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Coming Soon from OnBoard, May 2018
OnBoard: Newsletter of the Board for Certification of Genealogists is scheduled to publish in May 2018. We’re pleased to offer a preview of some of its content.“Avoiding Common Portfolio Pitfalls”A...
Associates in Action
Associates in Action highlights BCG associates’ news, activities, and accomplishments. Contact Alice Hoyt VeenRegularLabs.EmailProtector.unCloak("ep_abc671d0", true); to include your news in an upc...
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA”
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The genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is now often part of that research. Even the best DNA evidence must be c...
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day's Neighbors Bring Him Home”
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A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or his parents' or siblings' names. Studying his ties to his neighbor...
Presenting: BCG at RootsTech
RootsTech 2018 gets underway today in Salt Lake City, with more than 14,000 pre-registered attendees from all 50 states and 42 countries -- and the Board for Certification of Genealogists® is p...
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems” by Jill Morelli, CG
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Swedish taxation records, a head tax of individuals between the ages of 15 and 63, are some of the oldest extant records of the rural farmer. Genealogists quickly become familiar with the chronolog...
Can a Genetic Relationship Be Proved by DNA Alone?
By Karen Stanbary, CG®The answer is a resounding No!Sound genealogical conclusions rely on skillful analysis of sources, information, and evidence.1 Information extracted from sources becomes evide...