Janet Alpert, Jan Meisels Allen, Teven Laxer

Frustrated obtaining vital records because government agencies impede access in the name of privacy and identity theft prevention? Come learn what you can do to help get the records you want. Learn what IAJGS?s Records Preservation Access Monitoring Committee (PRAMC) and the Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) [a joint committee of the FGS, IAJGS and NGS as sponsoring members plus other genealogical organizations] are doing to address records access impediments. Learn about states implementing the Model Vital Records Act and what to do to access the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) now that federal law limits access.