New York City Birth Certificates, 1910-1917
All New York City birth certificates that are more than 100 years old are supposed to be open to the public. Yet the New York City Department of Health has inexplicably failed to transfer these [...]
All New York City birth certificates that are more than 100 years old are supposed to be open to the public. Yet the New York City Department of Health has inexplicably failed to transfer these [...]
@ReclaimTheRecs I expect to see RootsTech merc with 'I ♥️ to doxx my dead' in a couple of weeks at your booth.
shout-out to the angry guy in the comments of Hacker News today who sneeringly referred to our group as "doxxing the dead" and our org's prez as "CEO of doxx the dead" because that is just so incredibly METAL
this shall be our house band name, or maybe a new T-shirt slogan
Tits King
United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
FOIA requests received by State Dep't increased 42 percent from FY 2023 (15,713) to FY 2024 (22,306). Backlogged requests still at 21k.
Throwback to that time we were sitting in an outdoor triage tent outside our local hospital during the early days of the covid pandemic, which is where we originally learned of our BIRLS lawsuit win.
But the VA didn't turn over the records until 2022.
https://x.com/ReclaimTheRecs/status/1242585933360185344
Our board member (and professional genealogist) Alec Ferretti @Alecferretti appeared on @DearMYRTLE's live YouTube show yesterday, giving a very deep-dive background on the amazing VA records now accessible via FOIA through our new BIRLS website:
doing some free Veterans Affairs record requests for #genealogy (and my grandmother) – thanks to the easy-to-use http://BIRLS.org site by @ReclaimTheRecs, which even faxes for you. Huge improvement over slow free fax sites. My sympathies to the worker handling my requests.
Today we received a C-File from the VA (ordered via our new BIRLS website, of course), for a deceased veteran who is NOT listed in the BIRLS database.
And, um, actor Kirk Douglas does not seem to have left the Navy for quite the reasons that his Wikipedia bio says he did. 😳
Wow, I thought I'd give it a whirl. That was super easy.
Truly, well done, @ReclaimTheRecs. I wasn't aware these files were available from the VA until your press release
Very cool.
Check out this amazing resource. Reclaim The Records launched a website with a database of 18,000,000+ deceased American veterans who received some sort of veterans benefits in their lifetime.
Perfect for genealogy, history buffs, & researchers. Link below. *h/t @ReclaimTheRecs
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