“Using Emigrant Guides for Genealogical Research” by Julie P. Miller, CG®, CGL℠, FNGS
Have you ever wondered why your ancestor decided to emigrate, how they got there, or how they knew where to go? The answers to the [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar “Using Lists to Find Proof” by Cari Taplin, CG®
Genealogists examine lists nearly every time we conduct research, whether it be in the form of censuses, tax lists, directories, p [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar “GPS: Finding Your Way Through Tough Research Problems” by James Ison, AG®
Life is good when records with direct evidence exists. Typically that doesn't last long. At some point, one finds only bits and pi [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “It’s a Numbers Game! Understanding Recognized Genealogical Formats”
"Effective genealogical writing is based on standardized formats and numbering systems. Learn to understand the numbers you see in [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: Scribner on Maps
Every ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific, physical location. Maps decode and amplify the significance of those locatio [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Good Research Habits”
Developing those good, er, successful research habits takes planning, time, experience, and patience to be effective. Learn steps [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA”
The genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is no [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day’s Neighbors Bring Him Home”
A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems” by Jill Morelli, CG
Swedish taxation records, a head tax of individuals between the ages of 15 and 63, are some of the oldest extant records of the ru [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Finding Thomas’ Father: an 18th Century Prince William County Virginia Case Study” by Pam Stone Eagleson, CG
Thomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage [...]
BCG Webinars for 2018
The Board for Certification of Genealogists is excited to present the following webinars through Legacy Family Tree Webinars for 2 [...]
BCG Offers Free Webinar: “The Law and the Reasonably Exhaustive (Re)Search” by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL – Tuesday, 19 December, 8:00 p.m. Eastern
There's a difference between searching and researching, and understanding how the law impacts records and research is critical to [...]