RPAC to Host Family History Hill Day 10 April 2024
The Records Preservation and Access Coalition is hosting its first-ever Family History Hill Day on 10 April 2024. RPAC advocates have scheduled meetings
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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
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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
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Georgia House Bill 92: Vital Records
During Georgia’s 2019-2020 Legislative Session, Senate Bill 372, Section 5, raised the embargo dates of birth records from 100 to 125 years and
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Records Challenges –Issues and Opportunities in 2021
As the New Year began, there were three major pending issues of concern to the genealogical community. Recent legislative developments, when combined with
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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
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RPAC at FGS 2019 in DC — Is This A Breakthrough?
The FGS Annual Conference being held this week at the Omni Shoreham hotel in DC will feature a Records Preservation and Access Committee report on Thursday
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Genealogy: Not JUST a Hobby!
Family History is a significant and growing hobby. An article appearing on the Voice of America web site in 2013 highlighted this fact
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RPAC Blog is Back!
We are grateful for the privilege of being a part of the launch of the new FGS website and sorry that the Records
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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
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