New York, Yonkers, Birth and Death Registration and Indexes - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains birth and death registration and indexes from Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, obtained by Reclaim the Records from the Yonker's City Clerk's Office. The collection includes the following records. • 2

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in New York.
 * New York Guided Research
 * New York Record Finder
 * New York Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step New York Research, 1880-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * Westchester County, Yonkers, birth records and indexes, 1875-1916
 * Wills 1787-1905; card index to wills 1813-1983; letters of administration 1777-1905; and letters of guardianship 1802-1901
 * Westchester County, Estate tax files, 1775-1900

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909
 * New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956
 * New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949
 * New York, New York, Department of Health, Manhattan Birth Index Cards, 1866-1897

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Charles Elmer Allison, The history of Yonkers from the earliest times to the present : including an elaborate description of its aborigines; a narrative of its discovery, and early settlement by the Dutch and other Europeans...New York, New York : W.B. Ketcham, c1896

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