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Judy G. Russell Adds Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠

| Associate News
Board-certified genealogist Judy G. Russell of New Jersey added the CGL℠ credential on 18 March 2013.Judy's background includes work as a newspaper reporter, defense attorney, federal prosecu...

2013 Call for Nominations

| BCG News
Under BCG Bylaws, one-third of the trustees are elected each year to serve three-year terms. The 2013 nominating committee requests suggestions for candidates to place on this year's slate. Suggest...

RPAC Report, March 2013

| Legislative Alerts
[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Courtesy of Microsoft Office.[/caption]By Barbara Mathews, CG®My friends will attest that two of my burning concerns are the preser...

BCG Will Sponsor Four-Day Skillbuilding Track at NGS 2013

 Photograph of the Las Vegas monorail train on the track to the convention center © 2013 Stefani Evans; used with permission. The Board for Certification of Genealogists is pleased to again...

RIP Arliss Monk

| Associate News
By Karen Mauer Green, CGSM I’m saddened to report that the genealogical community has lost another fine genealogist and exceptional individual. Arliss Shafer Monk, CGSM, mother of Birdie Monk Ho...

Exploring Reasons Why to Certify

| Certification
New audio clips of associates giving candid remarks on their certification process are on the BCG website's "Why Certification?" page. In addition to David McDonald, CGSM, Beth Stahr, CGSM, and Mic...

Using Established Patterns (and Records Access) to Find Answers

| Education
Established PatternsThe Editors' Corner points out that the December 2012 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly has a theme, Six Degrees of Separation. Editors Melinde Lutz Byrne, CG...

BCG Ed Fund Workshop, Part 3

Connie Lenzen, CGSM, "Walk in Your Ancestor's Footsteps"   Connie Lenzen's genealogical career began when her grandmother brought some old diaries down from the attic. The question, "Have yo...