Long Island NY Genealogy

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Long Island was first settled in 1608. It includes Kings, Queens, Suffolk, and Nassau counties.
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 Long Island records are generally kept by the county boroughs.
On this site that there are records listed under the pages for New York City counties and its county boroughs.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.