New York City Jewish Records

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"The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel. Until late 2005 or early 2006, when Israel surpassed the United States as having the largest Jewish population in the world, the New York metropolitan area had more Jews than Tel Aviv. After dropping from a peak of 2.5 million in the 1950s to a low of 1.4 million in 2002 the population of Jews in the New York metropolitan area grew to 1.54 million in 2011. ... Major immigration of Jews to New York began in the 1880s, with the increase of Anti-Semitic actions in Central and Eastern Europe. The number of Jews in New York City soared throughout the beginning of the 20th century and reached a peak of 2 million in the 1950s, when Jews constituted one-quarter of the city's population." From Wikipedia.org.

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New York City Vital Records

 * Free indexes of New York City births, marriages, and deaths are available at ItalianGen.org.
 * Births from 1878 -1909 are available by clicking here..
 * Marriages:
 * The brides index is available here.
 * The grooms index is available here.
 * Deaths are available by clicking here.
 * Some New York City vital records available from the Family History Library (FHL) on microfilm. Check the catalog listings by clicking here.
 * Order birth, marriage, and death certificates from New York City:
 * Births:
 * Prior to 1910 Instructions and Form.
 * 1910 to present Instructions and Form.
 * Marriages:
 * Deaths:
 * NYC Death Record (Prior to 1949) Request Form: Download PDF
 * NYC Health Death Record (1949 to present) ordering page: Instructions and Form.

New York City Immigration Records
New York City naturalization records indexed at ItalianGen.org are available here.

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