Department of Records and Information Services

Preserves and provides public access to New York City's historical and government records, from birth certificates to centuries-old documents. It runs the Municipal Archives, the city's official record-keeping systems, and a growing digital collections portal. Need a birth certificate, marriage record, or death certificate? This is where you get it. Beyond vital records, DORIS is the institutional memory of the city -- if you want to see a photo of your building from 1940 or read court records from the 1800s, it's here.