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Census Bureau Releases Quality Indicators on the 2020 Census

Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the first results of the 2020 U.S. Census. No, today’s statistics will not tell you the names of your relatives nor any information about where anyone lived. You will have wait to wait another 72 years for that information. (I can hardly wait until the year 2092!) What today’s …

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Census Bureau Releases Quality Indicators on the 2020 Census

Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the first results of the 2020 U.S. Census. No, today’s statistics will not tell you the names of your relatives nor any information about where anyone lived. You will have wait to wait another 72 years for that information. (I can hardly wait until the year 2092!) What today’s …

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Maryland Now Requires Licensing of any Forensic Genealogist Who Works With Police

The following is an extract from the AJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee mailing list and is republished here with permission: The Maryland Legislature passed HB 240 (http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0240f.pdf) and is on its way to the governor’s desk for his signature.  The bill is entitled: Criminal Procedure- Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis, Searching, Regulation and Oversight. …

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