Kings County NY Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Kings County Records by Type Birth Records (43) Cemetery Records (121) Census Records (75) Church Records (271) City Directories (366) Court Records (8) Death Records (60) Histories and Genealogies (134) Immigration Records (12) Land Records (14) Map Records (88) Marriage Records (57) Military Records (13) Minority Records (9) Miscellaneous Records (8) Newspapers and Obituaries (283) Probate Records (16) School Records (439) Tax Records (8)

Overview of Kings County Records

• Kings County was created in 1683 and was an original county for the state of New York. It is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City and has the same borders as the Borough of Brooklyn.
• The New York City Health Department has copies of birth records starting in 1910 and death records starting in 1949. The New York City Municipal Archives has copies of birth records previous to 1910 and death records previous to 1949.
• The Kings County Clerk Superior Court has divorce records.
• The Kings County Department of Health has birth records, death records, and burial records.
• The Kings County City Clerk has marriage records.
• The Kings County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1787.
• The Kings County Clerk Civil Court has court records starting in 1683.
• The Kings County Register has land records starting in 1683.
• For additional records, see the pages for New York City and the other county borough pages.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.