Online New York Death Indexes & Records

Online New York Death Records Indexes

New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to July 1966 free; does not include New York City (see the New York City section below)
New York State Death Records Index 1957-1962 (at Archives.com/requires payment) does not include New York City
New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
New York Newspaper Obituaries Archive Search (you can order copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes recent obituaries for various years from more than 200 New York newspapers

New York Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Albany County...
- 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
- Albany County: Burial Cards for Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York, 1791-2011 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Albany County: Knowersville Enterprise July 1884-July 1888 and Altamont Enterprise July 1888-December 2008 digitized newspapers from the Guilderland Public Library; includes obituaries and death notices
- State Street Burial Grounds Index, Albany, New York
Allegany County...
- Allegany County Cemeteries
- Allegany County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials and obituaries
- Allegany County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials in Almond, New York
- Allegany County: Burial Lists for 3 Cemeteries in Cuba, New York Look under the "Community" tab for the cemeteries
Brooklyn - see the New York City section below
Buffalo - see the Erie County section below
Cattaraugus County Cemeteries
Cattaraugus County: Olean Public Library Obituary Database for the 1980s and 1990s (not complete)
Chautauqua County Cemeteries also has some church death and burial records
Chemung County Library Obituaries Indexes
Columbia County: Index to Burials 60,000 names
Delaware County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for cemetery burials, probate files, vital records and some obituaries
Dutchess County: Interments in Dutchess County Cemeteries before 1880
Erie County...
- Buffalo News Obituaries Archive - Since 1989 (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area has over 144,000 names
- Death and Obituary Indexes from the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library includes: Buffalo Deaths 1882-1892; Death Notices and Obituaries in the Buffalo News 4-22-2009 to 2010; some cemetery burial records; and other items
- Erie County: Forest Lawn Group of Cemeteries Search includes Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo; St. Matthew's Cemetery in West Seneca; Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg; Williamsville Cemetery; and cremations at Buffalo Cremation
- Erie County: Hamburg, New York, Prospect Lawn Cemetery Index, 1850-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Erie County Cemeteries
- Erie County: Lodge Cemetery Records (Jewish Cemetery in Buffalo, NY)
Essex County: Willsboro Heritage Society Cemetery Burial Lists
Franklin County Cemeteries
Fulton County Cemeteries
Genesee County Obituary Indexes for assorted years 1898-2008; also has indexes for marriages and other items
Hamilton County Cemeteries also has indexes for other genealogy items
Herkimer County Cemetery Transcriptions
Herkimer Evening Telegram Obituary Index from the Frank J. Basloe Library
Ithaca - see Tompkins County below
Jefferson County Estate Claims Index
Livingston County: Dansville Obituary Index 1958-present
Livingston County Historian Genealogy Records Index includes burials up to 1885 and other items
Long Island...
- Long Island Newsday Obituaries Archive Search 2004-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee; also has Long Island Press Obituaries 6/23/2009-Current)
- For more Long Island coverage see the separate sections for Nassau County, Suffolk County and New York City (Brooklyn and Queens)
Madison County Cemeteries
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)
- Mt. Hope and Riverside Cemetery Records Search (Rochester) PDF files of handwritten records
- Monroe County Catholic Cemeteries...
  - Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Ascension Garden Burials Catholic Cemeteries in Rochester and Henrietta, New York
  - Burials in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Clarkson, NY)
- Monroe County GenWeb Genealogy Indexes includes cemeteries, wills, and vital records extracted from older newspapers
- Rochester Genealogical Society Church Records includes: "Index to Episcopal Church Records of Rochester 1820-1851" (PDF file), and scanned images for some other church records
- Monroe County: Parma Union Cemetery Burials Hilton, New York
- Monroe County: Webster Union Cemetery Burials Webster, New York
- Monroe County: Village of Churchville Cemetery Records Search
Montgomery County Tombstone Inscriptions
Nassau County...
- Nassau County Cemetery Listings not complete
- Nassau County: Town of Oyster Bay Genealogy Indexes includes historic cemeteries (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

Niagara County: Lockport Union Sun and Journal Obituary Index, 1900-1903 and 2007-2011
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 Public Library Genealogy Databases includes a necrology database with deaths from Syracuse newspapers and directories; an obituary clippings index; Woodlawn Cemetery burials index, WPA files, and more
- Onondaga County: Skaneateles Historical Society Archives - Genealogy Indexes includes newspaper death indexes and some cemetery burials
Ontario County...
- Ontario County Records and Archives Center includes town vital records for: Hopewell, Gorham, Seneca and the Village of Canandaigua; also includes property, marriage, census and naturalization indexes for Ontario County
- Ontario County: Victor Village Cemetery Index
- Ontario County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials Canandaigua, New York
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
Oswego County: Town of Granby Cemeteries
Poughkeepsie - see the Dutchess County section above
Queens - see the New York City section above
Rensselaer County...
- Rensselaer County Cemetery Data
- Rensselaer County: Town of Nassau Cemeteries
- Rensselaer County: Stephentown Cemeteries Name Index
- Rensselaer County: Troy, New York Genealogy Indexes includes newspaper death notices, cemetery burials and more (from the Troy Irish Genealogy Society)
Rochester - see the Monroe County section above
Rockland County Cemetery Records and Funeral Homes
Saratoga County...
- Saratoga County, New York, Cemetery Records, Volume I (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
- Saratoga County Cemeteries
- Saratoga Springs Public Library - Index to the Saratogian, 1999-recent indexes births, deaths, marriages and other items in the Saratogian newspaper
Schenectady County...
- Indexes to Vital Records in Newspapers of Schenectady County and the Capital District Area for assorted years
- Schenectady County: Park View Cemetery Burials Schenectady, New York
- Schenectady County: Vale Cemetery Burials Schenectady, New York
St. Lawrence County Cemeteries and Other Records
Steuben County Cemeteries from the Painted Hills Genealogy Society
Steuben County Obituaries Index
Suffolk County...
- Suffolk County: Indexes to Local Moriches Newspapers (includes obituaries)
- Suffolk County: Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements in The Long Island Advance, 1879-1926 from the Patchogue-Medford Library
- Suffolk County: Mattituck-Laurel Library Genealogy Resources includes Suffolk Times Obituary Index, Gildersleeve Scrapbook Obituaries Index (1915-1982), and other items
- Suffolk County: also see the Long Island section above for recent obituaries
- Suffolk County Cemetery Burials...
  - Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery Burials Commack, Long Island
  - Mount Ararat Jewish Cemetery Burials Lindenhurst, New York
  - New Montefiore Jewish Cemetery Burials West Babylon, New York
  - Suffolk County: Gravestone Inscriptions from Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
  - Brookhaven Cemetery Burials also has an index for Brentwood Cemetery
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
Tompkins County Public Library: Indexes for Birth and Death Notices, Obituaries and Gravestone Inscriptions PDF files
Ulster County Town Clerk Returns of Birth, Deaths and Marriages c.(1847-1850, 1873-1884); also has other genealogy 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
Westchester County...
- Westchester County Archives Assorted Genealogy and Other Indexes includes indexes for Wills, Veterans Cemetery Records and Marriages
- Westchester County: Larchmont and Mamaroneck Cemeteries
- Westchester County: Field Library Obituary Index index of death notices from Peekskill, New York newspapers from the mid-1800s to the present
Yates County GenWeb - Genealogy Indexes includes birth, marriage and death indexes for many Yates County towns
Yates County: Penn Yan Democrat Births, Marriages and Deaths Index 1899-1939

New York Gravestone Photo Project
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
Northern New York Genealogy includes a cemetery burials database for Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego Counties with 119,000 entries

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

New York State (except NYC) Vital Records information for ordering by mail
For ordering New York City vital records: See the New York City section above

Other Helpful New York Genealogy Resources

Online New York Naturalization Records and Indexes
Finding New York Ship Passenger Lists and Records 1820-1957
New York State Census Records - Research Guide and Online Indexes
New York Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes New York census records, WWI and WWII records, immigration and vital records indexes, and more

Online New York Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

A Genealogy Records Guide for New York City & State