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Legislative Alert

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

BCG Directory 2018-02-02T17:29:31+00:00 October 30th, 2015|BCG News, Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

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 [...]

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

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-02T22:56:48+00:00 January 11th, 2015|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

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 [...]

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The Road to Better SSDI Access Goes Through All Fifty States

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-02T23:10:32+00:00 November 21st, 2014|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

A stretch of road between California and Nevada, photograph by Dan Thorburn, used under Creative Commons license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/danthorburn/7558581290 . Do you remember how [...]

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It Takes a Village to Raise Awareness

2016-11-30T19:51:01+00:00 August 22nd, 2014|About BCG, Legislative Alert, President's Column, RPAC Report, SpringBoard|

This is the President's Column from the May 2014 issue of OnBoard written by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL. Pennsylvania researchers received a holiday gift [...]

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

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-03T12:52:21+00:00 April 14th, 2014|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

Photograph courtesy of Microsoft Office. Submitted by Barbara J. Mathews, CGSM, BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access Committee: Implementation of Access [...]

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RPAC Report, January 2014

Barbara Mathews 2018-03-02T17:03:13+00:00 February 1st, 2014|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

Courtesy of Microsoft Office. Submitted by Barbara J. Mathews, CGSM, BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access Committee: As BCG’s official representative [...]

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

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-03T12:54:01+00:00 December 18th, 2013|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

Report from Barbara J. Mathews, CGSM, BCG's Representative to the Records Access and Preservation Committee: A Look at the Year 2013 This year had its [...]

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RPAC Report, August 2013

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-03T13:04:20+00:00 August 31st, 2013|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

Jan Meisels Allen presenting at IAJGS 2013. Photograph © Barbara Mathews. Submitted by Barbara Jean Mathews, CG. The three societies that are voting [...]

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RPAC Report, June and July 2013

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-03T13:02:24+00:00 July 12th, 2013|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

Courtesy of Microsoft Office. Report from Barbara Mathews, CGSM The Records Access and Preservation Committee is tracking activities at both the federal and state [...]

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RPAC Report, April and May 2013

Barbara Mathews 2018-02-03T14:05:47+00:00 May 23rd, 2013|Legislative Alert, RPAC Report|

© 2013 by the National Genealogical Society, Inc. Used by permission of the National Genealogical Society and the photographer, Scott Stewart. Report from [...]

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