"Rob Stieglitz" <rstieglitz@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:<8kqs8.5941$7K.1186075847@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>... > Does anyone know what year the law required marriage registration with the > city? I have a marriage record from the church but would like more > information that a city marriage certificate would supply. The couple > married in the year 1907 in what is now the Bronx. Would the New York > Municipal Archives have this certificate? > > Rob Hi Rob, Yes, if the marriage was recorded, it does fall into the time frame of what is in their holdings. If you don't already have a certificate number, they have to first search the index in order to find it. What I have found several times is that misspellings occur in the index, even if the record has the name spelled correctly. The clerks there are very helpful but also very busy so the just don't have time to search for every possible spelling. There are other reasons why they may not have found it - it may have been missed and never indexed, although the record exists. This would require a time-consuming search through the films, record by record, looking for the date you have. You need an exact date (obviously) to do this. You may want to ask someone to do a Look-up for you, by posting a message at ROOTS-L, a Lookup mailing list, or NYC mailing list, etc. I would offer, but I've got an extensive list of lookups to do right now, and have no idea when I'll be at the Archives next, so I can't at this time. FYI... Here is a listing of Vital Records in the Municpal Archives holdings: (from http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/3vital.html) Birth, death and marriage records are filed and indexed according to the locality (Borough) in which the event occurred: MANHATTAN Births * July 1847-1848; * July 1853-1909 Deaths * 1795; * 1802-1804; * 1808; * 1812-1948 Marriages * June 1847-1848; * July 1853-1929 BROOKLYN Births * 1866-1909 Deaths * 1847-1853; * 1857-1948 Marriages * 1866-1929 There are separate marriage and death records for Kings County Towns: * Flatbush, 1847-1851; 1880-1894, * Flatlands, 1880-1895, * Gravesend, 1880-1894, * New Lots, 1881-1886 and New Utrecht, 1880-1894. BRONX Births * 1898-1909 Deaths * 1898-1948 Marriages * 1898-1929 The Bronx did not exist as separate Borough until 1898. New York City (Manhattan) annexed the area west of the Bronx River in 1874 and annexed the area east of the Bronx River in 1895. For vital records in those areas after the date of annexation through 1897, request a search of Manhattan records. QUEENS Births * 1898-1909 Deaths * 1898-1948 Marriages * 1898-1929 Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records, 1847-1849; 1881-1897, and Long Island City, 1871-1897. RICHMOND Births * 1898-1909 Deaths * 1898-1948 Marriages * 1898-1929 Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records, 1847-1849; 1881 - 1897. Hope this is helpful! Diane I.

Diane, Thanks for the info! I did just receive a "did not find" from the NYC Municipal Archives. But luckily I received the information from the church they were married in! BTW, do you know if there are any volunteers that will look up Death Certificates at the NYC Department of Health? Rob Diane I. <dti@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message news:314aa450.0204190626.106242a@posting.google.com... > "Rob Stieglitz" <rstieglitz@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:<8kqs8.5941$7K.1186075847@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>... > > Does anyone know what year the law required marriage registration with the > > city? I have a marriage record from the church but would like more > > information that a city marriage certificate would supply. The couple > > married in the year 1907 in what is now the Bronx. Would the New York > > Municipal Archives have this certificate? > > > > Rob > > Hi Rob, > Yes, if the marriage was recorded, it does fall into the time frame of > what is in their holdings. If you don't already have a certificate > number, they have to first search the index in order to find it. What > I have found several times is that misspellings occur in the index, > even if the record has the name spelled correctly. The clerks there > are very helpful but also very busy so the just don't have time to > search for every possible spelling. There are other reasons why they > may not have found it - it may have been missed and never indexed, > although the record exists. This would require a time-consuming > search through the films, record by record, looking for the date you > have. You need an exact date (obviously) to do this. > > You may want to ask someone to do a Look-up for you, by posting a > message at ROOTS-L, a Lookup mailing list, or NYC mailing list, etc. > I would offer, but I've got an extensive list of lookups to do right > now, and have no idea when I'll be at the Archives next, so I can't at > this time. > > FYI... > Here is a listing of Vital Records in the Municpal Archives holdings: > (from http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/3vital.html) > > Birth, death and marriage records are filed and indexed according to > the locality (Borough) in which the event occurred: > MANHATTAN > Births > * July 1847-1848; > * July 1853-1909 > Deaths > * 1795; > * 1802-1804; > * 1808; > * 1812-1948 > Marriages > * June 1847-1848; > * July 1853-1929 > > BROOKLYN > Births > * 1866-1909 > Deaths > * 1847-1853; > * 1857-1948 > Marriages > * 1866-1929 > > There are separate marriage and death records for Kings County Towns: > * Flatbush, 1847-1851; 1880-1894, > * Flatlands, 1880-1895, > * Gravesend, 1880-1894, > * New Lots, 1881-1886 and New Utrecht, 1880-1894. > > BRONX > Births > * 1898-1909 > Deaths > * 1898-1948 > Marriages > * 1898-1929 > > The Bronx did not exist as separate Borough until 1898. > > New York City (Manhattan) annexed the area west of the Bronx River in > 1874 and annexed the area east of the Bronx River in 1895. > > For vital records in those areas after the date of annexation through > 1897, request a search of Manhattan records. > > QUEENS > Births > * 1898-1909 > Deaths > * 1898-1948 > Marriages > * 1898-1929 > > Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records, 1847-1849; > 1881-1897, and Long Island City, 1871-1897. > > RICHMOND > Births > * 1898-1909 > Deaths > * 1898-1948 > Marriages > * 1898-1929 > > Pre-consolidation Town and Village vital records, 1847-1849; 1881 - > 1897. > > Hope this is helpful! > Diane I.