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BIG news from FamilySearch at RootsTech FamilySearch today opened public access to an experimental search function that can search every word of text — including every name — even in handwritten documents that haven’t been indexed by the hordes of...The unavailable SS-5
When we don’t get what we asked for Reader Barbara Dottino had an unpleasant surprise when she asked the U.S. Social Security Administration for a copy of a relative’s SS-5 form. She wanted a copy of the original application for a Social Security number....BIG win on USCIS fees
Final fee rule announced by USCIS Gentle people, we won. Pure and simple. The final rule adopting new fees for the genealogy program at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was published today and… We won. Starting April 1, 2024, the fees for...Ordering the SS-5: 2024 style
Higher fee, new SSA website So… you want a copy of that ancestor’s application for a Social Security number, do you? You can get it. But it’s going to cost you more than it used to, and there’s a new web page that the Social Security...Deadline: today!
Last chance to comment Today, Monday, November 13, is the last day to comment on a proposal by the U.S. National Archives to delay full public access to a key genealogical record. Until 2092. Yep, you read that right. The delay in full public access would be nearly 70...Deadline: tomorrow!
Comments due on SS-5 access As much as The Legal Genealogist tries to keep up with legal issues that impact genealogy, sometimes things sneak past. This is one of those that almost snuck past, so here’s a very late call to action: We have until the end of the...PTP finally!!!
GREAT news about 1812 pensions Yeah, The Legal Genealogist is late with the news, but this news is so good, it’s worth repeating even if you’ve already heard it. The project is back. Back on track. Back digitizing records. And not just plain old ordinary...Deadline Monday for USCIS fee hike comments!
Comment period closes Monday! If you’re a genealogist, and you haven’t spoken out yet, the time is now. N. O. W. As in “by the end of the day Monday, March 13.” That’s the drop-dead deadline — extended from this past Monday — for comments...Speak out on USCIS fee hikes!
Three weeks left in comment period Three weeks. Just 21 days. That’s all the time remaining. Three weeks until the deadline for commenting on an enormous fee hike that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) wants to impose on genealogy records....Subscribe by Email
