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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Proposed Fee Increases

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From LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, CGL℠President, Board for Certification of GenealogistsThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a nearly 500% increase in fees f...

If You Don't Care About Genealogy, Skip This Post

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If you do, sign here.Did you know you cannot obtain a death record in Oklahoma during the seventy-five years after a death unless you are the subject of the record, i.e., the deceased;[1] entries a...

Last Chance to Comment on Rules Regarding Social Security Death Index Access

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By Barbara Mathews, CG®Board-certified genealogists working in forensic genealogy should read the new regulations for access to the most recent three years of deaths in the Social Security Death In...

The Road to Better SSDI Access Goes Through All Fifty States

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A stretch of road between California and Nevada, photograph by Dan Thorburn, used under Creative Commons license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/danthorburn/7558581290  By Barbara Mathews, C...

RPAC Report, April 2014: Access Changes to the SSDI - Update 2

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By Barbara Mathews, CG® BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access CommitteeImplementation of Access Restrictions to the SSDI/DMFThe 2013 Ryan-Murray bipartisan budget compromise w...

RPAC Report, January 2014

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[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Courtesy of Microsoft Office.[/caption]By Barbara Mathews, CG®BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access Committee...

RPAC 2013 Year-End Report: SSDI Recent-Death Redactions Begin in 90 Days

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By Barbara Mathews, CG®BCG's Representative to the Records Access and Preservation CommitteeA Look at the Year 2013This year had its highs and lows in the fight to preserve records and to ensur...

RPAC Report, August 2013

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Jan Meisels Allen presenting at IAJGS 2013. Photograph © Barbara Mathews By Barbara Mathews, CG®The three societies that are voting members of the Records Access and Preservation Committee hold...