Why Become Certified? Reasons Vary
“Why become certified?” is a question every person who has learned about BCG has asked. To help answer this, several Board-certified genealogists were asked at the 2012 FGS conference in Birmingham,...
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New audio clips of associates giving candid remarks on their certification process are on the BCG website’s “Why Certification?” page. In addition to David McDonald, CGSM, Beth Stahr, CGSM, and Michael...
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Many people with decades of experience in genealogy waiver about applying for certification. The application process is daunting as we consider how many skills are required. Often we need to buff up a...
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NGS 2013: On-the-Clock Attendees at Putting Skills to Work
We caught seven people on-the-clock at the BCG Education Fund’s Putting Skills to Work preconference workshop yesterday in Las Vegas. The hardworking students were Tim Charmoli, Douglas Dunks, Tina...
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BCG Skillbuilding at NGS: Certification Seminar
Post by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL It was with great pleasure that I, along with Warren Bittner, CG, and David McDonald, CG, presented a double-session for the certification seminar. The advantage...
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Certification: It’s Not All About Writing and Citing
Please welcome guest blogger Elizabeth Shown Mills, CGSM, CGLSM © 2013 by the National Genealogical Society, Inc. Used by permission of the National Genealogical Society and the photographer, Scott...
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Have You Heard of Dual- and Cross-Credentialing?
Hundreds of people have one of two genealogical credentials. Within this group of credentialed people, there are two smaller groups with impressive achievements. There are the dual-credentialed people...
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Report on Day 1 of the 50th Anniversary Lectures
Copyright © 2013, Cathi Becker Wiest Desmarais, used with permission. The 50th Anniversary Lectures take place yesterday and today in the auditorium of the LDS Church Museum Library on West Temple in...
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Welcome, Malissa Ruffner
Malissa Ruffner, CG Computer programmer. Lawyer. Educator. Reference librarian. And, now, Board-certified genealogist. Clearly, Malissa Ruffner is, in her own words, “not shy about career shifts.”...
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Welcome Sherry Lindsay, CG
Sherry Lindsay, CG BCG’s newest associate is also one of its youngest at certification. Sherry Lindsay was just shy of thirty when she received the email congratulating her on her achievement. The...
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