials 584,887 records available New York, Monroe County Death Notices 547,898 records available New York, Brooklyn, Green-Wood Cemetery Burials 431,397 records available New York, Monroe County, Birth Notices 269,996 records available New York, Chemung County Births 167,094 records available New York, Monroe County, Marriage Notices 157,522 records available New York, Steuben County Obituaries 105,181 records available New York, Chemung County Obituaries 103,230 records available New York, Herkimer County Obituaries 100,884 records available New York, Suffolk, West Babylon Jewish Burials 77,051 records available New York, Orange County Obituaries 66,009 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in New York State	New York State immigration and travel records Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 113,554,317 records available New York, Passenger List Book Indexes 1906-1942 15,213,248 records available New York Castle Garden Immigrants 11,465,013 records available Germans Immigrating to the United States 4,068,907 records available Netherlands, Holland-America Line, Passenger Lists 2,582,829 records available Port of New York, Index to Discharged or Deserted Crew, 1917-1957 1,268,992 records available Atlantic and Gulf Ports, Passenger List Card Index, 1820-1870 1,023,457 records available Passengers arriving in New York from Ireland 1846 - 1851 604,596 records available United States, New York, Immigration from Austria, Poland and Galicia, 1890-1891 from JewishGen 96,604 records available Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 10,935 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration and travel records in New York State
New York State directories, guides and references List of Registered Voters in the City of New York, For the Year 1880 1,986 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in New York State	New York State public records New York City, Department of Buildings Job Applications 1,377,779 records available New York, Attorney Registrations 405,646 records available See the entire collection catalog of public records in New York State
New York State schools and universities Cardozo School of Law (New York, NY), 1901 - 1989 11,766 records available Yeshiva College, Yearbook (New York, New York) 8,872 records available Yeshiva University High School for Boys, Yearbook (Manhattan, New York) 3,292 records available Teachers Institute for Men, Yearbook (New York, New York) 2,476 records available Stern College For Women Yeshiva University, Yearbook (Manhattan, New York) 2,468 records available Talmudical Academy, Yearbook (Brooklyn, New York) 2,326 records available See the entire collection catalog of schools and universities in New York State	New York State newspaper records Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963 14,728,685 pages in 1,952 sources New York Newspapers, 1806-2007 1,899,455 pages in 56 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in New York State
New York State census and voter lists New York City Voter Lists, 1924 1,474,328 records available See the entire collection catalog of census and voter lists in New York State	New York State military records American Overseas Military Burials, 1917-1974 247,315 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in New York State
New York State histories, memories and biographies The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and Its Affiliations: Being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as Well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878, Volume 1 2,840 records available The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America with The Related Families of Mack, Dey, Board and Ayers 2,550 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in New Yok State

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