What's New at the Massachusetts State Archives with John D. Warner, Archivist for the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Archivist Jack Warner, PhD, new additions to the vital records and Judicial Archives collections, and his favorites.
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Barbara Mathews
- May 4
- 2 min
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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Barbara Mathews
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
If we don't use oral history, we lose the voices of our ancestors and all that they witnessed.
Without oral history, we lose the voices of our ancestors and all that they witnessed. Kenvi Phillips tells us how to use these stories.
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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Register for MGC's Seminar Connections 2022
Connect...with expert speakers in live chats and interactive workshops. Connect...with other attendees and genealogists in Track Talks...
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Barbara Mathews
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Coming Up: Insight about 17th Century Massachusetts that Wasn't Taught When We Were in School
An Evening with David J. Silverman This Land Is Their Land Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET via Zoom Co-sponsors: Afro-American...
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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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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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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Learn How Institutional Records Helped Amy Whorf McGuiggan Find Her Great Grandparents
An Evening with Amy Whorf McGuiggan Finding Emma: My Search for the Family My Grandfather Never Knew Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 7:00...
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Barbara Mathews
- Jul 18, 2020
- 1 min
MGC Statement on Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice
We take responsibility for our part in recording and teaching American history and genealogy accurately. We look forward to becoming a genea
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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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Barbara Mathews
- Feb 27, 2014
- 1 min
We’re Taking Genealogy to the State House!
Bring your lunch and listen to Sharon Sergeant, Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt,CG, and Mary Ellen Grogan present our second session on genealogy.
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Barbara Mathews
- Jan 7, 2014
- 4 min
Vital Statistics and a Menace to Public Health
Little did I know that this would lead me to a Supreme Court case, coercive vaccinations, and the state vital record database.
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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
- Feb 13, 2012
- 1 min
Presenting… The MGC Sentinel: Keeping Watch over Legislation, and More!
The Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC) is very excited to introduce our new blog, The MGC Sentinel.
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