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The following excerpt is from an article in the April 25, 2011 edition of the Burlington Free Press. MONTPELIER — It’s so easy to get certified copies of birth certificates in Vermont that at least one state no longer will Continue reading Legislation in Vermont Will Limit Access to Birth Certificates
Srinagar, Mar 4: The Archives Department in Kashmir houses some of the vital documents about Kashmir’s history, culture and heritage. But for the Jammu and Kashmir Government, they seem to be worth nothing, not even preservation. A cursory look at Continue reading Kashmir’s Historic Documents are Covered With Poop…
People spied on by Hungary’s communist-era secret police will have the right to destroy their surveillance reports under a government proposal historians say would damage the country’s ability to acknowledge its past. The regime’s network of informants once kept as Continue reading Historians Want Hungary’s Communist-Era Surveillance Reports Protected
I’m afraid this is the kind of story that makes my blood boil. Memorial plaques with names of deceased veterans were stolen, probably with the object of selling them for scrap. The plaques held many names, and at this point Continue reading Thieves Make Off With Priceless War Memorial Plaques
Earlier this moth, a water pipe burst in the Local History Room in the Rockingham Library of Bellow’s Falls, Vermont. The following excerpt is from an article in the December 30, 2010 edition of the Vermont Public Radio website. It Continue reading Saving the Water-damaged Items from the Flooded Local History Room at the Rockingham Library
Prompted by an article in the Deseret News, quoting Curt Witcher, Betty Malesky wrote an interesting column this week. She speaks of a “genealogical dark ages.” Now how could that be? With all this technology-related data coming available you’d think Continue reading Are the Genealogical Dark Ages Upon Us?
Avery Anderson will turn 2 in August. With any luck, she will have a Social Security number by then. The toddler’s slow crawl through a thicket of red tape began last year when her father, Clay Anderson, went to file Continue reading Does Avery Anderson Really Exist?
Indiana’s state archives, original and irreplaceable paperwork documenting the people’s business since before statehood, got rained on a few weeks ago – for the third time this year. A fourth time seems inevitable. Among the most treasured documents are the Continue reading Indiana’s Historic Documents Are In Danger of Getting Soaked
This just in from Liz Stookesberry Myers: Assembly Bill 130 will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee very soon. It was introduced by Kevin Jeffries (Republican ) of the Temecula area. The Bill was presented at the request of Continue reading California Legislators Need to Hear From YOU!
A letter written in 1824, by President Andrew Jackson, prior to his presidency, has been recovered and returned to the New York State State Library, from which it was stolen. The letter was for sale in an on-line auction site Continue reading Andrew Jackson Letter Stolen From the New York State Library Recovered
The Warren, Rhode Island, Town Hall vault, contains birth records, death records, land evidence forms, and marriage licenses and at one time the town was in jeopardy of losing 300-years worth of information to deterioration. That is changing. Following is Continue reading Warren, Rhode Island, Historic Town Records in Preservation
Some days it seems like we lose another freedom every hour or so. So much for the Baby and the Bath Water… This is just in from my friend, Joy Rich: Here’s an instance of HIPAA being misused by the Continue reading HIPAA Laws Being Misused by the New York City Department of Health
The New York Times is reporting that Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a negative outlook to the creditworthiness of all local governments in the United States. Folks, this is first time this has ever happened. Now what’s that got to Continue reading Municipal Bonds Have a NEGATIVE Outlook According to Moody’s
I’ve blogged twice about the destruction in Italy several days back. Once soon after the earthquake happened, with a photo of the purported State Archives, and later with further updates. In a phone conversation this morning with Anthony Alioto, with Continue reading Photographed Damaged Building in L’Aquila is the Prefettura – and Not Archives as Reported
As I was writing the headline for this blog, I had to wonder at what point I might have to start referring to the “depression.” I shudder to think of all the devastation that will surely come about as the Continue reading The Ohio Historical Society Feels the Recession Pinch