BCG Scholarship Applications Due March 15, 2024
REMINDER: The Board for Certification of Genealogists is sponsoring three scholarships this year: 1. A scholarship for an applicant under the age of 40 (must be under age 40 on 15 March). 2. A...
View ArticleBCG Announces Pilot Program for Certified Genealogist Application Process
The Board for Certification of Genealogists is launching a pilot program that divides the application process for earning the Certified Genealogist credential into multiple parts. The pilot program...
View ArticleBCG Revised Fee Schedule Changes
At the October 2023 board meeting, BCG’s trustees voted to make a number of changes to BCG fees. First of all, the Board decided to change the fees for initial applications and renewals to a tiered...
View ArticleBCG Announces New Certified Genetic Genealogist (CGG) Credential
The Board for Certification of Genealogists is pleased to announce that it will accept applications beginning March 1, 2024, for a new credential, Certified Genetic Genealogist (CGG). This credential...
View ArticleAssociates in Action – February 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successful credential renewal: Junel S. Davidsen, CG®, Salinas, California; genietreas@yahoo.com Margaret R....
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BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Maternal Threads Unwoven: Identifying Margareta’s Mother...
In spite of birth entries for Margareta’s five siblings in Hishult, there was no record of her birth in the parish. Tax records quickly identified the father and revealed multiple moves within a narrow...
View ArticleArticles Published by Certified Genealogists June through December 2023
BCG associates prepare and present the free monthly webinars sponsored by BCG through Legacy Family Tree Webinars. They present lectures and workshops at both virtual and in-person events, and they...
View ArticleAssociates In Action – March 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successful credential renewal: Lisa Gorrell, CG®, Martinez, California; snrylisa@gmail.com Meryl Schumacker,...
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BCG FREE WEBINAR: “French Emigrants: They Were Not All Huguenots, or Nobles,...
One of the great difficulties for people researching their French immigrant ancestors’ roots is that so little is known outside of France about when and why the French left their country. This dearth...
View ArticleBCG Announces First Certified Genetic Genealogist
The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) is excited to announce that Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG®, FASG, FNGS, FUGA, has successfully met the requirements for Certified Genetic Genealogist...
View ArticleAssociates In Action – April 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successful credential renewal: John D. Beatty, CG®, Fort Wayne, Indiana; jbeatty@acpl.lib.in.us Kimball...
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BCG Announces 2024 Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series
11 October 2024 starting at 9:30 a.m. MDT (11:30 a.m. EDT, 4:30 p.m. GMT) Joy Reisinger The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will host five lectures as this year’s Joy Reisinger Memorial...
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BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Editing Your Own Writing – Part 1” by Thomas W. Jones,...
BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations...
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BCG Announces 2024 Scholarship Winners
The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) is pleased to announce the winners for each of the three scholarships sponsored by the Board. Scholarships will allow winners to attend one of four to...
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Board for Certification of Genealogists Recognizes Richard G. Sayre for...
At its May 21, 2024 Meeting of Trustees, the Board for Certification of Genealogists presented to Richard G. Sayre, CG®, CGL℠, FUGA, the Donn Devine Award for Extraordinary Service to BCG. The Donn...
View ArticleAssociates In Action – May 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successful credential renewal: Gary Ball-Kilbourne, CG®, Fargo, North Dakota; gbk@prairiegenealogy.com....
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BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Editing Your Own Writing – Part 2” by Thomas W. Jones,...
BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations...
View ArticleAssociates In Action – June 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successful credential renewal: Karlene Howell Ferguson, CG®, Boulder, Colorado; karlene.ferguson@comcast.net....
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BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Oral Genealogy in Asia-Pacific: The Essence of Personal...
BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Oral genealogies celebrate ancestral connections in indigenous cultures across Asia-Pacific. As one paramount chief in Samoa declared, “The...
View ArticleBCG Announces Interpretation Regarding Use of AI
This week the Board for Certification of Genealogists approved an interpretation of existing requirements in The BCG Application Guide for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a new CG®...
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