Elizabeth Shown Mills: How Long Do You Have to Practice Genealogy Before Becoming Certified?
When Elizabeth Shown Mills speaks, we listen. She graciously offers us advice and encouragement through BCG's Facebook group. In c [...]
Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Mills on Research Problems
SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2016 National Genealogical Society (NGS) Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a [...]
SpringBoard Brings you Skillbuilding from NGS 2016
SpringBoard is an official blogger of the NGS 2016 Family History Conference to be held 4–7 May in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and we [...]
Ten-Minute Methodology: Documentation and the Research Report
Some genealogists have been confused about whether to include source citations in research report introductions and summaries. Spr [...]
Welcome, LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, CG!
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson focuses on African American families with roots in the South, primarily the Carolinas, and she gets a grea [...]
News from October 2015 BCG Trustees Meeting
The trustees of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) met in Salt Lake City on 10 October 2015. Three new trustees joi [...]
Recordings of BCG-Family History Library Lectures
If you were unable to attend the lectures sponsored by BCG and the Family History Library yesterday, you may access recordings of [...]
Free BCG Lectures in Salt Lake City, 9 October 2015
The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) will offer a day of free skillbuilding genealogy lectures at the LDS Church Hist [...]
Welcome, Lori Cook-Folger, CG!
A photograph of an unknown woman inspired Lori Cook-Folger to pursue genealogy. Although the image was in a photo album, nobody in [...]
Skillbuilding: Mills on Using the FAN Club with the GPS and DNA
SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2015 NGS Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a review of this Skillbuilding le [...]
How One New Associate Prepared for Certification
"Take the process seriously. It’s harder than it looks and takes investment in ongoing genealogical learning, whether you possess [...]
New President Announcement and News from BCG Trustees’ Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 October 2014 BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF GENEALOGISTS DISCUSSES CERTIFICATION, WELCOMES JEANNE LARZALERE B [...]