Board for Certification of Genealogists to Sponsor Free Webinars

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 31 Dec 2020

 

CONTACT: Board for Certification of Genealogists^®, PO Box 14291, Washington, DC 20044

EMAIL: office@BCGCertification.org

 

Board for Certification of Genealogists to Sponsor Free Webinars

 

Registration for the Board for Certification of Genealogists’ twelve monthly webinars in 2021 is now live at our partner website Legacy Family Tree Webinars (https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619). Dates, topics, and speakers are shown below.

 

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 19	Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA	Death and Burial Practices in World War I and World War II
February 16	Ruth Randall, CG	A Family for Suzanne
March 16	Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL	Reporting on Research: Standards Encourage Better Communications
April 20	J. H. (Jay) Fonkert, CG	Turning Raw Information into Evidence: Tips for Drawing and Explaining Conclusions
May 18	Claire Ammon, CG	The Paternal Ten: Searching for Missing Heirs
June 15	Denise E. Cross, MSLIS, CG	They Had Names: Identifying Children Represented by Tick Marks in Pre-1850 Censuses
July 20	Alison Hare, CG	The Time of Cholera: A Case Study about Historical Context
August 17	Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FNGS, FUGA	Standards for Genealogical Documentation
September 21	Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA	Federal Records Related to Rivers and Canals
October 19	Shellee A. Morehead, PhD, CG	My 20-year Mystery—Finding Family Origins with Y-DNA
November 16	LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL	Planning Research
December 21	Dana Ann Palmer, CG, CGL	Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research

 

“The Board for Certification of Genealogists is pleased to present these high-quality educational webinars,” said President LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL. “BCG provides educational offerings to family historians of all levels of experience and promotes public confidence in genealogy by supporting uniform standards of competence.”

 

BCG’s webinars are normally aired free on the third Tuesday of each month at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Those with schedule conflicts may access the webinars at no charge for one week after the broadcast on the Family Tree Webinars website. BCG webinars are always free to BCG-certified associates.

 

Following the free period for this webinar, BCG receives a small commission if you view this or any BCG webinar by clicking our affiliate link: https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619. For access to all BCG webinars, see the BCG Library at Legacy Family Tree Webinars (https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619).

 

To see the full list of BCG-sponsored webinars for 2021, visit the BCG blog SpringBoard at https://bcgcertification.org/bcg-2021-free-webinars. For additional resources for genealogical education, please visit the BCG Learning Center (https://bcgcertification.org/learning).

 

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Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA

BCG News Release Coordinator

 

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