Associates in Action

Associates in Action highlights BCG associates’ news, activities, and accomplishments. Contact Alice Hoyt Veen to include your news in an upcoming post.

Activities & Projects

Barbara J. Ball, GISP, CG, has begun the University of Strathclyde Glasgow PG Certificate program in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies with the goal of achieving the Masters level. This course is recognized by the Association of Professional Genealogists as one of the few university-level programs available for genealogy. Website: https://www.strath.ac.uk/courses/postgraduatetaught/genealogicalpalaeographicheraldicstudies/

Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG, has a new course available through Ancestry Academy. “German Genealogy: The Basics” is available at https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/german-research-genealogy.

Awards & Achievements

Sharon Hoyt, CG, won the Minnesota Genealogical Society’s 2016 Family History Writing Award for her article “The Missing Man: The Mysterious Disappearance of August Henry Lawrence of Winthrop, Minnesota.”  The article will appear in an upcoming issue of Minnesota Genealogist.