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
- May 5, 2022
- 3 min
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
- 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
- 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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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
- 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
- Aug 8, 2013
- 2 min
MGC Receives National Recognition
The highlight of the conference for MGC this year was being awarded a Presidential Citation in recognition of our work on records access.
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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 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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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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