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Board for Certification of Genealogists Announces Free Webinars for 2019

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The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) has announced the following free 2019 webinars through Legacy Family Tree Webinars: January 15 – Margaret R. Fortier, CG®, “Visualizing Informatio...
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BCG Webinar “Proving Identity and Kinship Using the GPS: Finding a Freedman's Family” by Nancy A. Peters, CG®, CGL℠

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Facing identity and kinship problems? Confused by multiple, same-named men? Learn how applying the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) resolved similar challenges in the search for a freedman's famil...
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“Using Emigrant Guides for Genealogical Research” by Julie P. Miller, CG®, CGL℠, FNGS

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Have you ever wondered why your ancestor decided to emigrate, how they got there, or how they knew where to go? The answers to these questions could have come from an emigrant guide. Emigrant guide...
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BCG Offers Free Webinar “Using Lists to Find Proof” by Cari Taplin, CG®

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Genealogists examine lists nearly every time we conduct research, whether it be in the form of censuses, tax lists, directories, petitions, and hundreds of others. The Genealogical Proof Standard r...
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BCG Offers Free Webinar “GPS: Finding Your Way Through Tough Research Problems” by James Ison, AG®

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Life is good when records with direct evidence exists. Typically that doesn't last long. At some point, one finds only bits and pieces of indirect or conflicting evidence and progress often comes t...
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BCG Offers Free Webinar: “It's a Numbers Game! Understanding Recognized Genealogical Formats”

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"Effective genealogical writing is based on standardized formats and numbering systems. Learn to understand the numbers you see in published genealogies and how to present your own findings in reco...
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BCG Offers Free Webinar: Scribner on Maps

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Every ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific, physical location. Maps decode and amplify the significance of those locations by providing context and background information. This heavily il...
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BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Good Research Habits”

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Developing those good, er, successful research habits takes planning, time, experience, and patience to be effective. Learn steps and tools for becoming a better researcher both at home and in repo...
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