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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...
BCG Offers Free Webinar: "The Law and the Reasonably Exhaustive (Re)Search" by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL - Tuesday, 19 December, 8:00 p.m. Eastern
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There's a difference between searching and researching, and understanding how the law impacts records and research is critical to the reasonably exhaustive research needed to meet the Genealogical ...
BCG Offers Free Webinar: "Research in Federal Records: Some Assembly Required" by Malissa Ruffner, JD, CG
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Federal records offer genealogical gold with both direct references to our ancestors and rich contextual background information. But it can be daunting to explore record groups that are not readily...