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Susan O'Connor Delivers our Message to Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, April 9, 2025, Records Preservation and Access Committee representatives supported robust funding for NARA.

Barbara Mathews
Apr 103 min read
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Camarades of War I by Sybil Gilchrist, Jan. 30, 2025
Through compelling research, Sybil will delve into the soldiers' military tours, share the records that revealed their stories.
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Jan 82 min read
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Is Your DNA Secure? Federal Legislation on Genetic and Data Privacy
Genealogy companies connect your family tree to records. They also connect your DNA to medical reports. The latter is a valuable asset.

Barbara Mathews
May 5, 20223 min read
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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

Barbara Mathews
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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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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May 18, 20212 min read
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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...

Barbara Mathews
May 16, 20211 min read
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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...

Linda MacIver
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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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...

Barbara Mathews
Apr 4, 20202 min read
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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.

Linda MacIver
Nov 20, 20193 min read
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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

Barbara Mathews
Dec 17, 20141 min read
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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.

Barbara Mathews
Nov 4, 20142 min read
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Please Sign RPAC’s Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights
Genealogists and anyone interested in open access to public records, please sign this petition!

Barbara Mathews
May 13, 20142 min read
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What is it about Genealogists and the SSDI?
Here are some of the efforts genealogists make – for the public good – using the SSDI.

Barbara Mathews
Dec 16, 20135 min read
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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...

Barbara Mathews
Dec 14, 20134 min read
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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.

Barbara Mathews
Mar 16, 20134 min read
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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.

Barbara Mathews
May 13, 20123 min read
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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.

Barbara Mathews
Mar 18, 20122 min read
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Threats to New York Records
The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. has published the following letter, which is of utmost importance.

Barbara Mathews
Feb 27, 20121 min read
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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.

Barbara Mathews
Feb 15, 20127 min read
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How Identity Thieves Steal an Identity
We are pleased to have a guest posting from Trish Hackett Nicola, CG, of Seattle, Washington.

Barbara Mathews
Feb 15, 20122 min read
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