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RPAC Report, April 2014: Access Changes to the SSDI - Update 2

| Legislative Alerts
By Barbara Mathews, CG® BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access CommitteeImplementation of Access Restrictions to the SSDI/DMFThe 2013 Ryan-Murray bipartisan budget compromise w...

BCG Announces Use of New Standards Book and Aids

| BCG News
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

| BCG News
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...

Thoughts on Olympics and Certification

| Certification
As president of BCG I run into a lot of people who question why they should become board-certified, and then during the process, how to be successful. This reminds me of watching the Olympics, wher...

RPAC Report, January 2014

| Legislative Alerts
[caption id="attachment_381" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Courtesy of Microsoft Office.[/caption]By Barbara Mathews, CG®BCG's Representative to the Records Preservation and Access Committee...

Class of 2013: Melinda Daffin Henningfield

| New Associates
 Melinda Daffin Henningfield, CG Among those earning the credential of Certified GenealogistSM in 2013 is Melinda Daffin Henningfield of Oregon, a retired nurse practitioner, who holds a B.A....

New Year, New Standards Manual

| BCG News
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...

RPAC 2013 Year-End Report: SSDI Recent-Death Redactions Begin in 90 Days

| Legislative Alerts
By Barbara Mathews, CG®BCG's Representative to the Records Access and Preservation CommitteeA Look at the Year 2013This year had its highs and lows in the fight to preserve records and to ensur...