New York

New York cemeteries by county and town

7,722 cemeteries in 987 New York towns, cities and boroughs, from large town cemeteries to small family burial grounds. Pick a town to see its cemeteries on a map and learn where its burial records are kept.

Albany County 172 cemeteries

Allegany County 126 cemeteries

Bronx County 8 cemeteries

Bronx8

Broome County 145 cemeteries

Cattaraugus County 103 cemeteries

Cayuga County 185 cemeteries

Chautauqua County 152 cemeteries

Chemung County 85 cemeteries

Chenango County 208 cemeteries

Clinton County 134 cemeteries

Columbia County 56 cemeteries

Cortland County 89 cemeteries

Delaware County 218 cemeteries

Dutchess County 109 cemeteries

Erie County 264 cemeteries

Essex County 124 cemeteries

Franklin County 114 cemeteries

Fulton County 86 cemeteries

Genesee County 78 cemeteries

Greene County 102 cemeteries

Hamilton County 24 cemeteries

Herkimer County 194 cemeteries

Jefferson County 208 cemeteries

Kings County 16 cemeteries

Brooklyn16

Lewis County 123 cemeteries

Livingston County 103 cemeteries

Madison County 181 cemeteries

Monroe County 144 cemeteries

Montgomery County 147 cemeteries

Nassau County 47 cemeteries

New York County 10 cemeteries

Manhattan10

Niagara County 117 cemeteries

Oneida County 268 cemeteries

Onondaga County 204 cemeteries

Ontario County 115 cemeteries

Orange County 86 cemeteries

Orleans County 72 cemeteries

Oswego County 137 cemeteries

Otsego County 217 cemeteries

Putnam County 42 cemeteries

Queens County 37 cemeteries

Queens37

Rensselaer County 235 cemeteries

Richmond County 25 cemeteries

Staten Island25

Rockland County 24 cemeteries

Saratoga County 240 cemeteries

Schenectady County 85 cemeteries

Schoharie County 167 cemeteries

Schuyler County 60 cemeteries

Seneca County 43 cemeteries

St. Lawrence County 237 cemeteries

Steuben County 273 cemeteries

Suffolk County 215 cemeteries

Sullivan County 70 cemeteries

Tioga County 99 cemeteries

Tompkins County 109 cemeteries

Ulster County 90 cemeteries

Warren County 119 cemeteries

Washington County 177 cemeteries

Wayne County 138 cemeteries

Westchester County 106 cemeteries

Wyoming County 117 cemeteries

Yates County 43 cemeteries

No cemeteries are listed yet in the public data for: Brighton (Monroe County), Cattaraugus Reservation (Cattaraugus County), Cattaraugus Reservation (Chautauqua County), Chautauqua Lake Unorganized Territory, City of Poughkeepsie, Deerpark, Denning, East Rochester, Gallatin, Geneva (Seneca County), Green Island, Hurley, Inlet, Long Beach, Mechanicville, Oil Springs Reservation (Allegany County), Oil Springs Reservation (Cattaraugus County), Palm Tree, Peekskill, Pelham, Poospatuck Reservation, Red House, Scarsdale, South Valley, Tonawanda Reservation (Niagara County), Town of Kingston, Watervliet.

By county

Albany County	172
Allegany County	126
Bronx County	8
Broome County	145
Cattaraugus County	103
Cayuga County	185
Chautauqua County	152
Chemung County	85
Chenango County	208
Clinton County	134
Columbia County	56
Cortland County	89
Delaware County	218
Dutchess County	109
Erie County	264
Essex County	124
Franklin County	114
Fulton County	86
Genesee County	78
Greene County	102
Hamilton County	24
Herkimer County	194
Jefferson County	208
Kings County	16
Lewis County	123
Livingston County	103
Madison County	181
Monroe County	144
Montgomery County	147
Nassau County	47
New York County	10
Niagara County	117
Oneida County	268
Onondaga County	204
Ontario County	115
Orange County	86
Orleans County	72
Oswego County	137
Otsego County	217
Putnam County	42
Queens County	37
Rensselaer County	235
Richmond County	25
Rockland County	24
Saratoga County	240
Schenectady County	85
Schoharie County	167
Schuyler County	60
Seneca County	43
St. Lawrence County	237
Steuben County	273
Suffolk County	215
Sullivan County	70
Tioga County	99
Tompkins County	109
Ulster County	90
Warren County	119
Washington County	177
Wayne County	138
Westchester County	106
Wyoming County	117
Yates County	43

Researching in New York

Statewide registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1880-81, but compliance was incomplete until about 1913, so some early deaths were never recorded.

Outside New York City, the State Department of Health gives genealogy copies of death certificates on file for at least 50 years. Its indexes (deaths from June 1880) can be searched on microfiche at the New York State Archives and at several public libraries around the state.

New York City keeps its own records. The NYC Municipal Archives holds death records for the five boroughs up to 1948 (Manhattan from 1795), and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has newer ones.

Since 1787, wills and estate papers have been filed with the Surrogate's Court in each county. Deeds are recorded by the county clerk; in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens they are recorded by the NYC Office of the City Register.

State law requires every city, town and village in New York to appoint a local government historian, a good contact for local cemetery surveys and family files.

Statewide birth, marriage and death records are kept by the New York State Department of Health's Vital Records Section in Menands, near Albany (for places outside New York City).

Official sources

Search records for New York ancestors

Cemetery lists tell you where someone may be buried. Death records, burial indexes and obituaries tell you who and when.

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