The Board for Certification of Genealogists will be well represented this week at the combined 2015 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference and RootsTech in Salt Lake City, Utah.
BCG will have a booth in the vendor hall, coordinated by Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, where information about certification and standards will be available, and where those considering certification can review portfolios.
It will also be presenting a two-hour workshop on Friday, February 13, starting at 1 p.m., on “Certification: Measuring Yourself Against Standards.” It will be moderated and presented by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, and Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL.
The BCG-sponsored luncheon on Friday, just before the workshop, will feature J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, speaking on “What Did You Do When You Were A Kid? or Strategies for Gathering Family Stories.”
And Board-certified genealogists will take to the podium in large numbers. Scheduled presentations by associates include the following:
Wednesday, February 11
The Policy and Procedure Manual: Preventing "I Didn't Know That"
by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL
The Ethical Genealogist
by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Seven Sure-Fire Ways to Involve Elroy Jetson (& others) in Your Genealogical Society
by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA
Organizing and Carrying Out a Society Project
by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL
Thursday, February 12
Getting the Most Out of Genealogical Evidence
by Thomas Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched: Vital Record Research
by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL
Searching for Our Ministers and Clergy
by Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL
How Old Did He Have to Be…?
by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Researching Your War of 1812 Ancestor
by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
Biblical Breakthrough! How I Came to Love the NGS Online Bible Collection
by Diane Florence Gravel, CG
Tales Grandma Didn’t Tell
by Warren Bittner, MS, CG
Civil War Medical Records
by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
Problem Solving with Probate
by Thomas Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
The War Ended But Not The Records!
by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
Making a Federal Case Out of It
by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Obtaining 20th Century Military Records from St. Louis Personnel Records Center
by Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL
Friday, February 13
Impossible Immigrant! Exhausting Research to Find an Ancestor’s Origins
by Warren Bittner, CG
Gentlemen Judges: The Justices of the Peace
by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Federal Records Relating to Rivers and Canals
by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL
New Standards or Old? Guidelines for Effective Research and Family Histories
by Thomas Jones PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
Our River Ancestors and the Records They Left Behind
by Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL
Writing a Prize-Winning Family History
by Thomas Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
Railroads Beyond the Mississippi: History and Records
by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
The Compiled Military Service Record
by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
Finding the Migration Record and Stories of the Dust Bowl Disaster and Western Movement
by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA
Saturday, February 14
Comparing Records With Vintage Tools and High Tech Resources
by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA
Meyer's Gazetteer: Gateway to Germany
by Warren Bittner, CG
Manuscripts and More
by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL
Martha Benschura: Enemy Alien
by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
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