Online New York Death Indexes & Records

Online New York Death Records Indexes

Albany Times Union Obituaries Archive, 3/8/1986-Current (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
Albany County: Berne Historical Project - includes cemetery records
Allegany County Cemeteries
Allegany County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials in Almond, New York
Brooklyn - see the New York City section below
Buffalo - see the Erie County section below
Chautauqua County Cemeteries also has some church death and burial records
Columbia County: Index to Burials 60,000 names
Delaware County...
- Delaware County Cemeteries
- Delaware County: Index to Probate Files for Persons Dying 1900 or Earlier
- Varied Vital Records of Delaware County mostly mid-1800s
Erie County...
- Buffalo News Obituaries Archive - Since 1989 (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Finding Death Notices & Obituaries in Buffalo Newspapers includes links to some online obituary indexes
- Erie County Cemeteries
Franklin County Cemeteries
Fulton County Cemeteries
Herkimer County Cemetery Transcriptions
Livingston County: Dansville Obituary Index 1975-present
Long Island...
- Long Island Newsday Obituaries Archive Search 2004-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- For more Long Island coverage see the separate sections for Nassau County, Suffolk County and New York City (Brooklyn and Queens)
Madison County: Cemetery Inscriptions of Madison County, New York - Towns of Fenner & Nelson (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Manhattan - see the New York City section below
Monroe County...
- Monroe County: Rochester Public Library Genealogy Indexes and Life Records Database
  - The Life Records Database indexes death notices from City of Rochester newspapers 1960-2006: also indexes some birth & marriage notices
  - The Genealogy Indexes include: Garland Cemetery Index; Brockport Republic death notices and obituaries index 1856-1923; Persons Buried in Ogden, NY 1803-2004; and other items (PDF files)
- Monroe County Cemeteries
- Monroe County: Parma Union Cemetery Burials Hilton, New York
- Monroe County: Webster Union Cemetery Burials Webster, New York
Montgomery County Tombstone Inscriptions
Nassau County...
- Nassau County Cemetery Listings not complete
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay Genealogy Indexes includes historic cemeteries, death index 1881-1920 and other items (PDF files; click on "brochures and booklets" when you get there)
- Nassau County: also see the Long Island section above for recent obituaries

New York City Death Records, Obituaries & Indexes
The New York City section has moved to its own webpage...
- New York City Death Records and Indexes - includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, & Staten Island

Oneida County...
- Utica Observer-Dispatch Obituaries Archive, 12/21/2002-Current (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Oneida County GenWeb Site includes death indexes, obituaries & cemetery listings
- Oneida County: Waterville Times Obituary Index 1856-1895
Onondaga County...
- Onondaga County: Syracuse Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
  - Syracuse Post-Standard (1/1/1996-Current)
  - Syracuse Herald American (12/7/1986-9/23/2001)
  - Syracuse Herald Journal (12/5/1986-8/30/2001)
- Onondaga County Cemeteries
- Onondaga County Public Library's WPA Files, Newspaper Index 1814-1900 includes some deaths (also has Onondaga County State Census Indexes for 1855 & 1865)
Ontario County Records & Archives Center includes town vital records for: Hopewell, Gorham, Seneca & the Village of Canandaigua; also includes property, marriage, census & naturalization indexes for Ontario County
Orange County: Middletown Thrall Library Obituary Database, Jan. 1983-March 1988
Orange County: Times Hearld-Record Obituary Index 1998-2001 some months missing; also has some from 1960
Orleans County Cemeteries - With Surname Index
Poughkeepsie - see the Dutchess County section above
Queens - see the New York City section above
Rensselaer County Cemetery Data
Rochester - see the Monroe County section above
Rockland County Cemetery Records Search
Saratoga County, New York, Cemetery Records, Volume I (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Schenectady County: Indexes to Vital Records in Newspapers of Schenectady County and the Capital District Area for assorted years
St. Lawrence County Cemeteries & Other Records
Steuben County Cemeteries from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society
Suffolk County...
- Suffolk County: Indexes to Local Moriches Newspapers (includes obituaries)
- Suffolk County: Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery Burials Commack, Long Island
- Suffolk County: Mount Ararat Jewish Cemetery Burials Lindenhurst, New York
- Suffolk County: Gravestone Inscriptions from Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
- Suffolk County: also see the Long Island section above for recent obituaries
Sullivan County...
- Sullivan County: Gravestone Inscriptions of Stanton or Centennial Cemetery, Wurtsboro (requires payment)
- Sullivan County: Gravestone Inscriptions of Bridgeville Cemetery, Bridgeville; Old Fulton or Fraser Cemetery, Ferndale; Old Fallsburg (Palen's), Fallsburg (requires payment)
- The above 2 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's U.S. genealogy records collection
Syracuse - see the Onondaga County section above
Tioga County GenWeb Site includes cemetery & funeral indexes
Utica - see the Oneida County section above
Warren County Almshouse Burial Permits 1911-1933
Warren County: Town of Bolton Cemeteries
Wayne County GenWeb Site includes some cemetery listings
Wayne County: Newark Courier-Gazette Obituaries, March 1998-present
Westchester County Archives Assorted Indexes includes Veterans Cemetery Records; also includes Marriages 1908-1930
Yates County GenWeb Site includes birth, marriage & death indexes for many Yates County towns

Western New York Genealogy Indexes from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society includes cemetery burials and other indexes for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County and Steuben County

Also... New York Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes New York census records 1790-1930, WWI draft cards, WWII army registrations, and immigration and vital records indexes

Recent New York Obituaries and Historical Newspapers

New York Newspaper Obituaries Archive Search (requires payment - you can order online copies of individual obituaries for a fee) includes recent obituaries for various years from more than 40 New York newspapers; includes the New York Times for June 1980-present
Northern New York Historical Newspapers (for Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and St. Lawrence Counties)

Ordering New York State (except NYC) Death Certificates & Vital Records

Order New York State (except NYC) Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek since 1881 (since 1963 for divorce records)
New York State (except NYC) Vital Records information for ordering by mail

Ordering New York City Death Certificates & Vital Records
See the New York City section above

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