This is the best news for Metro NYC genealogists! Promise! The activist group called "Reclaim the Records" (https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/) filed FOIAs and gained online access to the Index to NYC Marriage Licenses. Wooo wooo! BACKSTORY: From 1908 to 1951 New York City required couples to apply for PRE-marriage ceremony LICENSES, in person at the marriage bureau. Think Norman Rockwell painting> http://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/marriage-license-1935 *Licenses were valid for 3 months.* AFTER the marriage ceremony, the minister completed page 3 of the license application, then return it to the issuing NYC county clerk by the 10th of the next month. EXCEPTION: Some marriage ceremonies occurred, but the minister did not return his portion of the documentation. YEARS (All years are not accessible yet) : 1908-1951: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond 1914-1951: Bronx (prior to 1914, search Manhattan)..........EXCEPTION *IMPT NOTE: Brides and Grooms are intermingled. Grooms on the left of page, Brides on the right.