Records, Not Revenue

Press Coverage and Congressional Statements

The Washington Post

December 9, 2019

The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigration records.

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Forbes

December 7, 2019

The Trump Administration Is About To Make Tracing Your Roots A Lot More Expensive

KSL.com

December 12, 2019

ā€˜Itā€™s unthinkableā€™: Romney says new fee could raise cost of family history records by 500%

CBS News

December 9, 2019

The Trump Administration Is About To Make Tracing Your Roots A Lot More Expensive

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Senator Mitt Romney

December 6, 2019

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WKRC - Local 12 Cincinnati

December 26, 2019

White House proposes 500% increase in cost of getting immigration records

CNN

December 30, 2019

The cost of getting genealogical records from the government could go up nearly 500%. An effort is underway to stop that

Medium

November 20, 2019

Records Not Revenue!

NPR Morning Edition

December 26, 2019

Fees Could Go Up For Historical Family Records

The Salt Lake Tribune

December 11, 2019

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney objects to big fee increase for federal genealogy records

Nichi Bei Foundation

December 5, 2019

Urgent response needed to keep records of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services accessible

KUTV

December 12, 2019

Romney among those opposed to proposed 400% fee increase for genealogy program

La OpiniĆ³n

December 29, 2019

El alto costo para conocer la historia de sus antepasados inmigrantes

New Jersey Journal

December 5, 2019

Genealogy is expensive and, if not stopped, one price is about to go waaay up | Tracing Our Roots

Deseret News

December 11, 2019

Sen. Mitt Romney questions fee hikes that will hit family history researchers hard

KRQE

December 17, 2019

Family tree fees: Costs for genealogy records could go up by 380% with new proposal

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

December 22, 2019

U.S. government set to triple fees for genealogy records

KSL NewsRadio - Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

December 12, 2019

Senator Mitt Romney on why raising fees on genealogy records is a bad idea

NPR Health News

December 29, 2019

Tracing Your Family's Roots May Soon Get A Lot More Expensive

Genealogy Media

National Genealogy Society: 'USCIS Fee Hike Proposal'The Legal Genealogist: 'Fight the Fee Hikes'The Legal Genealogist: 'Records, Not Revenue'The Genealogy Guys: 'Podcast #371'Lara's Jewnealogy: 'Immigration Documents - Please Comment on Proposed Fee Increase!'Eastern European Mutt: 'Records, Not Revenue'Extreme Genes Radio Show: 'Episode 309'Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: 'USCIS Proposes Fee Increases for Genealogy Records'The Legal Genealogist: 'Cautious good news -- About that USCIS fee hike'Records Preservation and Access Coalition (RPAC): 'Cautiously Optimistic about the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Record Search Fee Increase'