Wow, I spent 45 minutes filling out my blog entry and I look at it today and it is gone - all that is left is "undefined". How disappointing!
Well, here goes again.
What I was talking about was the new track at the National Genealogical Society Convention for people who are looking to improve their skills and possibly get certified as genealogists. It is called BCG Skillbuilding and some of the seminars are: Evidence Analysis, How to Cope with Families of Common Names, Understanding the Process that Creates the Records, and Meeting the Standards for Report Writing. Since I am definitely interested in certification and would like to be sure it is something I will like, I want to sample the skills before I invest the $3000 it will cost to get a certificate from the Boston University Genealogist Research Certification Program.
I'm having a lot of fun with this blog and have already been contacted by someone who is interesting in sharing information about one of my brick walls. And I will soon take over the position of Registrar with my local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, which will involve in researching direct descendant lines for prospective members. If you are not familiar with the DAR application process, you must prove your direct descendency from a Revolutionary War Patriot. This involves primary and secondary sources for deaths, births, and marriages. DAR will accept the US Census Records as secondary sources (something that I found the Mayflower Society does not do). So I have at least a year of fun researching ahead.
I had listed a bunch of brick walls that I am researching, but since my data is not right here in front of me, I will have to add that as a new entry later. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any information or comments.
Posted by Reba McMillan at 4/5/2010 3:36 PM
Well, here goes again.
What I was talking about was the new track at the National Genealogical Society Convention for people who are looking to improve their skills and possibly get certified as genealogists. It is called BCG Skillbuilding and some of the seminars are: Evidence Analysis, How to Cope with Families of Common Names, Understanding the Process that Creates the Records, and Meeting the Standards for Report Writing. Since I am definitely interested in certification and would like to be sure it is something I will like, I want to sample the skills before I invest the $3000 it will cost to get a certificate from the Boston University Genealogist Research Certification Program.
I'm having a lot of fun with this blog and have already been contacted by someone who is interesting in sharing information about one of my brick walls. And I will soon take over the position of Registrar with my local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, which will involve in researching direct descendant lines for prospective members. If you are not familiar with the DAR application process, you must prove your direct descendency from a Revolutionary War Patriot. This involves primary and secondary sources for deaths, births, and marriages. DAR will accept the US Census Records as secondary sources (something that I found the Mayflower Society does not do). So I have at least a year of fun researching ahead.
I had listed a bunch of brick walls that I am researching, but since my data is not right here in front of me, I will have to add that as a new entry later. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any information or comments.
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