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Associates in Action

| Associate News
Welcome to Associates in Action! This monthly feature highlights BCG associates’ news, activities, and accomplishments. Contact Alice Hoyt VeenRegularLabs.EmailProtector.unCloak("ep_aba30de9", true...

Contest Deadline Friday, and Odds of Winning Are Good!

| Announcements
The Modern Family Numbering contest closes Friday at midnight EDT, so get your entry in today! You need not watch Modern Family to enter. Not even once. The links below take you to all the informat...

Elizabeth Shown Mills: How Long Do You Have to Practice Genealogy Before Becoming Certified?

| Certification
When Elizabeth Shown Mills speaks, we listen. She graciously offers us advice and encouragement through BCG's Facebook group. In case you're not yet a member of that group or you missed this post, ...

Beyond the “Failed” BCG Portfolio

| Certification
An insufficient portfolio means failure only if the applicant quits. Darcie Hind Posz, CG, submitted three portfolios before becoming board-certified. Each of her submissions represented a great in...

Diverse Communities: Researching Jewish Ancestors

| Methodology
Diverse Communities: Jewish GenealogyBy Rhoda Miller, EdD, CG®Jewish genealogy has become increasingly popular in recent years. The reasons are multifaceted but largely relate to interest in Je...

For the Genealogically Adventuresome: Number Modern Family

| Announcements
Create a numbered genealogy of ABC TV’s Modern Family.   Win   a DNA test courtesy of AncestryDNA   or a 37-marker Y-DNA test courtesy of FamilyTreeDNA   or a copy of ...

Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Koford's Brick-Wall Sledgehammer

SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2016 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a review of this BCG Skillbuilding lecture, presented 7 May 2016.S45...

Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Mathews on Evidence Evaluation

SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2016 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a review of this BCG Skillbuilding lecture, presented 5 May 2016.T20...