Reclaim The Records is a non-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. They identify important genealogical record sets that are wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, and agencies. They file Freedom of Information and Open Data requests to get the public data released. If the government doesn't comply they take them to court. The records are digitized and put online for free.
Thanks to their efforts here are a few of the records that are now available:
New Jersey Marriage Index 1901-2016
Missouri Death Index, 1968-2015
New York State Marriages (Outside of New York City) 1881-2017
New York State Death Index 1880-2017
The BIRLS (Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem) Database
Wyoming Marriage, Death, and Divorce Indices, 1900-1965
Maryland State Archives Collection
Visit their website for a full list https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/
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1 comment:
I've used three of these with success - thanks for sharing!
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