"Reclaim the Records"[RtR] (https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/) should really be called "Release OUR Records" as our ancestral NYers originally paid for them. It's like they've been held hostage! For what? Go down Moses...Let our records go! Technically, in NY State AND City [Yonkers* is no exception], Marriages and Deaths more than 50 years, and Births more than 75 years, are classified as "Historical." This means that even non-direct-line folks can order them, just follow the Ps & Qs when ordering: form, photo ID, and buck$$$. NYC DOH, scores #1 on my most offensive NYC repository, and needs constant reminders about historical status. Next time, red-magic-marker your requests "H I S T O R I C A L." Works for me every time. Oh, BTW If you're coming to town, skip DOH. The lines are so chronically long that you could get TKTS to "Hamilton" faster. Ahhh I digress...back to RtR...Since my focus is Metro NYC, I'm jiggin' that NYC Births 1910 -1915 are in the wings. They are, after all, OVER 100 years old and hunkered down at NYC DOH (Worth Street), whose Comish, FARLEY, refused to transfer them to NYC Muni Archives. Why? He said "homeland security" since Muslims digested the World Trade Center. Yup. "Identity-theft prevention." Oh yeah, I can just seem some burka-clad illegal face-timing as my blue-eyed Irish grandmother who died in 1953. Pullllleeeze! What it's really about? An interdepartmental power play. It's new YAWK folks. Nothin's easy. Please peruse Reclaim the Records' To Do List amidst the rockets red glare. It ain't just NYC. https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/to-do/ *Yonkers long since wore out their handle of "City of Gracious Living." They score #1 in my most colvouted town t get records from Barb [email protected]