Changes how it’s ordered
Your mother’s Bronx birth record needs a New York court order
- Mother · born
- Bronx, 1927
- Died
- 2011
Your next stepWe prepare the petition with you, once, for all three of you.
New York records lawPetition Kit
What your advisor does, on a real file.
Pick a country. See the records your advisor found, the problems caught before filing, and the next step you get for each one.
See it for
A real family’s case, shown by initial and surname.
New York records, the Foreign Births Register, and witnesses, handled.
The O’Keeffe family file3 applicants
J. Orr, Jr.J. CornsE. Tatum
1
New York records, untangled
NYC Health · NYC City Clerk · NY StateNew York City and New York State keep different records under different rules. We order each one from the right office, and handle the ones New York restricts.
2
Your FBR application, online
Foreign Births Register · online onlyThe Foreign Births Register only takes applications online. We prefill one for each of you and file it with you.
3
Witnessing, coordinated
Witness Kit · every siblingWe coordinate the Witness Kit for every brother and sister applying, so each application is witnessed correctly and nobody hunts for a witness alone.
Ireland · Foreign Births Register
3 siblings, 3 surnames · maternal grandfather born in Co. Cork, 1878 · every record from New York
New York records
- NYC HealthGrandfather’s death recordManhattan · 1955
- NYC City ClerkGrandparents’ marriageManhattan · 1926
- Court orderMother’s birth recordBronx · 1927 · restricted
- NYC City ClerkParents’ marriageQueens · 1950
- NY StateThree sibling birth recordsPeekskill · Peekskill · Suffern
The applicants
J. Orr, Jr.J. CornsE. Tatum
On paper, three surnames don’t look like one family. Your advisor links them, record by record.
Changes how it’s ordered
Your mother’s birth record needs a court order
- Mother · born
- Bronx, 1927
- Died
- 2011
Your next stepWe prepare the New York petition with you.
New York records lawPetition Kit
Ordered once
One family order: 7 records instead of 15
- Ordered separately
- 15 records
- Ordered as a family
- 7 records
Your next stepApprove the family order. Each record is shared across all three applications.
3 offices · 1 orderOrder these records
Ready to file
Three FBR applications, prefilled
- Applicants
- 3
- Filed
- online only
Your next stepReview your prefilled application. We file it online with you; it’s the only way the register accepts it.
Foreign Births Register
Coordinated
Witnessing for all three, coordinated
- Witness Kit
- 3 applicants
- Tracked
- by your advisor
Your next stepEach of you gets a Witness Kit. We track all three to the finish.
Witness Kit
Every record, office and next step shown is from the O’Keeffe family’s real case.
The O’Keeffe family
Three siblings, three surnames, one grandfather from Co. Cork. One family file gets all three of them ready to apply.
A real family’s case, shown by initial and surname.
- Seven New York records ordered once for the whole family, instead of fifteen ordered separately
- Their mother’s restricted Bronx birth record, with the New York petition prepared alongside them
- Three Foreign Births Register applications, prefilled and filed online, the only way the register takes them
- Witnessing coordinated for all three with the Witness Kit
Get this for your family.
One family, one lead, one advisor. When your brothers and sisters join as members, your advisor can answer questions on their cases too.
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