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State of Maine: LD 601 on Vital Records Hearing Scheduled March 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM

The following announcement was posted to the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ Public Records Access Monitoring Committee’s mailing list and is republished here with permission: A hearing has been scheduled for the bill, LD 601 An Act Regarding Indices of Vital Records, regarding indices to certificates and records of marriage, intentions to marry, domestic …

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State of Maine: LD 601 on Vital Records Hearing Scheduled March 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM

The following announcement was posted to the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ Public Records Access Monitoring Committee’s mailing list and is republished here with permission: A hearing has been scheduled for the bill, LD 601 An Act Regarding Indices of Vital Records, regarding indices to certificates and records of marriage, intentions to marry, domestic …

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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 1 March 2020

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: This week on FamilySearch search 2M New York Land Records 1630–1975, Virginia County Marriages 1771–1943, Utah Tooele County (misc.) Records 1771–1956, and US Bureau of Land Management Tract Books 1800–c. 1955, along with expanded US collections for Arizona, California and Illinois. Explore additional records in New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1865–1957, England Cambridgeshire Bishop’s Transcripts 1865–1083, and Uruguay Catholic Church Records 1726–2000, plus more for Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico, and S. Africa.   The full list of newly-added records …

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