FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject New York Death Index

Purpose
Add an important death index to the New York county pages.

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Go to the task list and sign up for a span of counties.

2. In the first county, go to Deaths subheading in the Vital Records heading at the bottom of the county page. ***DO NOT ADD THESE COLLECTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/BOROUGHS: Bronx, Brooklyn/Kings, Staten Island/Richmond, Manhattan/New York, and Queens.

3. Copy and paste the following databases into the current list of death indexes listed on the page. Be sure to keep them in chronological order. *1880-1956 - New York, Death Index, 1880-1956 at Ancestry — ($), index only *1957-1963 - at FamilySearch — Index only

4. Preview the page to make sure the links work and it is formatted correctly.

5. In the Edit Summary field, enter "added death links" and save the page.