MGC responds to the restrictive closure periods and extraordinary expenses proposed for vital records in New York State.

Massachusetts Archivist Jack Warner, PhD, new additions to the vital records and Judicial Archives collections, and his favorites.

David E. Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch International, was today awarded the 2023 Shirley Barnes Record Access Award.

Genealogy companies connect your family tree to records. They also connect your DNA to medical reports. The latter is a valuable asset.

Connect...with expert speakers in live chats and interactive workshops. Connect...with other attendees and genealogists in Track Talks...

We take responsibility for our part in recording and teaching American history and genealogy accurately. We look forward to becoming a genea

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

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

The highlight of the conference for MGC this year was being awarded a Presidential Citation in recognition of our work on records access.

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

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

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

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.

We all need to get to know our congressmen and women and let them know that genealogy stimulates business.

The Massachusetts Genealogical Council (MGC) is very excited to introduce our new blog, The MGC Sentinel.