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General (entire State)
New York Marriages 1703-1705 - Abstract from NY Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol 2 p. 25-28
New York Marriages 1756-1758 - Abstract from NY Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol 2 p. 141-143
New York Marriages Prior to 1784 - Several volumes containing lists of marriage licenses issued.
First Settlement (before counties were established)
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam 1639-1730 - Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol II.New Amsterdam and New York Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, 1901.
Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church at Kingston - Baptism and marriage records from 1660-1810 of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, formerly Wiltwyck or Esopus
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Amsterdam N.Y. 1639-1801 - Marriages from 1639-1801
New York City
New York City Marriages 1692-1700 - Abstract from NY Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol 2 p. 141-143
Cortland County
Vital Records for 1908 from the Cortland Standard
Orange County
Records of the Florida, New York, Presbyterian Church 1878-1920 - Contains marriages from 1878-1920 and baptisms from 1839-1897
Ulster County
Onondaga County
Early records of the First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse - Marriages and Baptisms from 1826 to 1850