New York Counties

New York has 62 counties, each with local registrar offices that handle birth records. Birth certificates are filed with the town or city clerk where the birth took place. The NYS Department of Health also holds copies of birth records from 1881 onward for areas outside New York City. Five boroughs in NYC fall under the city Department of Health instead. Select a county below to find the local offices, contact details, fees, and resources for getting birth records in that area.

Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates