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New President Announcement and News from BCG Trustees' Meeting

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE17 October 2014BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF GENEALOGISTS DISCUSSES CERTIFICATION, WELCOMES JEANNE LARZALERE BLOOM, CG, AS NEW PRESIDENTGenealogists seeking board certification wi...

Of DNA Evidence and Successful Application Tips

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President's Corner by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG®, CGL℠as printed in the September 2014 issue of OnBoard (v. 20, no. 3): 19. New Tools, New Techniques, Same Standards This summer has see...

It Takes a Village to Raise Awareness

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This is the President's Column from the May 2014 issue of OnBoard written by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL.Pennsylvania researchers received a holiday gift on April 18th when Ancestry.com publishe...

BCG Congratulates Newly Elected Trustees

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It is with great pleasure that BCG announces the results of the annual election of BCG trustees. Every year five trustees are elected for a three-year term, making fifteen board members, including ...

BCG Announces Use of New Standards Book and Aids

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The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) has announced adoption of its new standards manual for use in its evaluation process.Effective today, new applications for certification will be ev...

Fifty Years of Credentialing: Presentations Available

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In the "B. C." era (Before Credentialing) genealogical fraud was rampant. Two organizations sought to give confidence to the public when hiring researchers and coincidentally were founded in the sa...

New Year, New Standards Manual

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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 Powell, CG, CGL, President, Board for Certifica...

Genealogy Standards Updated in New Manual

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In honor of its fiftieth anniversary, the Board for Certification of Genealogists® (“BCG”) has issued Genealogy Standards, a manual for best practices in research and assembly of accurate family hi...