BCG Free Webinar - “He Had a Brother Who Disappeared: Finding John H. Hickey, Formerly of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois” by Debra S. Mieszala, CG®
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BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Family tradition holds that John H. Hickey of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois, disappeared. This case study proves John "disappeare...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Oral Genealogy in Asia-Pacific: The Essence of Personal Identity and Tribal Connections” by David Ouimette, CG®, CGL℠
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BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Oral genealogies celebrate ancestral connections in indigenous cultures across Asia-Pacific. As one paramount chief in Samoa declared, “T...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Editing Your Own Writing – Part 2” by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG®, CGG℠
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BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations s...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Editing Your Own Writing – Part 1” by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG®, CGG℠
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BCG Free Webinar Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.Genealogists write. Their written narratives include stories of ancestral families, biographies of individual ancestors, and explanations su...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “French Emigrants: They Were Not All Huguenots, or Nobles, or from Alsace-Lorraine” by Anne Morddel, CG®
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One of the great difficulties for people researching their French immigrant ancestors’ roots is that so little is known outside of France about when and why the French left their country. This dear...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Maternal Threads Unwoven: Identifying Margareta’s Mother in 18th Century Sweden” by Jill Morelli, CG®, CGL℠
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In spite of birth entries for Margareta's five siblings in Hishult, there was no record of her birth in the parish. Tax records quickly identified the father and revealed multiple moves within a na...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “Metes & Bounds Land Plats Solve Genealogical Problems” by Jerry Smith, CG®
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This session provides a brief overview of metes and bounds land descriptions seen in deeds, mortgages, patents, grants, and other land documents. The land descriptions are an essential part of land...
BCG FREE WEBINAR: “The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS): A Review” by Shannon Green, CG®
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How do you know when you have genealogical proof? You apply the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) to your completed research. The GPS is how genealogists test conclusions - whether it is your resea...