As the new year begins, we all have family history research challenges we are targeting. The newest episode of the free Genealogy Gems Podcast (Episode 148) is packed full of brand new quick genealogy gems to help you hit the mark, including:
What you’ll get from the new free RootsMagic App
5 reasons you need the new YouTube app for family history
Ancestry search tips video
Upcoming free genealogy webinars, and more
We’ll also discuss a disturbing case of alleged website theft in the genealogy community, and what it means for you.
If you got an iPad or tablet for Christmas, you may have spent a good deal of time playing angry birds and checking your email. (Come on, be honest!)
But, if you got a copy of my new book Turn Your iPad into a Genealogy Powerhouse, then you have moved well beyond hurling squawking pudgy red birds at piles of wood, and you are now pivoting to your pad for nearly every area of your family history research.
Are you a certified genealogist, or have you been considering certification? Here’s a new communication offering from the Board for Certification of Genealogists:
(from their press release): The 49-year-old Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG), the group that wrote the book on genealogical standards, recently joined the blogosphere with its blog, SpringBoard: News and Notes, accessed from http://www.BCGcertification.org.
According to BCG president Elissa Scalise Powell, CGSM, CGLSM, of Pennsylvania, the blog will communicate news about BCG and events it sponsors or participates in. Early posts introduced officers Powell; vice-president Michal Ramage, J.D., CG, of Pennsylvania; secretary Dawne Slater-Putt, CG, of Indiana; treasurer Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG, of Illinois; and member-at-large Stefani Evans, CG, of Nevada; and gave notice of a fee change effective January 1. Another post announced new audio clips from three Board-certified genealogists describing why they chose to seek certification.
Future posts will come from BCG officers, trustees, and committee members and will include
names and profiles of new certificants (whose portfolios of work have been judged to meet the standards set out in the BCG Genealogical Standards Manual),
news of conferences and events where BCG will have a presence through exhibit booths, lectures, certification seminars, and social events, and
information, advice, and explanation on genealogy standards, the certification procedures, and other items of interest.
In addition a current-events calendar lists where BCG will have a presence. Anyone may subscribe to email notifications of new posts from the site as well.
Using blog software through its website allows BCG to communicate more frequently than its triannual newsletter, OnBoard, to which anyone may subscribe for a yearly fee. The organization also has a presence on Facebook (currently open to the public) and LinkedIn® (for associates).
Said Powell, “We enjoy being able to offer timely news and notes to help advance the mission we began in 1964–defining, supporting, explaining, and advocating high standards in genealogy.”
BCG is an independent certifying body recognized nationally and internationally. It is not affiliated with, or part of, any group.
Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, CG and CGL are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competency and evaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates. The Board’s name is registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
The interview highlights the original historical records included in their new online database, and reveals why the museum decided to make them available online.
Head to the Museum’s website to search their indexes to British Columbia births (1854-1903), marriages (1872-1936), deaths (1872-1991), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888).
The impact of the creation of the Internet is difficult to fully comprehend. But for genealogists it has certainly been a boon:
Family History Message Boards
Genealogical Digitized Records Websites
Even Genealogy Podcasts!
Vint Cerf was one of the three men who shaped the Internet’s architecture back in the early 1980s, including co-designing the TCP/IP protocol. In this article at Google’s Official Blog Vint provides a behind the scenes look at January 1, 1983 when the TCP/IP transition occurred and the underpinnings of the Internet came in to existence.
As the new year begins, we all have family history research challenges we are targeting. The newest episode of the free Genealogy Gems Podcast (Episode 148) is packed full of brand new quick genealogy gems to help you hit the mark, including:
