Brooklyn Genealogy (in Kings County, NY)

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Brooklyn Birth Records

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1798-1903 New York, New York, U.S., Vital Records Ancestry online

1866-1909 Birth Certificate Index for New York, New York Ancestry online

1878-1909 Birth Index for New York, New York Ancestry online

1910-1965 Birth Index for New York, New York Ancestry online

Baptismal register : Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1832-1854 Archive Grid

Baptisms, marriages, burials, communicants : the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1877-1897 Archive Grid

Birth Database for Brooklyn and Queens 1881-1898 German Genealogy Group online

Births Reported in Brooklyn 1891, 1898, and 1899 (includes parts of Manhattan and Bronx) Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Births reported in the city of New York, 1881-1965 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages, deaths : from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, N.Y., v.3-5, 1828-1870 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Brooklyn (Kings County), Birth Records, 1866-1909 New York City Municipal Archives

Brooklyn birth certificates, 1866-1909 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn birth certificates, 1866-1909 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death registers, 1847-1853, 1857-1861; births 1869 FamilySearch Library

Early Index to Births in Brooklyn and Queens Italian Genealogical Group online

Historian's collection of church records, 1790-1985, 1842-1985 (bulk), First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Archive Grid

Index to birth certificates, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York FamilySearch Library

Index to birth certificates, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, 1866-1880 WorldCat

NYC Geographical Birth Index - Brooklyn - 1898 -1910 Internet Archive online

New York City Birth Certificates 1855 to 1909 NYC Department of Records & Information Services online

New York City Birth Index, 1878-1909 MyHeritage online

New York City, Birth Records, 1910-present New York City Health Department

New York, New York, Birth Index, 1891-1902 Ancestry online

Record book, 1846-1847, 1867-1882, South Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Sabbath School Archive Grid

Register of New York City birth records FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Cemetery Records (91)


Brooklyn Census Records

1855 New York State Census Ancestry online

1865 New York State Census Ancestry online

1875 New York State Census Ancestry online

1892 New York State Census Ancestry online

1905 New York State Census Ancestry online

1915 New York State Census Ancestry online

1915 New York state census maps, Brooklyn, New York, assembly district no. 16 FamilySearch Library

1915 census maps for Brooklyn, district 16, part 1-3 FamilySearch Library

1925 New York State Census Ancestry online

Census 1698, 1738, 1790, 1810, Townships: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and New Utrecht US Gen Web Archives online

Census Mortality Schedule for Kings County 1865 Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Census Mortality Schedule for Kings County 1875 Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Census of Kings County 1698 Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Census of Kings County 1738 Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

New York state census, Kings County, 1855 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Brooklyn Church Records (225)


Brooklyn City Directories (356)


Brooklyn Court Records

Brooklyn court records, 1893-1905 Archive Grid

Brooklyn Death Records

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1798-1903 New York, New York, U.S., Vital Records Ancestry online

1862-1948 New York City Death Index MyHeritage online

1862-1948 New York, New York, Extracted Death Index (includes Brooklyn, 1862-1948) Ancestry online

1862-1948 New York, New York, Index to Death Certificates Ancestry online

An index to the Long Islander, 1839-1864, marriages-deaths FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages, deaths : from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, N.Y., v.3-5, 1828-1870 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Brooklyn (Kings County), Death Records, 1847-1853; 1857-1948 New York City Municipal Archives

Brooklyn 1929 Deaths Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Brooklyn Naval Hospital Register of Deaths and of Burial Plots 1831 to 1894 German Genealogy Group online

Brooklyn and Queens Death Database 1847-1899 for selected towns and years German Genealogy Group online

Brooklyn death certificates, 1862-1897 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death certificates, 1898-1920 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death certificates, 1898-1920 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death certificates, 1919-1949 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death certificates, 1919-1949 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death records, 1898-1916 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn death registers, 1847-1853, 1857-1861; births 1869 FamilySearch Library

Early Index to Deaths in Brooklyn and Queens Italian Genealogical Group online

Historian's collection of church records, 1790-1985, 1842-1985 (bulk), First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Archive Grid

In Remembrance : Abstracts of Marriage & Death Notices, 1881 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper, Brooklyn, New York FamilySearch Library

In Remembrance Ii : Abstracts of Marriage and Death Notices, 1882, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper Brooklyn, New York FamilySearch Library

In remembrance : abstracts of marriage & death notices, 1881 Brooklyn daily eagle newspaper, Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

In remembrance II : abstracts of marriage & death notices, 1882 Brooklyn daily eagle newspaper, Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Index to deaths, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, 1848-1898 FamilySearch Library

Index to deaths, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, 1848-1898 WorldCat

Index to deaths, New York City, 1888-1965 FamilySearch Library

Journal record of deaths, 1897-1914 FamilySearch Library

Miscellaneous vital statistics other than death and marriage notices taken from the Brooklyn Eagle (1841-1846) Ancestry online

New York City Death Certificates 1862 to 1948 NYC Department of Records & Information Services online

New York City, Death Records, 1949-present New York City Health Department

New York, New York, Death Index, 1949-1965 Ancestry online

Pastoral records of the Reverend Francis M. Kip, Jr. : includes baptism, marriage and funeral records from 1867-1906 FamilySearch Library

Record book, 1846-1847, 1867-1882, South Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Sabbath School Archive Grid

Register of baptisms, marriages and deaths of the Bushwick Reformed Church. WorldCat

The history of Plymouth Church : (Henry Ward Beecher) 1847 to 1872. Inclusive of historical sketches of the Bethel and the Navy mission, and the silver wedding. Also, Henry Ward Becher's first sermon in Plymouth Church, and an alphabetical list of the names of all persons who have ever been members of Plymouth Church, with date of admissions, deaths, and dismissals FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Histories and Genealogies (65)


Brooklyn Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1907-1924; naturalization petitions, 1907-1922 (Kings County, New York) FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1907-1924; naturalization petitions, 1907-1922 (Kings County, New York) FamilySearch Library

Index (Soundex) to naturalization records : 1792-1906 FamilySearch Library

Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906 Fold3 online

Index to Petitions of Naturalization, New York Eastern District 1865-1906 Fold3 online

Index to Petitions of Naturalization, New York Eastern District 1906-1925 Fold3 online

Index to Petitions of Naturalization, New York Eastern District 1925-1957 Fold3 online

Kings County Clerk's Office Index To Brooklyn Naturalization Records 1907-1924 Jewish Genealogical Society online

New York Naturalization Records for the Eastern District (Kings, Richmond, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties) 1865-1957 Italian Genealogical Group online

Old Dutch houses of Brooklyn FamilySearch Library

Soundex Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906 Ancestry online

Brooklyn Land Records

Farm line map of the city of Brooklyn FamilySearch Library

Select patents of New York towns FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Map Records (74)


Brooklyn Marriage Records

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1798-1903 New York, New York, U.S., Vital Records Ancestry online

1866 Brooklyn marriage index FamilySearch Library

1866-1937 New York City Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1866-1937 New York, New York, Marriage Index Ancestry online

1907-1995 New York City, Marriage License Indexes Ancestry online

1908-1972 New York City Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

An index to the Long Islander, 1839-1864, marriages-deaths FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages, burials, communicants : the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1877-1897 Archive Grid

Births, marriages, deaths : from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, N.Y., v.3-5, 1828-1870 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages, deaths from the original records of St. Ann's (Episcopal) Church at Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Brooklyn (Kings County), Marriage Certificates, 1866-1937 New York City Municipal Archives

Brooklyn (Kings County), Marriage Licenses, 1908-1949 New York City Municipal Archives

Brooklyn 1866 Marriage Index Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page online

Brooklyn Marriage Index 1880-1895 German Genealogy Group online

Brooklyn, New York, St. Paul's Catholic Church Marriage Records, 1839-1900 Ancestry online

Historian's collection of church records, 1790-1985, 1842-1985 (bulk), First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn Archive Grid

In Remembrance : Abstracts of Marriage & Death Notices, 1881 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper, Brooklyn, New York FamilySearch Library

In Remembrance Ii : Abstracts of Marriage and Death Notices, 1882, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper Brooklyn, New York FamilySearch Library

In remembrance : abstracts of marriage & death notices, 1881 Brooklyn daily eagle newspaper, Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

In remembrance II : abstracts of marriage & death notices, 1882 Brooklyn daily eagle newspaper, Brooklyn, New York WorldCat

Index of St. Leonards of Port Maurice (Roman Catholic Church of Brooklyn) Baptism, Marriage, and First Communion Records 1872-1978 German Genealogy Group online

Index to Our Lady of Sorrows (Roman Catholic Church of Brooklyn) Baptism and Marriage Records 1890-1942 German Genealogy Group online

Marriage certificates (Brooklyn, New York), 1866-1937 FamilySearch Library

Marriage certificates (Brooklyn, New York), 1866-1937 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1861-1884 FamilySearch Library

Marriage register : Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1831-1859, together with the history and members, 1831-1861 Archive Grid

Marriage returns, 1866-1882 at First Baptist church of Brooklyn and the Baptist church of Elizabeth, N.Y. FamilySearch Library

Miscellaneous vital statistics other than death and marriage notices taken from the Brooklyn Eagle (1841-1846) Ancestry online

NYC Marriage Index - Brooklyn 1908-1972 Internet Archive online

New York City Marriage Records 1866 to 1937 NYC Department of Records & Information Services online

New York City Marriages Brides Index (Brooklyn 1871-1913 and 1931-1937, Bronx 1899-1937, Queens 1904-1937, Manhattan 1866-1937, Staten Island 1898-1937) Italian Genealogical Group online

New York City Marriages Groom Index (Brooklyn 1864-1907, Manhattan 1866-1907, and New York City Grooms All Boroughs 1908-1936) Italian Genealogical Group online

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940 Ancestry online

Pastoral records of the Reverend Francis M. Kip, Jr. : includes baptism, marriage and funeral records from 1867-1906 FamilySearch Library

Record book, 1846-1847, 1867-1882, South Presbyterian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Sabbath School Archive Grid

Records of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, N.Y. WorldCat

Register of New York City marriage records FamilySearch Library

Register of baptisms, marriages and deaths of the Bushwick Reformed Church. WorldCat

St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Court Street, Brooklyn, New York : baptism register July 22, 1839 - July 12, 1857; marriage register August 7, 1839- August 18, 1857 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Military Records

Brooklyn Naval Hospital Register of Armed Forces personnel whose remains were brought from Europe, 1918 to 1922 German Genealogy Group online

Final camping ground : Civil War Veterans at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, in their own words FamilySearch Library

New York, Borough of Brooklyn Selective Service System registration cards [World War II] : fourth registration FamilySearch Library

Reminiscences and record of the 6th New York V.V. cavalry Genealogy Gophers online

The Confederate dead in Brooklyn : biographical sketches of 513 Confederate POW's FamilySearch Library

The Confederate dead in Brooklyn : biographical sketches of 513 Confederate POWs WorldCat

The Confederate dead in Brooklyn : biographical sketches of 513 Confederate POWs WorldCat

The boys of a Brooklyn church in the great war (Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church of Brooklyn and WWI) Ancestry online

Brooklyn Minority Records

Brooklyn Jewish Examiner. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1931-1933 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish Examiner. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1933-1955 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish Press. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1949-Current US Newspaper Directory

Long Island Jewish World. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1979-Current US Newspaper Directory

New York, Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records, 1878-1969 Ancestry online

Resources for Jewish genealogy in the New York area FamilySearch Library

The colony that rose from the sea : Norwegian maritime migration and community in Brooklyn, 1850-1910 FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Miscellaneous Records

Brooklyn, New York, Bethlehem Steel Shipyard Employment Cards, 1908-1965 Ancestry online

New York, Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records, 1878-1969 Ancestry online

Brooklyn Newspapers and Obituaries (179)


Brooklyn Probate Records

1659-1999 New York, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Brooklyn's guardians : a record of the faithful and heroic men who preserve the peace of the city of homes FamilySearch Library

Index of wills probated in Kings County, New York Ancestry online

New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923 Family Search online

Brooklyn School Records (438)


Brooklyn Tax Records

Internal Revenue Service Taxpayers, New York, 1919 - 1920 German Genealogy Group online



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