BCG offers free webinar on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 8:00 p.m. EDT
Documenting and sharing are fundamental to a genealogist’s work. Learn guidelines for preparing more informative, accurate, and useful research reports for yourself and others. The webinar shows how observing genealogical standards can improve written communication of research notes and findings. Topics include ten essential characteristics of quality reports, optional report elements, and standards applied to research case examples.
BCG’s next free monthly webinar in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree Webinars is “Reporting on Research: Standards Encourage Better Communication” by Nancy A. Peters, CG®, CGL℠. This webinar airs Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT).
A board-certified genealogist, Nancy A. Peters, CG®, CGL℠, is coeditor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ). She has served as a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and is the former editor of its newsletter, OnBoard. Nancy has conducted research to solve complex identity and kinship problems for clients. Her personal and client research focuses primarily on England, Germany, New York, and southeastern United States. She lectures at local and national conferences and is an instructor for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the BCG Education Fund on skill-building topics and genealogy standards. Her work has been published in NGSQ and other genealogical journals. She authored the “Research Reports” chapter in Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice, & Standards (2018).
When you register before March 16 on our partner Legacy Family Tree Webinars website (http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=6085), you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Anyone with schedule conflicts may access the webinar at no charge for one week after the broadcast on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars website.
President LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, CGL℠ says, “Every month the Board for Certification of Genealogists offers a new webinar as part of an ongoing series that supports our mission to provide education for family historians. These webinars are presented by certified associates and offer a quality genealogical educational experience. The board promotes excellence in research and working to standards in an ethical manner.”
Following the free period for this webinar, BCG receives a small commission if you view this or any BCG webinar by clicking our affiliate link: http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619. For access to all BCG webinars, see the BCG Library at Legacy Family Tree Webinars (http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619).
To see the full list of BCG-sponsored webinars for 2021, visit the BCG blog SpringBoard at https://bcgcertification.org/bcg-2021-free-webinars. For additional resources for genealogical education, please visit the BCG Learning Center (https://bcgcertification.org/learning).
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