Join NGS’s Society Answers Event: Advocacy and Lobbying
Advocacy and Lobbying: What Can Your Genealogy Society Do? Tuesday, 9 November 2021 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (ET) via Zoom The National
[...]
AuthorJan Alpert
Contact Your Senators in Support of the National Archives
The Records Preservation and Access Coalition wants to thank The National Coalition for History (NCH) for the information in this post. NCH has
[...]
State of Washington Plans to Fight Plans to Sell the Seattle National Archives Branch Building
On 4 December 2020, Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, announced he intends to try and prevent the sale of the National Archives
[...]
New York City Proposed Rules Change: Licensing Fees for Reuse of Public Documents
RPAC wants to thank Jan Meisels Allen and the IAJGS Records-Alert http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts for bringing the proposed regulations from the New York City Department
[...]
NYC Proposal to Further Restrict Access to Vital Records
The New York City Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has proposed a new rule that would restrict access to birth records
[...]
What You Need to Know about the National Archives Proposed FY 2018 Budget Cuts
In Anticipation of Budget Cuts, NARA Just Announced Saturday Hours to Be Eliminated Soon On May 22, 2017, President Trump released more details
[...]
Oklahoma Department of Health Debuts OK2Explore
On Monday, 9 January 2017, the Oklahoma Department of Health launched OK2Explore, a new vital records website, before a standing room only meeting
[...]
Genealogists Support Archivists’ Policy on Access to State and Local Records
Dilts GD, Second floor microfilm cabinets, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah The Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) supports the Joint
[...]
Improved Access to Virginia Vital Records
Program Sponsored by the Records Preservation and Access Committee On Wednesday, 4 May 2016, at the NGS 2016 Family History Conference in
[...]
Unintended Consequences of Closing Access to the Death Master File
More than two years ago Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 closed access to the Death Master File (known to
[...]