New Year, New Standards Manual
Happy New Year from BCG! Below is a copy of the President’s Column in the January 2014 issue of OnBoard written by Elissa Scalise [...]
Genealogy Standards Updated in New Manual
In honor of its fiftieth anniversary, the Board for Certification of Genealogists® (“BCG”) has issued Genealogy Standards, a manua [...]
New York Times Taking Questions on Genealogy
The New York Times announced today (Oct. 30) that they will gather genealogical questions that will be answered next Wednesday, No [...]
Report from Day 2 of the 50th Anniversary Lectures
Sometimes you can't prove parentage by citing a single document to a line on a pedigree chart. Copyright © 2013 Warren Bit [...]
Report on Day 1 of the 50th Anniversary Lectures
Copyright © 2013, Cathi Becker Wiest Desmarais, used with permission. The 50th Anniversary Lectures take place yesterday and tod [...]
Schedule of the 50th Anniversary Lecture Series, October 10th and 11th
BCG's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series Greetings from Salt Lake City. Today marks the start of the one-year celebration of BCG's [...]
President’s Message in OnBoard
OnBoard has been BCG's thrice-yearly newsletter since 1995. Currently edited by Will White, CG, each issue has valuable articles [...]
BCG Activities in Salt Lake City
BCG Celebrates 50th Anniversary The BCG Trustees have traditionally met in Salt Lake City in October each year. Around that gather [...]
BCG Application Portfolios at Jamboree and IGHR; FGS Early Bird Deadline
By Elissa Scalise Powell, CG®, CGL℠ President, BCG This week is quite busy for those attending the Southern California J [...]
Have You Heard of Dual- and Cross-Credentialing?
Hundreds of people have one of two genealogical credentials. Within this group of credentialed people, there are two smaller group [...]
2013 Call for Nominations
Under BCG Bylaws, one-third of the trustees are elected each year to serve three-year terms. The 2013 nominating committee request [...]
Welcome from the BCG Treasurer
By Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG® Welcome to BCG’s blog! I serve as treasurer of BCG, probably because in a previous life I worke [...]