Access

Apr 26
2 min

2022 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award Goes to Morse, Kehs and Weintraub for One-Step Webpages

Massachusetts Genealogical Council Awards the Fourth Annual Shirley M. Barnes Records Access Award to Stephen P. Morse, Ph.D., Joel D. Weint

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Inside the Massachusetts State Archives with John D. Warner, Archivist for the Commonwealth

Susan O'Connor

May 21, 2021
3 min

Inside the Massachusetts State Archives with John D. Warner, Archivist for the Commonwealth

An Evening with John D. "Jack" Warner, Ph.D. Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT via...

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MGC's Response to the USCIS Request for Feedback

bmathewz

May 18, 2021
2 min

MGC's Response to the USCIS Request for Feedback

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services asked for feedback about the impact of their policies. Now, they didn't do this...

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Jan Meisels Allen of IAJGS Awarded 2021 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award

Barbara Mathews

May 16, 2021
1 min

Jan Meisels Allen of IAJGS Awarded 2021 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award

MGC announced on Sunday, May 15, 2021, that Jan Meisels Allen received the 2021 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award for her years of hard...

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Jan 24, 2021
1 min

National Coalition RPAC Sends Briefing Papers to Biden Administration

We humans are not the only ones that greet the new year with resolve to do better or fix things. As genealogists, some of the...

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Brooke Schreier Ganz and Reclaim The Records Coming to MGC: Open Records and Education (M:O.R.E.)!

Barbara Mathews

Jan 22, 2021
2 min

Brooke Schreier Ganz and Reclaim The Records Coming to MGC: Open Records and Education (M:O.R.E.)!

An evening with Brooke Schreier Ganz Founder and President of Reclaim The Records Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM via Zoom It's...

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Rich Venezia Wins 2020 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award

Barbara Mathews

Apr 4, 2020
2 min

Rich Venezia Wins 2020 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award

(VIRTUAL: April 4, 2020) At the opening of the bi-annual Virtual Conference "Origins and Destinations," the Massachusetts Genealogical...

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Barbara Mathews

Feb 20, 2020
3 min

With Hard Data Governor Baker Gets Schooled

Hard data from the federal government shows that the longer a state closes vital records, the more likely it has higher consumer ID theft.

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Nov 20, 2019
3 min

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Proposes Significant Fee Increases

We don't often ask for your help, but this is a serious issue and a community-wide response is needed.

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Barbara Mathews

Oct 15, 2015
3 min

The Value of Open Public Records

Attendees are encouraged to express their opinions and concerns in this open orum for discussion at the Boston Public Library.

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Barbara Mathews

Dec 17, 2014
1 min

Bipartisan Budget Compromise Impacts Genealogists’ Access to the SSDI

The revenue-generating provision mandates that any death reported to the Social Security Administration be withheld from the Social Security

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Barbara Mathews

Nov 4, 2014
2 min

How many deaths before the SSDI gets updated again?

The estimate then is that 9.4 million more deaths will occur in the U.S. before a single one of them is in the SSDI that we access.

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Barbara Mathews

May 13, 2014
2 min

Please Sign RPAC’s Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights

Genealogists and anyone interested in open access to public records, please sign this petition!

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Barbara Mathews

Dec 16, 2013
5 min

What is it about Genealogists and the SSDI?

Here are some of the efforts genealogists make – for the public good – using the SSDI.

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Barbara Mathews

Dec 14, 2013
4 min

What Is Buried in the Budget Bill? SSDI Closure!

Here at MGC, we’ve been watching the U.S. government confront the massive issue of fraudulent payments. The IRS has been hemorrhaging...

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Barbara Mathews

Mar 16, 2013
4 min

What Is the 2011 Model Act and Regulations?

On 1 March 2013, NAPHSIS unilaterally released the draft version of the 2011 Model Act and Regulations. It was never approved by the CDC.

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Barbara Mathews

May 13, 2012
3 min

How to Get Discouraged: Only Four States Represented at the RPAC Session at NGS 2012

These battles can’t be won if they’re fought by only a few.

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Barbara Mathews

Mar 18, 2012
2 min

Another Month, Another Important Subcommittee Hearing: On Tuesday, March 20th, You Can Listen Online

Unlike the House bill we discussed earlier, this Senate bill has fraud prevention built in.

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Barbara Mathews

Feb 27, 2012
1 min

Threats to New York Records

The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. has published the following letter, which is of utmost importance.

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Barbara Mathews

Feb 15, 2012
7 min

What Does H.R.3475 Really Accomplish?

H.R.3475 is a good example of the type of bill that is hard to understand as it takes a little bit of decoding.

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