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Source: New York Times

Breaking News

1-16-14

Index of Millions of New York History Records Available Free Online

An index to more than 10 million New York City birth, marriage and death records from 1866 to 1948 is available free online thanks to a collaboration between the city’s Department of Records and Ancestry.com.

While access to the index is free, the documents themselves must be purchased from the city....

Read entire article at New York Times