Buffalo Death Certificates
Death certificate request for the city of buffalo only.
Buffalo death certificates. Marriage record must be at least 50 years old. Birth certificate request for the city of buffalo only. Death notices and obituaries in buffalo erie county ny a good obituary can be a genealogical gold mine but finding one isnt always simple or straightforward. Death records starting with the year 1852 are available.
New york state county of erie city of buffalo death records information below you will find a collection of offline providers for new york state county of erie city of buffalo death records these are both governmental agencies and privately run organizations. Death records begin 1852 to present including the va medical center. You will have the best results if you know the month day year and place that the person died. You must show proper identification as indicated under identification.
The clerks office is the keeper of city records including birth marriage death ordinances buffalo common council actions and more. Monday through friday 830am 430pm. Buffalo death certificates buffalo vital records issues certified copies of buffalo death certificates from 1880 to the present of individuals who died within the city of buffalo which can typically be used to obtain death benefits to claim insurance proceeds and for other legal purposes. The clerks office also serves as a major informational historical and legislative branch of the city which requires vast networking and partnerships with countless public service legal and government agencies.
The subjects of the genealogy search must be deceased as proven by the death certificates provided by the applicant. Browse the most recent buffalo new york obituaries and condolences. The address for your request to the city of buffalo is vital records 1302 city hall 65 niagara square buffalo new york 14202. Birth records starting with the year 1878 are available.
They eventually complied and sent us the data on cds and we uploaded the data to the internet archive in december 2017. Buffalo city hall has some death records from 1886. Burial records may be obtained by writing the cemetery in which the deceased was interred. All death certificates issued are certified with an official raised seal.
One of those is the city of buffalo new york whose records were not included in the statewide death index until about 1914 1915. Birth records start at 1878 to current and are available at the buffalo city clerks office located on the 13th floor of city hall in room 1302. Death record must be at least 50 years old. For requesting genealogical records click here.