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If you have questions or comments you may contact New York State Vital Records by telephone, toll-free, at 855-322-1022. Please note -- we cannot provide a record or verify the existence or facts of a record based on email requests. To apply for a record, follow the links above.
The NYC Historical Vital Records Project. The New York City Municipal Archives is undertaking a mass digitization project to provide online access to 13.3 million historical birth, death, and marriage records.
Vital Records has birth records (since 1881) for all of New York State except New York City. It does not have these records for New York City (the boroughs of Manhattan, Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Bronx, and Richmond (Staten Island)). Birth records are also available from the local Registrar of Vital Statistics where the event occurred.
Order a Certificate through VitalChek. Check the status of your order. The NYC Health Department issues certificates to people who are born or who die in New York City (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island).
New York State Department of Health can provide copies of birth certificates for individuals born outside of New York City’s five boroughs. To get document, have one of these: A driver’s license or non-driver photo ID
We recommend ordering online through VitalChek, which is the fastest way to receive your certificate. You may apply for a New York City birth certificate if: You were born in New York City. You are listed on the birth certificate (as parent or registrant/child) You are 18 or older.
The New York State Bureau of Vital Records maintains a registry of all births, marriages, divorces/dissolutions of marriage, deaths, induced termination of pregnancy/abortions, and fetal deaths that have occurred in New York State outside of New York City.
