We have some great news from the State of New York.
No, they are not fulfilling genealogy requests of birth, marriage, and death records.
The Assembly and Senate both passed bills to amend the mental hygiene law to designate certain records as historical, thus allowing access to records if the subject has been deceased for at least fifty years.
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| Pending paragraph added to the mental hygiene law (§33.13) of New York |
The next step is for Governor Kathy Hochul to either sign the bill into law, or to veto it.
Advocacy must continue to advise the governor's office on the importance of accessing these records for genealogical purposes.
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I first became aware of this plight through the blog The Inmates of Willard.
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