Index to Deaths in Buffalo, New York, 1852-1944
As a follow-up to our successful FOIL request to get the New York State death index 1880-1956, we turned our attention to the handful of missing years and localities in that index. One of those [...]
As a follow-up to our successful FOIL request to get the New York State death index 1880-1956, we turned our attention to the handful of missing years and localities in that index. One of those [...]
UPDATE: The proposed state bill we're supporting to put millions of scanned-and-indexed older New York vital records online PASSED the NYS Senate today, 50-9!
Now it needs to go through the Assembly...
You can subscribe to the bill's progress here:
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7782/amendment/A
Our Indexing Week gathered 100 Geneanet members who together indexed 19,000 new names in the New York City Geographical Birth Index! This brings the total to 182,000 in this little-known collection liberated by Reclaim the Records @reclaimtherecs
Here's the official video of our intrepid attorney-by-day (and genealogist-by-night) Michael Moritz bravely arguing (and winning!) our case at the NY Court of Appeals, in case you want to see an episode of "Law and Order: Special Genealogy Unit".
We won the New York State Death Index, 1880-2017! A big, big win for open records in New York State! -
@ReclaimTheRecs That is incredible, huge congratulations!! ππ What an amazing victory for access, transparency, and genealogists everywhere. πͺπ From all of us at the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, weβre cheering you on and celebrating this win right alongside you!
.@ReclaimTheRecs #LetFreedomRing
#NY #NYC
You guys...? We did it. π₯°
We won the FULL NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX FOR 1880-2017!
We beat the largest government agency in the state of New York (@HealthNYGov), in the highest court of the state, through a Freedom of Information Law (#FOIL) suit. π
big big big news that's been YEARS in the making
and tomorrow's the day when we're finally going to tell you guys all about it
but for tonight, enjoy a little hint (lawyer-approved) π
We know you've all been oh-so-patiently waiting for our promised press release about that "big case that we won".
But look, we didn't want to send it out right before a three-day weekend!
Hang on, very good news is coming soon. π
We just got big news in our biggest-ever lawsuit. π³
AND ITβS GOOOOOOOD
press release dropping soon
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