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BCG Offers Free Webinar “GPS: Finding Your Way Through Tough Research Problems” by James Ison, AG®

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Life is good when records with direct evidence exists. Typically that doesn't last long. At some point, one finds only bits and pieces of indirect or conflicting evidence and progress often comes t...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: “It's a Numbers Game! Understanding Recognized Genealogical Formats”

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"Effective genealogical writing is based on standardized formats and numbering systems. Learn to understand the numbers you see in published genealogies and how to present your own findings in reco...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: Scribner on Maps

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Every ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific, physical location. Maps decode and amplify the significance of those locations by providing context and background information. This heavily il...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Good Research Habits”

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Developing those good, er, successful research habits takes planning, time, experience, and patience to be effective. Learn steps and tools for becoming a better researcher both at home and in repo...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA”

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The genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is now often part of that research. Even the best DNA evidence must be c...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: “From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day's Neighbors Bring Him Home”

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A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or his parents' or siblings' names. Studying his ties to his neighbor...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: “Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems” by Jill Morelli, CG

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Swedish taxation records, a head tax of individuals between the ages of 15 and 63, are some of the oldest extant records of the rural farmer. Genealogists quickly become familiar with the chronolog...

BCG Offers Free Webinar: "Finding Thomas' Father: an 18th Century Prince William County Virginia Case Study" by Pam Stone Eagleson, CG

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Thomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage. Finding Thomas's father took thirty years. Using indirect evidenc...