The NYC DOH website says that you must be on their entitled persons list (spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, etc.) in order to get any death certificate from them. I sent them an email asking if death certificates more than 50 years old could be obtained by people not on their entitled persons list and they responded, "NYC is a closed jurisdiction and death certificates from 1949 to present are not public records and you need to be one of the entitled relationships listed on our application." I found a number of death certificates of ancestors/relatives in the 1949-1965 database but I do not have an "entitled relationship". Has anyone had success in obtaining 1949-1965 death certs where you didn't have an entitled relationship? Bill ________________________________ Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:34 -0700 From: Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BKLYN] NYC Death Index - 1949-1965 Larry: You can obtain the death certificate from the NYC Dept. of Health for $15. Here's a link: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page A death record 50 years or older is available to anyone. You do not have prove kinship or a legal need for the certificate. I recommend you order by mail. Write on the application, preferably in red ink, "This record is over 50 years old." Mark Lomax On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lanzaro <larrylanzaro@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mark. After all these years I finally found the death date for my > great-uncle William Leier (1877-1957). Now that I have the exact date, > location (Manhattan) and certificate number, is it possible to obtain a > copy of the death certificate? The NYC Department of Records website says > they only have copies available up to 1948. > > Larry Lanzaro > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ancestry.com has posted a new database containing the NYC death index for >> 1949-1965. >> >> Mark Lomax >> Pasadena, CA

Hi Bill, I was able to get a 1949 DC from the DOH for a 2x great-grandmother; I'm not sure if being in the direct line of descent helped, but they didn't make it easy, and returned my application the first time. Don't leave any blank fields, and don't use a form of ID set to expire in the coming months! I wrote about it here: http://whereyoucamefrom.blogspot.com/2015/08/ordering-vital-records-from-new-york.html Kathleen On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> wrote: > The NYC DOH website says that you must be on their entitled persons list > (spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, > etc.) in order to get any death certificate from them. > > > I sent them an email asking if death certificates more than 50 years old > could be obtained by people not on their entitled persons list and they > responded, "NYC is a closed jurisdiction and death certificates from 1949 > to present are not public records and you need to be one of the entitled > relationships listed on our application." > > > I found a number of death certificates of ancestors/relatives in the > 1949-1965 database but I do not have an "entitled relationship". Has > anyone had success in obtaining 1949-1965 death certs where you didn't have > an entitled relationship? > > > Bill > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:34 -0700 > From: Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] NYC Death Index - 1949-1965 > > Larry: > > You can obtain the death certificate from the NYC Dept. of Health for $15. > Here's a link: > > http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page > > A death record 50 years or older is available to anyone. You do not have > prove kinship or a legal need for the certificate. I recommend you order > by mail. Write on the application, preferably in red ink, "This record is > over 50 years old." > > Mark Lomax > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lanzaro <larrylanzaro@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Mark. After all these years I finally found the death date for my > > great-uncle William Leier (1877-1957). Now that I have the exact date, > > location (Manhattan) and certificate number, is it possible to obtain a > > copy of the death certificate? The NYC Department of Records website says > > they only have copies available up to 1948. > > > > Larry Lanzaro > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Ancestry.com has posted a new database containing the NYC death index > for > >> 1949-1965. > >> > >> Mark Lomax > >> Pasadena, CA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It was if you wanted "cause of death." I'm not sure if being in the direct line of descent helped, -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor <kathleen.scarlett.ohara@gmail.com> To: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> Cc: nybrooklyn <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jul 10, 2017 12:55 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] NYC Death Certs 1949-1965 Hi Bill, I was able to get a 1949 DC from the DOH for a 2x great-grandmother; I'm not sure if being in the direct line of descent helped, but they didn't make it easy, and returned my application the first time. Don't leave any blank fields, and don't use a form of ID set to expire in the coming months! I wrote about it here: http://whereyoucamefrom.blogspot.com/2015/08/ordering-vital-records-from-new-york.html Kathleen On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> wrote: > The NYC DOH website says that you must be on their entitled persons list > (spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, > etc.) in order to get any death certificate from them. > > > I sent them an email asking if death certificates more than 50 years old > could be obtained by people not on their entitled persons list and they > responded, "NYC is a closed jurisdiction and death certificates from 1949 > to present are not public records and you need to be one of the entitled > relationships listed on our application." > > > I found a number of death certificates of ancestors/relatives in the > 1949-1965 database but I do not have an "entitled relationship". Has > anyone had success in obtaining 1949-1965 death certs where you didn't have > an entitled relationship? > > > Bill > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:34 -0700 > From: Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] NYC Death Index - 1949-1965 > > Larry: > > You can obtain the death certificate from the NYC Dept. of Health for $15. > Here's a link: > > http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page > > A death record 50 years or older is available to anyone. You do not have > prove kinship or a legal need for the certificate. I recommend you order > by mail. Write on the application, preferably in red ink, "This record is > over 50 years old." > > Mark Lomax > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lanzaro <larrylanzaro@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Mark. After all these years I finally found the death date for my > > great-uncle William Leier (1877-1957). Now that I have the exact date, > > location (Manhattan) and certificate number, is it possible to obtain a > > copy of the death certificate? The NYC Department of Records website says > > they only have copies available up to 1948. > > > > Larry Lanzaro > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Ancestry.com has posted a new database containing the NYC death index > for > >> 1949-1965. > >> > >> Mark Lomax > >> Pasadena, CA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message