Use the following free sites to search for deceased ancestors in New York City.

Always start with this group. Italian Genealogical Group. Search the Municipal Archives section. It only gives an index so know the ancestors approximate year of birth and then you have to to the subtraction.

Also ...

Finding a grave in New York City. The City of New York did not start keeping official records on birth, death and marriage until the late 1850's. Before 1850 you need to find church records. I have never bothered with that. To arduous a process and to much money.

So to find a grave you need to ...

Calvary Cemetery in Queens and the other large cemeteries in Brooklyn and Queens were basically created to re-claim valuable Manhattan real estate.

Before the late 1840's people were buried in Church graveyards or small cemeteries where they lived. Manhattan was quickly running of graves by the ...