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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 BIRLS data locked up forever behind a $300/year commercial website's paywall?
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017
        • 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?
          NJ OPRA request filed with New Jersey Department of Health on May 29, 2018
        • 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
        • 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), 1880-1942This 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 27, 2017
        • 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
    • Our Activism
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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 BIRLS data locked up forever behind a $300/year commercial website's paywall?
          FOIA request filed with Social Security Administration on September 20, 2017
        • 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?
          NJ OPRA request filed with New Jersey Department of Health on May 29, 2018
        • 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
        • 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), 1880-1942This 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 27, 2017
        • 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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New Jersey Death Index, 1904-2017

New Jersey Death Index, 1904-2017

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New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016

New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016

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New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914

New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914

Reclaim The Records is excited to announce that, in coordination with the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, we have [...]

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NEWS: Reclaim The Records is officially working on acquiring and publishing the New Jersey death index for 1904-2017! If we win, the state death index would finally go online, totally free to use and not copyrighted.

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