Vital Records Indexes The State Department of Health makes available for public use microfiche copies of older indexes to birth, marriage, and death certificates. * The indexes cover the entire state outside of New York City and start in June 1880 (deaths) or 1881 (marriages and births). * Birth indexes are made available after 75 years, marriage and death indexes after 50 years. * An index entry states only the name of the person, date and place of event, and State certificate number. Indexes for certain years are arranged by SOUNDEX codes. Scope of Indexes: * The DOH indexes do not include vital events in New York City and in the former city of Brooklyn for any period. * The indexes do include vital events in the former towns of Kings County prior to their annexation by the City of Brooklyn in the 1880s and '90s; in portions of Westchester County prior to their annexation by New York City in 1895; and in Richmond County (Staten Island) and the western portion of Queens County prior to their incorporation into the City of New York, January 1, 1898. * The indexes do not include births and deaths in Albany, Buffalo, and Yonkers prior to 1914, or marriages in those cities prior to 1908. (Contact the local registrar of vital statistics in those cities for information about earlier records.) * The birth indexes do not include original data for adopted infants. The birth and death indexes do include data on individuals who were born or died in a state facility (such as a prison or mental hospital). **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 )