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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Posts Notice of Preliminary Injunction Regarding Final Rule

  • Jan 29, 2021

The following is an email message posted to the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Public Records Access Monitoring Committee mailing list and republished here with permission: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the US Department of Homeland Security, posted in the January 29, 2021 Federal Register a notice about …

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When Women Lost their Citizenship

  • Jan 29, 2021

January 29, 2021 Have you ever wondered whether any of your female relatives were stripped of their U.S. citizenship. Shades of Mata Hari, you might be thinking. Of course my ancestors didn’t lose their citizenship; they weren’t spies or seditionists. My family came to America in the 1600s. All of them were birthright citizens. In …

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Is 23andMe in Talks to Go Public?

  • Jan 28, 2021

From an article in Bloomberg News: “Consumer DNA-testing company 23andMe Inc. is in talks to go public through a roughly $4 billion deal with VG Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company founded by billionaire Richard Branson, according to people familiar with the matter. “A deal could be announced in the coming weeks if talks …

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