An archival activist who’s long been a thorn in the side of New York bureaucrats says an attempted cash grab by the city sparked her bid to get millions of its historical records — so she can put them online, for free, “forever,” according to a lawsuit. Brooke Schreier Ganz’s nonprofit, Reclaim the Records, has already …
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NYC Sued by Reclaim the Records Archivist Over Release of Historical Records
An archival activist who’s long been a thorn in the side of New York bureaucrats says an attempted cash grab by the city sparked her bid to get millions of its historical records — so she can put them online, for free, “forever,” according to a lawsuit. Brooke Schreier Ganz’s nonprofit, Reclaim the Records, has already …
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 14 February 2022
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: This week FamilySearch added 4 million church and civil registrations from Brazil, plus new records for South Africa (Western Cape Deceased Estate Files 1951–1958), and more from England, Finland, Samoa, Venezuela and elsewhere. For the United States collections, check out additions to RecordAGrave Index, New Jersey Death Index, Virginia County Marriages, and new records for Alabama, Illinois, and Indiana. Search them now for …