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More than 285,000 deaths are included in this collection. Each record is abstracted from a newspaper notice published during the 19th century. While the information for each person may vary, New York City Death Notices, 1835-1880 typically includes:

First and last name
Date of death
Year of birth
Age
Cause of death
Place of death
Place of birth
Spouse’s name
Parent’s names
Newspaper Title

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New York City Death Notices includes important biographical and genealogical information about your ancestors. Details are extracted from contemporary city newspapers as the state did not begin official recordkeeping until 1880. Abbreviations for each newspaper are as follows:

BE – Brooklyn Eagle
NYH – New York Herald
NYW – New York World
PHO - Phoenix

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