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RT @SearchAdoption: Amazing resource!! Thank you RtR!
YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY ONLINE!
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
For 'Giving Tuesday' we're giving YOU GUYS a gift:
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
Ten and a half million records, now finally free and online and very very searchable!
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For Giving Tuesday *YOU* got a gift: THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017 - FREE! -
What's a #FOIA Appeal? What's some good language to use when you want to argue with the government about why they should be giving you the file you asked for, instead of some "genealogy letter"?
We got you. Check out our advice in our latest newsletter:
✊ Always Appeal! ✊
Did the VA refuse to send you a full copy of a C-File (claims file) that you requested under #FOIA for a deceased veteran? Well, we now have some attorney-approved sample texts you can use to fight back!
Check out for the latest!
Always Appeal! Here's what to do if the VA won't give you a C-File from BIRLS -
We just published 1.5 million NEW BIRLS records for 2020-2023, ALL FREE -- but now the VA doesn't want you to see any of them! -
First we fight and win a four year public records lawsuit, but *then* we really get to work making the data free and usable...
*cracks knuckles, goes back to coding*
We just got notice that a Freedom of Information request we made for a certain state's vital records index in August 2020, heard as a contested case in August 2021, was finally decided in our favor...
That's nearly five years. FIVE YEARS! 😤
But we won. New data coming soon. 😊