The Board for Certification of Genealogists will be Gone to Texas August 27-30 for the 2014 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
BCG will have a booth in the vendor hall where information about certification and standards will be available, and where those considering certification can review portfolios.
And Board-certified genealogists will take to the podium in large numbers. Scheduled presentations by associates include:
Wednesday, August 27
Strong Business Strategy = Sound Society Strategy
by David E. Rencher AG, CG, and Ed Donakey
The Dotted Line: Sign Before Other Steps
by Paula Stuart-Warren CG
Calling All Society Webmasters: Past, Present, and Future
by Linda Woodward Geiger CG, CGL
Volunteering from a Distance
by Paula Stuart-Warren CG
Thursday, August 28
Making Sense of It All: Critical Thinking for Genealogists
by Amy Johnson Crow CG
Finding Hidden Manuscripts Throughout the Trans-Mississippi South
by J. Mark Lowe CG
BCG Luncheon: Genealogy Standards: Fine Wine in a New Bottle
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
Workshop: Maps! Wonderful Maps!
by Pamela Boyer Sayre CG, CGL, Richard G (Rick) Sayre CG, CGL
Poor? Black? Female? Southern Research Strategies (2-hour session)
by Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL
Workshop: German Gothic Handwriting-Anyone Can Read It!
by F. Warren Bittner CG
Finding Freedmen Marriage Records
by J. Mark Lowe CG
Inferential Genealogy
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
A Family for Isabella: Indirect Evidence from Texas back to Mississippi
by Judy G. Russell JD, CG, CGL
Friday, August 29
Genealogical Learning Through Technology
by Patricia Walls Stamm CG, CGL
Can a Complex Problem be Solved Solely Online?
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
Trails In, Trails Out: To Texas, From Texas
by David McDonald CG
Researching Your Mexican War Ancestor
by Craig Roberts Scott CG
Scots-Irish Workshop
by David E. Rencher AG, CG and Dean J. Hunter AG
BCG Certification Workshop: The Why and the How
by Elissa Scalise Powell CG, CGL, Judy G. Russell JD, CG, CGL, Debbie Parker Wayne CG, CGL
Sources & Citations Simplified: From Memorabilia to Digital Data to DNA
by Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL
After Mustering Out: Researching Civil War Veterans
by Amy Johnson Crow CG
NGS Luncheon: Your Missouri Roots
by Patricia Walls Stamm CG, CGL
NYG&B Luncheon: How Genealogy Hasn't Changed in Fifty Years
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
That Scoundrel George: Tracking a Black Sheep Texas Ancestor
by Judy G. Russell JD, CG, CGL
Manuscripts and More
by Pamela Boyer Sayre CG, CGL
Finding Origins & Birth Families: Methods that Work
by Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL
Texas Resource Gems
by Debbie Parker Wayne CG, CGL
Researching the Hessian Soldier
by Craig Roberts Scott CG
Have You Really Done the Dawes?
by Linda Woodward Geiger CG, CGL
Home Guards, Confederate Soldiers, and Galvanized Yankees
by J. Mark Lowe CG
Germans to Texas
by David McDonald CG
Saturday, August 30
Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impact on our Research
by Craig Roberts Scott CG
Okay I 'Got the Neighbors' – Now What Do I Do with Them?
by Elizabeth Shown Mills CG, CGL
eBooks for Genealogists
by Pamela Boyer Sayre CG, CGL
To Blog or Not to Blog: Sharing Your Research
by Linda Woodward Geiger CG, CGL
Timelines: The Swiss Army Knife of Genealogical Tools
by Amy Johnson Crow CG
DNA Case Studies: Analyzing Test Results
by Debbie Parker Wayne CG, CGL
Davy Crockett: Following the Trail From Limestone to Texas
by J. Mark Lowe CG
Elements Essential for a Polished Family History
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
Research Gems: Southern and Western Historical and Sociological Journals
by Paula Stuart-Warren CG
Beyond X & Y: Using Autosomal DNA for Genealogy
by Judy G. Russell JD, CG, CGL
Genealogical Documentation: The What, Why, Where, and How
by Thomas W. Jones PhD, CG, CGL
Using Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and XDNA
by Debbie Parker Wayne CG, CGL
Note: Early bird registration closes tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1.
(CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.)