New Skillbuilding Documents and Audio Added to Website
Two new additions have been made to the BCGcertification.org website. NEW DOCUMENT EXERCISES Three documents have been posted on the Skillbuilding page so that they may be used to practice...
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The Board for Certification of Genealogists believes in education and would like to share with the public some of the expertise represented in BCG through a series of webinars. Open to everyone who...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Statements 1
This is the first in an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. Confession: Since starting this post, I’ve come to...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Statements 2, Examples
This post is part of an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. I promised last post to give examples of proof...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Summaries and Arguments 1
This post is part of an occasional series intended to educate and challenge BCG associates, aspirants, and the genealogical community at large. Our Proof Goals We genealogists aim for accuracy in...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof Example 1
Proofs don’t have to be complicated, and they don’t have to resolve conflicting evidence. They don’t have to include indirect evidence, either, even though it may be present and could be included to...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Proof in a Footnote
A genealogical proof can be as simple and compact as a footnote. Yes! Believe it. The standards guide us, as always: Standard 51 describes the need for our narrative and our source citations to show a...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Identity Proof in a List
We’ve seen in earlier posts what genealogical proofs look like in a narrative and a footnote. A list, bulleted or numbered, is another effective way of presenting the proof that supports a conclusion....
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Skillbuilding: Hait on Reasonably Exhaustive Research
SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2015 NGS Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a review of this Skillbuilding lecture, presented Friday, 15 May 2015: F351: Michael Hait, CG, “What Is...
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Skillbuilding: Eagleson on Conflicting Evidence
SpringBoard, an official blogger for the 2015 NGS Family History Conference, is pleased to offer a review of this Skillbuilding lecture, presented Wednesday, 13 May 2015: W151: Pamela Stone Eagleson,...
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Harold Henderson, CG: Analyze or Else!
SpringBoard is pleased to offer a post by guest blogger Harold Henderson, CG. Harold has been a professional writer since 1979, a professional genealogist since 2009, and a Board-certified genealogist...
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10-Minute Methodology: Are You Searching or Researching?
Are you up to date? From the old Standards Manual to the new Genealogy Standards the first component of the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) is different. Have you noticed? We used to say, “We conduct...
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10-Minute Methodology: What Is “Reasonably Exhaustive” Research?
Let’s look at the searching part of research. As in the last post on research, we’ll see that it’s more involved than just looking. Genealogy Standards offers this goal of reasonably exhaustive...
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10-Minute Methodology: “Reasonably Exhaustive”—How Do We Know We’re There?
Evaluating what we’ve done There comes a time when we have to stop researching. Sometimes it’s when we feel we’ve answered our research question. Sometimes we’re unsure, fearing we missed something....
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Ten-Minute Methodology: When Index is a “Dirty Word”
Genealogical work supported by indexes alone can be unreliable. What? What’s wrong with the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)? It comes from a reliable source. Other indexes are good, too! Why not use...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: Beyond the Index—or Not
Our goal, supported by genealogy standards, is to use whenever possible original records and primary information.[1] That’s the gold standard. When we find an index or other derivative source, we set...
View ArticleTen-Minute Methodology: Documentation and the Research Report
Some genealogists have been confused about whether to include source citations in research report introductions and summaries. SpringBoard is pleased to offer clarification of this question by the...
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Ten-Minute Methodology: How to Ask Good Research Questions
SpringBoard is pleased to present a guest post by Harold Henderson, CG, a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Genealogists are often confused. It comes with the territory. We can’t...
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Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Little on Weighing Evidence
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 6 May 2016. F301,...
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Skillbuilding, NGS 2016: Bloom on Writing Conclusions
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 6 May 2016. F311,...
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