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BCG Skillbuilding at NGS 2013: Ronald Hill on "Interpreting the Symbols and Abbreviations in Seventeenth Century English and American Documents"
Please welcome guest blogger Judy Kellar Fox, CGSM.Ronald A. Hill is the gentleman behind the distinctive full white moustache. He brought decades of experience reading and interpreting old Englis...
BCG Skillbuilding at NGS 2013: Thomas Jones on "Debunking Misleading Records"
Please welcome guest blogger Judy Kellar Fox, CGSMThe buzz in Las Vegas is about Thomas W. Jones’ Mastering Genealogical Proof (Arlington, Va.: National Genealogical Society, 2013), just released a...
NGS 2013: On-the-Clock Attendees at Putting Skills to Work
We caught seven people on-the-clock at the BCG Education Fund's Putting Skills to Work preconference workshop yesterday in Las Vegas. The hardworking students were Tim Charmoli, Douglas Dunks, Tina...
BCG Education Fund Workshop: Putting Historical Context and Migration into Your Family History
Yesterday saw the successful completion of another full-day, preconference workshop sponsored by the BCG Education Fund. The Putting Skills to Work event focuses on sound genealogical methodology. ...
Why Certify? Listen to What Rice, Fonkert, and Henderson Have to Say
Many people with decades of experience in genealogy waiver about applying for certification. The application process is daunting as we consider how many skills are required. Often we need to buff u...
"On the Clock" Ribbons Seen at NERGC 2013
BU instructor and the teaching assistants at NERGC 2013At conferences, BCG distributes white "On the Clock" ribbons to those who have filed their preliminary applications. Elissa Scalise Powell, ...
Elizabeth Shown Mills to present Leary Distinguished Lecture at NGS 2013
The BCG Education Fund announced that the 2013 Leary Distinguished Lecturer at the NGS Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Elizabeth Shown Mills, CGSM, CGLSM, FASG, NGS, FUGA, who poses a provoca...
Use the New Sign-Up App for Volunteering at the BCG Booth at NGS 2013!
BCG will have an exhibit hall booth at several upcoming conferences to which the public is invited to visit. At all conferences access to the exhibit hall is free but registration is needed in orde...