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Naturalization Records
Guides
The Naturalization Pathfinder will direct you to the best sources for records of naturalizations that took place in New York from the British colonial period to the present.
Military Records
Research Tips
- GAR Records
- Town Clerks' Civil War Registers
- Civil War Service Abstracts
- World War I Service Records
Name Index
Probate & Wills
The Probate Records Leaflet identifies and discusses the various courts and offices that have filed, recorded, or maintained probate records in New York since 1665. It also describes probate records held by the State Archives and lists all known indexes and abstracts of those records.
Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- The indexes cover the entire state outside of New York City and start in June 1880 (deaths) or 1881 (marriages and births).
- Birth indexes are made available after 75 years, marriage and death indexes after 50 years. Birth indexes have been made available through 1937 only.
- An index entry states only the name of the person, date and place of event, and State certificate number. Indexes for certain years are arranged by SOUNDEX codes.
Prisons
Name Index
The Name Index includes individual names appearing in the records of various state agencies whose records are held by the New York State Archives. The following record series are represented in the name index:
