Search New York marriages

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Each marriage record includes a transcript. While the details may vary, most transcripts will include the following information:

• First name(s)
• Last name
• Sex
• Marital status
• Age
• Birth year
• Father’s name
• Mother’s name
• Event
• Event year
• Spouse’s first name(s)
• Spouse’s last name
• Spouse’s sex
• Spouse’s marital status
• Spouse’s age
• Spouse’s birth year
• Spouse’s father’s name
• Spouse’s mother’s name
• Place
• County

This collection spans the 19th and 20th centuries. It was not until 1908, however, that the state of New York required marriages to be recorded.

The counties covered in this collection are as follows:

• Allegany
• Broome
• Cattaraugus
• Cayuga
• Chautauqua
• Chemung
• Chenango
• Clinton
• Columbia
• Delaware
• Essex
• Fulton
• Genesee
• Greene
• Hamilton
• Jefferson
• Lewis
• Livingston
• Madison
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Nassau
• Niagara
• Oneida
• Ontario
• Orange
• Orleans
• Oswego
• Otsego
• Putnam
• Rockland
• Saratoga
• Schenectady
• Schuyler
• Seneca
• St. Lawrence
• Steuben
• Sullivan
• Tioga
• Tompkins
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Westchester
• Wyoming
• Yates

New York City and its boroughs are not part of this collection. You can find New York City vital records and newspapers in the Useful Links & Resources section.