Questions tagged [new-york-city]
For questions about New York City (i.e. five boroughs of Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island). For other counties of New York State use the new-york-state tag.
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Inconsistent marriage dates from NYC marriage index
Using the stevemorse.org marriage index for NYC, I found a marriage record between Jack D. Axel and Evelyn BC Samisch. Both records point to certificate 14837 (1915), but one lists the marriage date ...
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Where are the NYC vital records on FamilySearch?
In an answer to a question about New York records, efgen said:
The NYC birth index is actually available through 1965 on microfilm. However, only the indexes through 1909 are currently available ...
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What does the "Copy of Record No" field on a naturalization petition index card mean?
I found the following image, and would like to know where it is referring me. What does the line across it mean?
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Missing enumeration of Union St. in Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940 census?
I am looking for the resident of 42-42 Union St, Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940. I tried searching the 1940 census ancestry.com, restricting the search to Flushing with the street name as union (exact). ...
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Can anyone decipher the comment above Louis' name on this 1940 census record?
Finally posting my first question, after answering many ;-)
The following 1940 census record from Bronx, New York has a comment written above Louis' name. It seems to start with "Party has" or "...
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Where else might I find a ship going from New York to London in Spring/Summer, 1911?
I am looking for the ship on which the following party traveled from New York to London in Spring or Summer, 1911:
Charles Jay Foster
Minna Cramer Foster
Marie-Louise Foster
Enid Foster
Minna Van ...
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Locating a 20th century New York Death record
My Spanish great uncle was born Salvador Mouris Campos and naturalized as Compos. He was born July 1, 1886 and traveled from Havana to New York in 1917. Was subsequently drafted for WW1 that year. In ...
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Finding New York City/State records relating to Sellars family (British subjects) births/deaths mid 19th century?
On advice of @efgen I split this question into two - one for New York and one for Panama, but left the same detail for both thinking the fact that Robert Sellars was in both geographic areas might ...
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Seeking Birth Certificate for Emilie Yznaga in New York City around 1859-1864?
Does anyone have records of Birth Certificates for births in New York, NY between the years of 1855 and 1864?
If so, would it be possible to locate a birth certificate for a relative named Emilie ...
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Correcting Altered Records on FamilySearch.org?
Wonder if anybody can help me out on what I suspect is altered information from a marriage record. The info from the alleged marriage record is posted on familysearch.org.
Portion of record is as ...
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Parsing census record (including in-laws) from New York City?
So I'm getting a bit confused trying to parse this census record:
[Charles] Graham is the grandfather I care about. My mother doesn't know much about him since he died when she was young, but the ...
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What New York City vital records are covered by this index on FamilySearch?
When records have been extracted and indexed, but the images are not available online, how can I find out more information about how the index was made, and what fields were on the original records?
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Is there a place I can search specifically by birth date for a list of people born on that date?
I am looking for a different style of database that would allow me to execute an iterative search that instead of searching by name, it allows me to search primarily by birth date by area to get a ...
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New York City vital records collections
I had the good fortune to start my online genealogical searching on people who lived in Chicago, and then moved to California. Both Ancestry.com and Family Search web sites provide a number of ...
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Seemingly missing NYC birth records
I am looking for birth records for the children of David Nechemias and Etta Ehrensaal. From census records, I have Beatrice (b. abt 1897), Helen (b. abt 1904), Sidney (b. about 1907) and Roselyn (b. ...
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Naturalization not granted: where to look for additional information?
I found a naturalization record for a person I am researching in the "New York, Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989" on Ancestry.com. On the second page of the ...
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Finding original surname of 20th Century Russian immigrant to United States?
My Great Grandfather Abraham moved here from Vilna Russia in early 1900's with his wife Udis Rose and two children, Arthor and Bella. They started in New York City and at some point changed the last ...
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Incorrect NYC marriage index?
I looked up the marriage between Lilly Axel and John J. Corper in the NY marriage index, and found this record.
The wedding occurred on Dec 25 1919, and was registered in early 1920.
I then ordered ...
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