Suffolk County NY Genealogy

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Suffolk County Records by City/Town

Amagansett Genealogy (43)
Amityville Genealogy (83)
Aquebogue Genealogy (52)
Babylon Genealogy (91)
Bay Shore Genealogy (53)
Bellport Genealogy (48)
Blue Point Genealogy (43)
Bohemia Genealogy (45)
Brentwood Genealogy (59)
Bridgehampton Genealogy (59)
Brookhaven Genealogy (83)
Calverton Genealogy (47)
Center Moriches Genealogy (63)
Centereach Genealogy (45)
Central Islip Genealogy (49)
Cold Spring Harbor Genealogy (48)
Commack Genealogy (56)
Coram Genealogy (63)
Cutchogue Genealogy (51)
Deer Park Genealogy (45)
Dix Hills Genealogy (52)
East Hampton Genealogy (113)
East Northport Genealogy (42)
East Setauket Genealogy (47)
Easthampton Genealogy (47)
Eastport Genealogy (43)
Elwood Genealogy (47)
Fishers Island Genealogy (42)
Greenport Genealogy (78)
Hampton Bays Genealogy (50)
Hauppauge Genealogy (50)
Huntington Genealogy (180)
Huntington Station Genealogy (43)
Islip Genealogy (61)
Kings Park Genealogy (50)
Lake Grove Genealogy (49)

Lake Ronkonkoma Genealogy (51)
Lindenhurst Genealogy (51)
Manorville Genealogy (65)
Mattituck Genealogy (80)
Melville Genealogy (51)
Middle Island Genealogy (53)
Montauk Genealogy (42)
Moriches Genealogy (43)
Mount Sinai Genealogy (47)
Northport Genealogy (63)
Orient Genealogy (50)
Patchogue Genealogy (76)
Port Jefferson Genealogy (79)
Quogue Genealogy (47)
Ridge Genealogy (49)
Riverhead Genealogy (95)
Rocky Point Genealogy (43)
Sag Harbor Genealogy (104)
Sayville Genealogy (63)
Selden Genealogy (46)
Setauket Genealogy (73)
Shelter Island Genealogy (65)
Smithtown Genealogy (86)
South Huntington Genealogy (42)
Southampton Genealogy (119)
Southold Genealogy (127)
St James Genealogy (47)
Stony Brook Genealogy (42)
Stonybrook Genealogy (52)
Wading River Genealogy (43)
West Babylon Genealogy (44)
West Hills Genealogy (47)
West Islip Genealogy (44)
Westhampton Genealogy (47)
Yaphank Genealogy (64)

Overview of Suffolk County Records

  • Suffolk County was created in 1683 and was an original county for the state of New York
  • The New York State Department of Health has copies of birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1880. Individual town or city clerks also have copies of birth, marriage, death records.
  • The Suffolk County Clerk has incomplete death records from 1847 to 1849, and birth records from 1847 to 1849, marriage records from 1847 to 1849 and from 1908 to 1935, court records starting in 1725, land records starting in 1666, session court minutes from 1669 to 1687, and jury lists from 1820 to 1872.
  • The Suffolk County Surrogate Court has probate records starting in 1787.
  • Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.