BCG’s Newest Certified Genealogical Lecturer
David Ouimette is a busy man. As head of FamilySearch’s Content Strategy Team, he travels the globe analyzing and evaluating records of genealogical interest and determining where they fall in term...
In Memoriam: Merrill Hill Mosher of Coos Bay, Oregon
Merrill Hill Mosher, 2005Image courtesy of The Coos Bay (Oregon) Worldby Mary McCampbell Bell, Certified Genealogist EmeritusOn 2 February 2015, our friend and colleague, Merrill Hill Mo...
National Institute on Genealogical Research Announces New Director
Malissa Ruffner, JD, MLS, CGBCG is co-sponsor of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR), a week-long course held each July in Washington, D.C. It focuses on the holdings of the Nati...
Patricia O’Brien Shawker, CG (1956-2015)
Patricia E. Shawker, CG, FMGS(Photo printed with permission)
by Malissa Ruffner, JD, MLS, CGThe genealogical community is mourning the loss of Patricia O’Brien Shawker, CG, FMGS, who died on Janua...
BCG helps explain Chicago's poorest burials
The Chicago Tribune yesterday turned to Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, a Board-certified genealogist and newly-elected President of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, for help in explaining the ...
Congratulations to Barbara Mathews, CG, FASG
The Board for Certification of Genealogists extends its heartiest congratulations to Board-certified genealogist Barbara Jean Mathews of Massachusetts on her election as a Fellow of the American So...
Victor S. Dunn, CG, wins 2014 Mosher Award Competition
Vic Dunn, CG
Victor S. Dunn was announced as the 2014 Mosher Award winner at the luncheon of the Board for Certification of Genealogists in Richmond at the National Genealogical Society Co...
Former BCG Vice President Joy Reisinger, RIP
Guest post by the Rev. Dr. David McDonald, CGSMIt is my sad duty to report that Joy Reisinger, Certified Genealogist Emeritus, died early Tuesday morning, 10 December 2013, in her hometown of Spart...