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Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.


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  • Title Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
    Original data: NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY. 
    Short Title New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 
    Author Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 
    Publisher This collection consists of indices of deaths from the state of New York. Details vary, but may include the following information for the deceased:
    name
    death date
    death city
    age at death
    gender
    certificate number

    Death records from Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers were held locally until 1914. Records from Buffalo and Albany have been added, but deaths from Yonkers do not appear in the collection. Similarly, records from New York City were also maintained separately.

    Indices to New York City death records may be found in the following collections:
    New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948
    New York, New York, Death Index, 1949-1965

    Obtaining Copies of the Records
    Certificates may be purchased from the New York Department of Health website, located here.

    Updates:
    27 Apr 2019: Added 70,828 new records from Albany.
    24 June 2021: Added records from the City of Yonkers. 
    MEDI On-line Resource 
    Source ID S667 
    Linked to
    Individuals: 9
    Edward Grady
    Ellen A. Grady
    Ellen Lawless
    Bridget Lyons
    James Leo Mason
    Joseph Alfred Hormidas Payette dit St-Amour
    John F. Roach
    Patrick Roach
    John Walsh, Jr