The wait for genealogy requests at the NYS Department of Health Bureau of Vital Records continues to get longer and longer. People are waiting for years for a response to their request for something ...

Whereas the designation of sex is essential for data collection, statistics, and policy for many functions of the state, including public health, education, the protection of sex-specific spaces, ...

OROVILLE — Butte County residents will have an easier time getting their vital records thanks to a pioneering online portal from the clerk-recorder’s office. Vitals Access allows people to order ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Virginia parents can now request birth certificates online. Prior to the change, parents had to complete paper forms in the hospital, which had to be paid by check or money ...

History has been unlocked in NYC. As first reported by 6sqft.com, the Municipal Archives, one of the largest repositories of government records in North America that spans four centuries, just ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The days of needing to take a trip over to your local health department or Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are ...

SACRAMENTO — A particular security-enabled paper used to print all vital records in California is in short supply after the Ohio business that produced it suddenly closed, forcing some counties to ...

Gwen Kelley, a librarian who specializes in genealogy and local history, will lead a seminar on vital records for family researchers at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the East Bank Regional Library, ...