This was going to be called “fuzzy math” as it is about the number of vital records that are sitting in the Department of Health (DOH) in Albany. Back on Nov. 28th I guessed that if you add up the number of birth, marriage and death records it would amount to 3 billion total records. …
The NY Death Index website is actually made up of two databases; one first one has records 1880 – 1956 and the other from 1957 – 2017. The older part of the database came about in a strange way. In 2017 Reclaim the Records were able to get copies of the paper vital records indexes …
If you haven’t seen the new website from Reclaim the records, you should check it out. It is easy to remember, www.newyorkdeathindex.com. This is something that the group has fought for since 2021. It is all the deaths in New York from 1880 to 1957; excluding New York City who has their own records. That …
The Department of Health (DOH) in Albany has been awful about fulfilling vital records request. It doesn’t seem possible but this year they seem to be getting even worse. In May I wrote this long blog post about them over the years. I had linked to a TV report from Channel 6 in Albany. In …