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        • Missouri Birth Index, 1910-2015They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether.
          Litigation in progress! Case filed November 23, 2016.
        • Missouri Death Index, 1965-2015They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether.
          Litigation in progress! Case filed November 23, 2016.
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        • Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death FileWhen a veteran dies, why is their basic service data locked up forever behind a $300/year commercial website's paywall?
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017. Two (!) FOIA Appeals filed with the VA, one on April 6, 2018 and on August 6, 2018. Lawsuit likely to be filed soon.
        • Social Security Applications and Claims IndexAlmost 100,000,000 public records have been available only through a $300/year paywalled commercial website. We're gonna change that.
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017
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      • New Jersey
        • New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914We acquired and published the first public twentieth century vital records indices for New Jersey.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • New Jersey Death Index, 1904-2017Why should these records be available if you're onsite at the state archives, but not available on the Internet?
          Legal wrangling but no litigation needed! All records online.
        • New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016We acquired and published the first-ever data set of everyone married in the Garden State
          Legal wrangling, but no litigation needed! All records online.
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      • New York City
        • Brooklyn (Kings County) “Old Town” RecordsWelcome to the single stupidest lawsuit we've ever had to file against a government agency
          Litigation in progress! Case filed October 15, 2016.
        • Geographical Index to New York City Births, late 19th century – early 20th centuryHey, remember how the NYC Dept of Health "retroactively classified" the NYC birth index, removing it from the public? Well, they forgot one of them. But we didn't!
          No litigation needed! Microfilms being digitally scanned right now.
        • Index to New York City domestic partnership records, 1993-2017🌈All people and all families deserve to have their genealogical records available to them.
          NY FOIL request in planning stage against NYC Clerk's Office
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1908-1929What do you do when a city archive won’t share its records with the public? Fight back. Read about our pilot project that started it all.
          Litigation successful! All records online.
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1930-1995Yes, you can fight city hall — and win! Of course, it helps if the city refuses to return your e-mails and calls until you take them to court.
          Litigation successful! All records online (minus Queens 1971-72 images)
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1996-2017Wait, you mean we’re gonna have to sue the same city agency again? Over the same records set? After they lost to us last time?
          Litigation successful! All records online
        • List of Registered Voters in New York City for 1924Historical voter data is often covered by Freedom of Information laws. We were the first to publish this often-overlooked resource online.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • New York City Birth Certificates, 1910-1917They're more than 100 years old, but NYC won't let us see them.
          NY FOIL request in planning stage against NYC DOH
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      • New York State
        • Index to Deaths in Albany, New York, 1880-1915Corruption's such an old song that we can sing along in harmony, And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
          NY FOIL request filed with Albany City Clerk's Office on September 6, 2017
        • Index to Deaths in Buffalo, New York, 1852-1944These records were sitting on a hard drive in a city government's Inactive Records Center, not online for public use. We fixed that.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to Deaths in Yonkers, New York, c. 1870-1915"Out there, there's a world outside of Yonkers..."
          NY FOIL request filed with Yonkers City Clerk's Office on September 6, 2017
        • Index to New York State Births (Outside of New York City), 1881-1942Finally, New York researchers can ditch the microfiche sheets and join the twenty-first century.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to New York State Deaths (Outside of New York City), 1880-1956It took us seventeen months of fighting with the government just to get a list of the names of dead people.
          Legal wrangling but no litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to New York State Marriages (Outside of New York City), 1880-2016This FOIL request has so far taken nine months and counting, proving that even babies are faster than the New York State government.
          NY FOIL request filed with NYS DOH on September 12, 2017
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      • Wyoming
        • Wyoming Marriage, Death, and Divorce Indices, 1900-1965Frozen in a snowbank outside of Laramie? We got your record. Thrown off your wagon team in Cheyenne? We got your record too.
          Coming soon...
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  • About
    • Our Board of Directors
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      • Missouri
        • Missouri Birth Index, 1910-2015They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether.
          Litigation in progress! Case filed November 23, 2016.
        • Missouri Death Index, 1965-2015They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether.
          Litigation in progress! Case filed November 23, 2016.
        • Close
      • Nationwide
        • Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death FileWhen a veteran dies, why is their basic service data locked up forever behind a $300/year commercial website's paywall?
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017. Two (!) FOIA Appeals filed with the VA, one on April 6, 2018 and on August 6, 2018. Lawsuit likely to be filed soon.
        • Social Security Applications and Claims IndexAlmost 100,000,000 public records have been available only through a $300/year paywalled commercial website. We're gonna change that.
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017
        • Close
      • New Jersey
        • New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914We acquired and published the first public twentieth century vital records indices for New Jersey.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • New Jersey Death Index, 1904-2017Why should these records be available if you're onsite at the state archives, but not available on the Internet?
          Legal wrangling but no litigation needed! All records online.
        • New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016We acquired and published the first-ever data set of everyone married in the Garden State
          Legal wrangling, but no litigation needed! All records online.
        • Close
      • New York City
        • Brooklyn (Kings County) “Old Town” RecordsWelcome to the single stupidest lawsuit we've ever had to file against a government agency
          Litigation in progress! Case filed October 15, 2016.
        • Geographical Index to New York City Births, late 19th century – early 20th centuryHey, remember how the NYC Dept of Health "retroactively classified" the NYC birth index, removing it from the public? Well, they forgot one of them. But we didn't!
          No litigation needed! Microfilms being digitally scanned right now.
        • Index to New York City domestic partnership records, 1993-2017🌈All people and all families deserve to have their genealogical records available to them.
          NY FOIL request in planning stage against NYC Clerk's Office
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1908-1929What do you do when a city archive won’t share its records with the public? Fight back. Read about our pilot project that started it all.
          Litigation successful! All records online.
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1930-1995Yes, you can fight city hall — and win! Of course, it helps if the city refuses to return your e-mails and calls until you take them to court.
          Litigation successful! All records online (minus Queens 1971-72 images)
        • Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1996-2017Wait, you mean we’re gonna have to sue the same city agency again? Over the same records set? After they lost to us last time?
          Litigation successful! All records online
        • List of Registered Voters in New York City for 1924Historical voter data is often covered by Freedom of Information laws. We were the first to publish this often-overlooked resource online.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • New York City Birth Certificates, 1910-1917They're more than 100 years old, but NYC won't let us see them.
          NY FOIL request in planning stage against NYC DOH
        • Close
      • New York State
        • Index to Deaths in Albany, New York, 1880-1915Corruption's such an old song that we can sing along in harmony, And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
          NY FOIL request filed with Albany City Clerk's Office on September 6, 2017
        • Index to Deaths in Buffalo, New York, 1852-1944These records were sitting on a hard drive in a city government's Inactive Records Center, not online for public use. We fixed that.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to Deaths in Yonkers, New York, c. 1870-1915"Out there, there's a world outside of Yonkers..."
          NY FOIL request filed with Yonkers City Clerk's Office on September 6, 2017
        • Index to New York State Births (Outside of New York City), 1881-1942Finally, New York researchers can ditch the microfiche sheets and join the twenty-first century.
          No litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to New York State Deaths (Outside of New York City), 1880-1956It took us seventeen months of fighting with the government just to get a list of the names of dead people.
          Legal wrangling but no litigation needed! All records online.
        • Index to New York State Marriages (Outside of New York City), 1880-2016This FOIL request has so far taken nine months and counting, proving that even babies are faster than the New York State government.
          NY FOIL request filed with NYS DOH on September 12, 2017
        • Close
      • Wyoming
        • Wyoming Marriage, Death, and Divorce Indices, 1900-1965Frozen in a snowbank outside of Laramie? We got your record. Thrown off your wagon team in Cheyenne? We got your record too.
          Coming soon...
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Index to New York City domestic partnership records, 1993-2017

Index to New York City domestic partnership records, 1993-2017

This New York State Freedom of Information (FOIL) request is coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1996-2017

Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1996-2017

In 2016, Reclaim The Records filed a successful FOIL request that obtained the first-ever public copy of the New York City marriage license index for 1930-1995. [...]

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Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1930-1995

Index to New York City Marriage Licenses, 1930-1995

Using the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), Reclaim The Records won the first-ever public access to the 1930-1995 marriage index for New York City, over five [...]

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All around the world, genealogists and researchers are sick and tired of dealing with corrupt and ignorant archivists, who claim they want transparency until you try to deliver it. This one’s from a friend in Kyiv who successfully sued the Zhytomyr archives a few months ago. ✊

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Admire the work @ReclaimTheRecs is doing to democratize history. https://t.co/nOxUgR8fxD

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[email protected] and The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. (@EllisIsland) announced today the entire collection of Ellis Island New York Passenger Arrival Lists from 1820 to 1957 are now available online on both websites.

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CleverTitleTKJennifer Mendelsohn 🇺🇸@CleverTitleTK·

100 million arrivals. And not a single person whose name was changed there, despite what Grandpa told you. <ducking> 🤣 https://t.co/oyaVXutfmW

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