Online New York Death Records Indexes
- New York State Death Indexes (these do not include New York City; see the NYC section below)
- New York State Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957 to 50 years ago free; currently ends in late 1972
- New York State Death Records Index, 1880-1956 free from FamilySearch with images of the index from Reclaim the Records; requires registration; Deaths for Yonkers, Buffalo and Albany are not included until 1915.
- New York State Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry/requires payment; starts with 1852 for the city of Buffalo and 1870 for the city of Albany; Yonkers starts with 1875, but 1890 to about 1914 or 1915 is missing for Yonkers
- New York State Death Indexes, 1880-1956 free; at Archive.org/from Reclaim the Records; scanned images of the indexes for each year, but not searchable by name; does not include Yonkers, Buffalo, and Albany from 1880 to about 1914 or 1915; for Buffalo death indexes for those years, see the Ancestry index above or the Erie County section below
New York Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County
- Albany County...
- Allegany County...
- Brooklyn - see the New York City section below
- Buffalo - see the Erie County section below
- Cattaraugus County Cemeteries
- Cayuga County: St. Joseph's Cemetery Burials in Auburn, New York
- Chautauqua County...
- 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 and Buffalo...
- Buffalo Death Indexes, 1852-1944 at Archive.org/from Reclaim the Records; scanned images of the indexes
- 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; Index to Births, Marriages, and Deaths found in select Buffalo and Erie County Publications, 1870s-1950; some cemetery burial records; and other items
- Indexes To Select Death Notices From The Buffalo, NY Area has over 167,000 names
- Erie County: Dziennik Dla Wszystkich Death Notice Database, 1911-1957 Polish language newspaper from Buffalo, New York
- 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: Lackawanna, Holy Cross Cemetery Records, 1855-1965 at FamilySearch
- Erie County: Lodge Cemetery Records (Jewish Cemetery in Buffalo, NY)
- Erie County Cemeteries
- 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, 1800s
- Jefferson County Vital Records, 1847-1849
- Livingston County: Dansville Obituary Index, 1958-present
- Livingston County Historian Genealogy Records Index includes burials up to 1885 and other items
- Long Island...
- 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...
- Montgomery County Tombstone Inscriptions
- Nassau County...
- New York City Death Records, Obituaries and Indexes
The New York City section has moved to its own webpage...
New York State Cemeteries and Miscellaneous
- New York Gravestone Photo Project
- New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965 from FamilySearch; miscellaneous collection of cemetery records from New York State; has 175,000 entries
- Northern New York Tombstone Transcription Project for Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties
- 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
- New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962 collection of miscellaneous NY records from FamilySearch
- 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850 (at Ancestry/requires payment) scanned searchable book; includes marriage and death notices from the Republican Advocate of Batavia, the Steuben Farmers Advocate of Bath, the Geneva Gazette, the Jamestown Journal, and Palmyra's Wayne Sentinel; coverage varies
Ordering New York State (except NYC) Death Certificates and Vital Records
Other Helpful New York Genealogy Resources
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