New York City Brides Index
Database updated June 3, 2024
This database contains the indexes to 2,605,820 marriage records from 1866 to 1937 for the five Boroughs of New York City (Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens and Richmond).
NOTE: You can access
many years of New York City vital record certificates at the New York City Municipal Archives Historical Vital Records web site, for free. You can search by name or by certificate number. You can find the certificate number in this database or from the familysearch.org
website. Certificate numbering starts over each year; so you will need
to know the certificate number, the year and the county.
The New York City Brides index includes the following years:
- Bronx: 1898 - 1937
- Kings: 1871 - 1937
- Manhattan: 1866 -1937
- Queens: 1898 - 1937
- Richmond: 1898 - 1937
After 1937, there was no longer a requirement to register the marriage with the Health Department. All marriages from 1938 to the present are recorded with the Clerk in the borough where the marriage took place.
We have found what appears to be male names in the brides index, and female names in the grooms index. If your search is not successful in one index try the other index.
For an index to every marriage license filed at the New York City Clerk's Office from 1950-1995, see:
NYC-marriage Licenses
NOTE: Be aware that a date like Nov 25'05 with a year 1906 indicates that the event took place on the 25th of the month in the year 1905 but was recorded in 1906. Another indication that an event was recorded in the following year is a low certificate number for a month in the later part of the year. For example, if the event took place in December and the certificate number is 145, it probably was recorded the following year.
ALSO: Some birth and marriage certificates may have a letter following the certificate number. An "S" means Special, and is an indication that the certificate has been corrected. A "D" means a Delayed Certificate; usually issued because an original was never issued and a certificate is required for something like Social Security or maybe some legal action.
For all certificates, an "A"
after a certificate number means that the number was issued twice, to
different people; the "A" certificate is filed after the certificate
without the A. The letter does not always appear on the certificate.
A "?"
after a number indicates that we found that the certificate number is
not correct (or the year or county); that particular number was assigned to someone else. It's
an indication to the Municipal Archives staff that they may have to do
some other digging to find the right person.
Records Search: Brides
Please note that the Surname (e.g. Last Name) is a required entry field. But since exact spellings are not always known, to aid your search we offer three different ways to specify Surnames...
- Exact Match ("is exactly") - This is the default surname search method.
- Soundex ("sounds like") - This option enables you to specify a surname spelling it out as best you can, and it will return results that "sound" similar to what you spelled out.
- Wild Card - With this option you can replace part of the surname with a * to match any number of letters, or _ to match a single letter. E.g., Sch* will return all names starting with Sch. Similarly, Schl_tz might return results such as Schlitz or Schlotz.
NOTE: The wild card option applies ONLY to the surname. You can just enter the first few letters of a First Name; the search automatically adds a wild card to the end of the First Name.
For whichever of the above surname search options you would like to use, simply select the appropriate radio button option below the input field on the form. Although the additional form fields are optional, providing as much information as you can helps narrow your search. The more specific your search, the less time you need spend scrolling through search results!
If you find an error, you may submit a correction; but it MUST MATCH what is on the marriage certificate. No other changes will be accepted!
If you have a NYC Historic Vital Record Marriage Certificate for a person that you are certain is not in our index you may submit it here.
We wish to thank all the following volunteers for their help and participation with the Brides Index project:
Volunteers
Dean Ab-Hugh * Barbara Abrams * Dena Abrams * Harriet Ader * Jill Albrecht * Shari Aldous * Dara Allen * Anne Allison * Karen Almeida * Wendy Almeleh * Gloria Anderson Maryanne Andruzzi * Glenn Appel * Marie Arena * Ann Armoza * Frank Armstrong * Hazel Arnold * Jaime Arnone * Margaret Arsenault * Meg Assip * Harold Atkins * Paul Auerbach * Katherine Auernheimer * Paul Bader * Anne Baker * Marion Baker * Pamela Baker * Helaine Baldwin * Clara Barbadillo * Marge Barclay * Karina Barker * Melissa Barker * Michelle Barnea * Darrellan Barnes * Donna Barone * Ellen Barrett * Karen Bartnik * Jill Bartos * Marisa Basile * Joseph Battagliese * Richie Baum * Joan Beck * Susan Behlen * Kathy Bell * Marie Bell * Marilyn Bell * Phil Belmont * Shelby Bennett * Kathleen Benson * Linda Berg * Audrey Berghaus * Richard Bernhard * Mildred Bernstein * Pat Bertino * Lucile Bertram * Nancy Biederman * Edward Bienz * Gail Bjorndal * Peggy Black * Richard Black * Karen Bliss * Fred Blum * Lucille Blum * 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We would also like to thank the Municipal Archives for their assistance with this project.
This project was coordinated by Mr. John Martino. If you would like to contribute time to other current projects, please contact us.
