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smoconnor
Apr 24, 20241 min read
What's In My Vault: Confessions of a DPW Engineer
Sara Campbell, Secrets of my Vault: Confessions of a DPW Engineer
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smoconnor
Jan 4, 20242 min read
Unearthing the secrets grandparents took to their graves!
An Evening with Anne Hanson Author of Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET via Zoom This...
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smoconnor
Nov 7, 20231 min read
What's New at the Massachusetts State Archives with John D. Warner, Archivist for the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Archivist Jack Warner, PhD, new additions to the vital records and Judicial Archives collections, and his favorites.
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Barbara Mathews
May 4, 20232 min read
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
Feb 21, 20236 min read
The Research Room of the MA Registry of Vital Records and Statistics Is Now Open
It's my nemisis, that traffic circle. It had been a long time since I made the trek, east on the Mass Pike, south on I-93, off the ramp...
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Barbara Mathews
Sep 8, 20222 min read
If we don't use oral history, we lose the voices of our ancestors and all that they witnessed.
Without oral history, we lose the voices of our ancestors and all that they witnessed. Kenvi Phillips tells us how to use these stories.
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Barbara Mathews
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Coming Up: Insight about 17th Century Massachusetts that Wasn't Taught When We Were in School
An Evening with David J. Silverman This Land Is Their Land Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET via Zoom Co-sponsors: Afro-American...
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Susan O'Connor
May 21, 20213 min read
Inside the Massachusetts State Archives with John D. Warner, Archivist for the Commonwealth
An Evening with John D. "Jack" Warner, Ph.D. Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT via...
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Barbara Mathews
May 16, 20211 min read
Jan Meisels Allen of IAJGS Awarded 2021 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award
MGC announced on Sunday, May 15, 2021, that Jan Meisels Allen received the 2021 Shirley Barnes Records Access Award for her years of hard...
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Barbara Mathews
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Learn How Institutional Records Helped Amy Whorf McGuiggan Find Her Great Grandparents
An Evening with Amy Whorf McGuiggan Finding Emma: My Search for the Family My Grandfather Never Knew Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 7:00...
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Barbara Mathews
Jul 18, 20201 min read
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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Barbara Mathews
Feb 20, 20203 min read
With Hard Data Governor Baker Gets Schooled
Hard data from the federal government shows that the longer a state closes vital records, the more likely it has higher consumer ID theft.
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Barbara Mathews
Feb 27, 20141 min read
We’re Taking Genealogy to the State House!
Bring your lunch and listen to Sharon Sergeant, Polly FitzGerald Kimmitt,CG, and Mary Ellen Grogan present our second session on genealogy.
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Barbara Mathews
Jan 7, 20144 min read
Vital Statistics and a Menace to Public Health
Little did I know that this would lead me to a Supreme Court case, coercive vaccinations, and the state vital record database.
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Barbara Mathews
Mar 16, 20134 min read
What Is the 2011 Model Act and Regulations?
On 1 March 2013, NAPHSIS unilaterally released the draft version of the 2011 Model Act and Regulations. It was never approved by the CDC.
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Barbara Mathews
May 13, 20123 min read
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
Feb 13, 20121 min read
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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