Alec Ferretti
@alecferretti.bsky.social
Hey I just sued you
And this is crazy
So call my lawyer
Let's settle maybe
And this is crazy
So call my lawyer
Let's settle maybe
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Most unhinged letter I've seen yet in my archival research😭 in YIVO's collection about the landsmanshaft mentioned in the letter. Undated.
March 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Most unhinged letter I've seen yet in my archival research😭 in YIVO's collection about the landsmanshaft mentioned in the letter. Undated.
Well after SIX years, the State Department finally responded to my FOIA request. Now only about 300 more of mine to go.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Well after SIX years, the State Department finally responded to my FOIA request. Now only about 300 more of mine to go.
From my uncle Ruggiero's INS files: he was arrested in 1937 for playing craps. Queue me bursting into show tunes...
March 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
From my uncle Ruggiero's INS files: he was arrested in 1937 for playing craps. Queue me bursting into show tunes...
Some recognizable alien registrations courtesy of the National Archives
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Some recognizable alien registrations courtesy of the National Archives
More celebrity A-Files: Van Halen's Father was convicted of drunk bicycling in 1960!
February 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
More celebrity A-Files: Van Halen's Father was convicted of drunk bicycling in 1960!
The first ever cake boss?
January 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The first ever cake boss?
I scanned some of my cousins' photos over the weekend. My relative was the owner of a bowling alley and there were some photos from the groundbreaking ceremony in 1957. I found another angle of the exact some moment in the local newspaper.
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 AM
I scanned some of my cousins' photos over the weekend. My relative was the owner of a bowling alley and there were some photos from the groundbreaking ceremony in 1957. I found another angle of the exact some moment in the local newspaper.
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USCIS released its FOIA and PA Case Processing Guide dated 29 August 2024 to @alecferretti.bsky.social in only a few months. It looks like it's grown by 53 pages in 2.5 years, based on the 2022 version IRAP (refugeerights.org) got. Document here: tinyurl.com/USCISFOIAPA-...
FOIA Case Processing 8-29-2024.pdf
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:27 PM
USCIS released its FOIA and PA Case Processing Guide dated 29 August 2024 to @alecferretti.bsky.social in only a few months. It looks like it's grown by 53 pages in 2.5 years, based on the 2022 version IRAP (refugeerights.org) got. Document here: tinyurl.com/USCISFOIAPA-...
Come see Alec rant about the government for $5.
This is a much better deal than if you were to hire me privately to rant about the government.
This is a much better deal than if you were to hire me privately to rant about the government.
Did you know not all records go to the US National Archives? Historically valuable documents of 20th-C naturalization will be paper pulp in 32 years. How can this happen, and what can be done? Join me, @richvenezia.bsky.social and @alecferretti.bsky.social on 8 Dec at 1:30ET via Zoom
December 6, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Come see Alec rant about the government for $5.
This is a much better deal than if you were to hire me privately to rant about the government.
This is a much better deal than if you were to hire me privately to rant about the government.
I have used this meme in the past for RTR matters, so I'm glad to see if get a new life
It looks like everything is sorted out now (welcome, @reclaimtherecords.org!) but things got a little wild here earlier...
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I have used this meme in the past for RTR matters, so I'm glad to see if get a new life
Well if DORIS calls themselves that who I am to argue?
December 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Well if DORIS calls themselves that who I am to argue?
Maybe their files are still on the moon
December 4, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Maybe their files are still on the moon
“Knock knock”
“Who’s there?”
(b6)
“Who’s there?”
(b6)
I have a great FOIA joke, but there are currently 1,291 jokes in the queue ahead of mind.
For your information, FOIA jokes are processed on a first-in, first-out basis. The average processing time is ten years.
If you are unsatisfied with this response, you can appeal by sending a carrier pigeon.
For your information, FOIA jokes are processed on a first-in, first-out basis. The average processing time is ten years.
If you are unsatisfied with this response, you can appeal by sending a carrier pigeon.
I have a great Freedom of Information joke, but [redacted].
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 AM
“Knock knock”
“Who’s there?”
(b6)
“Who’s there?”
(b6)
We'll find out in 30 business days if he has an A-File!
December 4, 2024 at 1:08 AM
We'll find out in 30 business days if he has an A-File!
Thanksgiving, 2001. I am the small one.
November 28, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Thanksgiving, 2001. I am the small one.
Me to client: This should be easy, I just have to pull up the 1884 birth book on FamilySearch
FamilySearch to me:
FamilySearch to me:
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Me to client: This should be easy, I just have to pull up the 1884 birth book on FamilySearch
FamilySearch to me:
FamilySearch to me:
Today in "Parents who hate their children, " I just found a Union Soldier killed in the Civil War whose name was FREEDOM FREEMAN. I was convinced that this was test data that erroneously got published...but then I found his service record! FREEDOM FREEMAN IS REAL.
November 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Today in "Parents who hate their children, " I just found a Union Soldier killed in the Civil War whose name was FREEDOM FREEMAN. I was convinced that this was test data that erroneously got published...but then I found his service record! FREEDOM FREEMAN IS REAL.
Pulling some more songs out of my Archives...see my FOIA appeal to USCIS about redactions on Helen Reddy's A-File... sung to the tune of "I Am Woman"
November 25, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Pulling some more songs out of my Archives...see my FOIA appeal to USCIS about redactions on Helen Reddy's A-File... sung to the tune of "I Am Woman"
Inspired by @danielloftus.bsky.social and @mdwaas.bsky.social: I wanted to share the limerick I wrote about my favorite New York City government agency back in 2020. More specifically, I read this into the record at a public hearing back in 2020.
November 25, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Inspired by @danielloftus.bsky.social and @mdwaas.bsky.social: I wanted to share the limerick I wrote about my favorite New York City government agency back in 2020. More specifically, I read this into the record at a public hearing back in 2020.
Daily reminder that closing off access to vital records has essentially NO correlation with preventing identity theft.
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Daily reminder that closing off access to vital records has essentially NO correlation with preventing identity theft.
Due to their compliance with the Nightingale Ruling, USCIS got me Liam Payne's A-File in 26 business days. And to quote a page of his file, "yes, THAT Liam Payne."
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Due to their compliance with the Nightingale Ruling, USCIS got me Liam Payne's A-File in 26 business days. And to quote a page of his file, "yes, THAT Liam Payne."
There's "not knowing your birthday" and then there's "not knowing how February works"
November 22, 2024 at 3:28 PM
There's "not knowing your birthday" and then there's "not knowing how February works"
ChatGPT took it upon itself to redact the PII contained within a spreadsheet I was analyzing. I had accepted the inevitability the the computers to rise up against me, but I never considered that they would form an alliance with the Health Departments, USCIS, and the NYS Appellate Courts.
November 22, 2024 at 3:25 AM
ChatGPT took it upon itself to redact the PII contained within a spreadsheet I was analyzing. I had accepted the inevitability the the computers to rise up against me, but I never considered that they would form an alliance with the Health Departments, USCIS, and the NYS Appellate Courts.