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BCG Reisinger Memorial Series Releases Lecture Details
20 October 2023 starting at 9:30 a.m. MDT (11:30 a.m. Eastern, 4:30 pm GMT) Joy Reisinger The Boar [...]
Articles Published by Certified Genealogists, 2022 through May 2023
BCG associates prepare and present the free monthly webinars sponsored by BCG through Legacy Family [...]
BCG FREE WEBINAR “Name Changes and the Law” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL℠
BCG offers free webinar on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 8:00 p.m. EDT Names weren’t changed at Ellis Islan [...]
Associates in Action – April 2023
The Board for Certification of Genealogists congratulates the following associate on their successfu [...]