(Full Name of Deceased - First Middle Last) and I am requesting a certified copy of the death record of who. Do-it-Yourself Small Estate Affidavit Program (An alternative to filling out the forms.Your answers to the program's questions creates the completed forms). Please see identification requirements below. Death Certificates can be ordered online. Overview: Vital Records has death records (since 1881) for all of New York State except New York City. Notaries do not notarize originals or copies of vital records, including birth and death certificates.