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Associates In Action – September 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successf [...]
BCG Free Webinar – “A Myriad of Slave Databases” by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG®, CGL℠, FASG
BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. In the summer of 2023, American Ance [...]
Associates In Action – August 2024
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associates on their successf [...]
BCG Free Webinar – “He Had a Brother Who Disappeared: Finding John H. Hickey, Formerly of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois” by Debra S. Mieszala, CG®
BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Family tradition holds that John H. Hic [...]