In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast, Brook Schreier-Ganz and Alec Ferretti explain how Reclaim the Records fights for record releases and what that means for genealogists.

Last year, I decided to sue the government. After waiting more than five years for dozens of passport application records I requested from the Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act...

Search more than ten million historical records of people who died in New York State, from 1880 to 2017

Join LBI as Nicholas Courtman discusses ? (Re-)Naturalisation Rights of German Jews and their Descendants in the Federal Republic of Germany on January 15, 2025.

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...

Search the BIRLS Database - over 18 million records about deceased US veterans, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, now online and FREE from Reclaim The Records

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We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides core government functions necessary to preserve, protect, and make accessible records from all three branches of the federal government...

Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.

The FY2026 New York State budget proposes to severely limit access to historical New York State vital records and to greatly increase the cost of the records that remain available. Join JGSLI members,...

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...

The National Archives painted a dire picture for the future of America’s historical records, according to documents FOIA Files obtained. The agency, which sparked one of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s c...

YouTube video by Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island

Zwei Ansichten einer Stadt. Kommen Sie mit uns auf Zeitreise und gleiten Sie aus dem Berlin des Jahres 1928 in das von heute.

The digitization of U.S. Army Morning Reports reveals the lost World War I service of Samuel Kirk, whose personnel file was destroyed in a 1973 fire.

Genealogy tips & stories tracing family with microfilmed records, records in Ukrainian archives, and (sometimes) online records. Jewish genealogy blog

An Ellis Island name change myth bibliography Compiled by Jennifer Mendelsohn It’s well established that many immigrants changed/Americanized both their first and last names. The myth in question is ...