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WHY ARE THESE GENEALOGISTS CRYING?
ARCHIVES ARE CLOSING AND REDUCING ACCESS TO RECORDS!
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Genealogists with out records can’t do
genealogy
We are facing crises worldwide on access to vital records
Due to misunderstandings by those in power about Identity Theft
&
Budget Cuts
PRAMC IS CRITICAL TO
KEEPING RECORDS ACCESS OPEN
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UPDATEon
PRAMC
Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson, IAJGSPublic Records Access Monitoring
Committee
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Committee Members
Jan Meisels Allen Agoura Hills, CATeven Laxer, Sacramento, CAJeff Miller, Brookville, MDPaul Silverstone, NYC, NYJoel Spector, Cherry Hill, NJStephanie Weiner, San Diego, CACatherine Youngren, British Columbia, Michael Goldstein, Jerusalem,ex officio
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PRAMC was created to address denial of access to vital records by government action worldwide
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IAJGS Full member and “managing partner” with FGS and NGS of
RPACMaximizes IAJGS effectiveness
Conserving our limited resources
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Explosion of legislation on access to vital records
WHY
Identity Theft Fears by Legislators
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REASON FOR IDENTITY THEFT
Hacking into databases–of financial services companies, data
collectors, government agencies (VA, Social
Security, etc.)
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Budget crisis affecting access by states reducing staff, hours, closing
libraries, archives:
Georgia State Archives
Michigan State Library
North Carolina State Libraries and more worldwide
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Budget Crisis Reduced—Not Eliminated Amount of Legislative Bills Affecting
Access to Records
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ACHIEVEMENTSACTIVITIES
MONITORING&
REPORTING ISSUES
Reported 162 times on two forums access and webinars
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Countries Monitored and Reported
Upon Since Last Annual Session
• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Hungary
• Ireland
• New Zealand
• Scotland
• United Kingdom
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United States Monitoring and Reporting• HIPAA• Library of Congress• National Archives• National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC)• Social Security Death Index• California • Illinois• Maine• Nevada• New Jersey• Pennsylvania• Vermont
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Your Role In Preserving
Access to Vital Records and
Census
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Write a Letter to the Committee(s)
Which Will Hear the Bill
Who do you include?
Committee Chairperson
Committee Members
Author of Bill (may or may not be on the committee hearing the bill)
Committee Staff
If bill is going to governor for signature
Write to governor and legislative aide
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On the IAJGS website there is a listing of Canadian and US federal and province/state legislative URL’s.
The list can be found under legislation http://iajgs.org/legislation.html
If other countries believe they will use this information we can add their legislative sites to the website
IAJGS Legislative Alerts –Model Letters also on website
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MODEL LETTER CONT’D
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KISS
Keep It Short and Simple
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Bills move fast
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Get To Know Your Local Representatives
All politics are local!
Board member and general members in your society should get to know:
Your local State, Provincial RepresentativeYour local State/Provincial SenatorYour Local Congressperson/MOP
Your U.S., Federal SenatorsAnalagous legislators in your country!
And their staffs!
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Your local presence and involvement is key to
success!
We need you to be the eyes and ears for early alerts about the bills.