NYC Marriage Index - Queens 1930

NYC Marriage Index - Queens 1930

Author: Reclaim The Records

Year: 1930

This is the 1930 index for the borough of Queens (Queens county) in New York City for marriage affidavits, applications, and licenses. It was digitized from microfilm #46 from a set of 48 microfilms that covered records for 1908-1929. (This index is a rare instance where the dates of the records actually extended past 1929, despite the record series' official name and year range.) It was on the same microfilm roll as the 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929 indices for Queens. Background This data set was originally collected by the New York City Clerk's Office, and later transferred to the New York City Municipal Archives. For several decades, this data was only available in microfilm format and was only available to researchers who were physically onsite at the Municipal Archives building in lower Manhattan. In January 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 records. The NYC Municipal Archives refused to turn over the files, leading to a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of New York in September 2015. The suit was quickly settled in favor of Reclaim The Records, and