Barbara Mathews
David Rencher of FamilySearch Receives the 2023 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award
David E. Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch International, was today awarded the 2023 Shirley Barnes Record Access Award.
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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 21
- 6 min
The Research Room of the MA Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Is Now Open
It's my nemisis, that traffic circle. It had been a long time since I made the trek, east on the Mass Pike, south on I-93, off the ramp...
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Susan O'Connor
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Ireland gives adopted people access to birth records
On 30 June 2022 Irish President Michal D. Higgins signed The Birth Information and Tracing Act.
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Barbara Mathews
- Apr 26, 2022
- 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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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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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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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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Linda MacIver
- 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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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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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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Linda MacIver
- 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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