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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...
R.I.P., Janey Ruth Eaves Joyce, CG
By Debbie Parker Wayne, CG®, CGL℠I just received notification from San Antonio that Janey Eaves Joyce passed away last week. The Amarillo Globe-News link below covers her life nicely. Janey was ver...
New Books at NGS 2013: Jones on GPS and DeGrazia on NYC
The National Genealogical Society announced two new books at the conference in Las Vegas two weeks ago.© 2013 by the National Genealogical Society, Inc. Used by permission of the National Genealogi...