NYC Marriage Index - Bronx 1930

NYC Marriage Index - Bronx 1930

Author: Reclaim The Records

Year: 1930

These are images of the handwritten index of marriage affidavits, applications, and licenses for the borough of the Bronx (Bronx county) in New York City for the year 1930. This data was digitized from a set of 110 microfilms that covered the index to New York City marriage records for the years 1930-1972. Background These handwritten marriage license index books were originally compiled and then microfilmed by the New York City Clerk's Office. Up until late 2016, a few of the earlier years' indices were available for researchers to use, but only if the researchers were physically on site at the Municipal Archives building in lower Manhattan, while most of the later years were simply not available to researchers at all. The indices were only available in microfilm format, and not online. In late December 2015, the not-for-profit activist group Reclaim The Records filed a request under the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to obtain a copy of the post-1930 NYC marriage index from the New York City Clerk's Office. This FOIL request was a follow-up to an earlier successful request for the 1908-1929 portion of these records, which was directed to the New York City Munici