Barbara Mathews
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.
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Barbara Mathews
- 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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- 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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- 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
- 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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- 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
- 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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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 15, 2012
- 2 min
How Identity Thieves Steal an Identity
We are pleased to have a guest posting from Trish Hackett Nicola, CG, of Seattle, Washington.
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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 14, 2012
- 5 min
What You Can Do About Threats to the SSDI?
We all need to get to know our congressmen and women and let them know that genealogy stimulates business.
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