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    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised
    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised
    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised
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    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised

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    Family historians depend upon thousands of people unknown to them. They exchange research with others; copy information from books and databases; and write libraries, societies, and government offices. At times they even hire professionals to do legwork in distant areas and trust strangers to solve important problems. But how do family historians know they are producing or receiving trustworthy results? This official manual from the Board of Certification for Genealogists, essentially a users' guide for family historians, provides standards for genealogical researchers to assess their own and others' work. The revised second edition increases the clarity of DNA and privacy standards. Those standards are especially useful in the twenty-first century, when many genealogists use a complex new tool—DNA testing—and trace living people more often than they did in the past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAncestry.com
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781684423545
    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised

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    Genealogy Standards Second Edition Revised - Board for Certification of Genealogists

    Genealogy

    Standards

    Genealogy

    Standards

    Second Edition Revised

    Board for Certification of Genealogists

    Post Office Box 14291

    Washington, DC 20044

    https://www.BCGcertification.org

    Copyright © 2019, 2021

    Board for Certification of Genealogists

    P. O. Box 14291

    Washington, DC 20044

    Office@BCGcertification.org

    Published by Ancestry.com,

    an imprint of Turner Publishing Company

    4507 Charlotte Avenue • Suite 100 • Nashville, Tennessee 37209

    All rights reserved.

    Board for Certification of Genealogists is a registered service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, a District of Columbia not-for-profit corporation. The words Certified Genealogist and the designation CG are registered certification marks and Certified Genealogical Lecturer and CGL are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists used under license by certificants who meet genealogical competency standards prescribed for its programs.

    No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, except for brief passages that a reviewer may quote.

    Genealogy standards

    p. cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and glossary

    ISBN 978-1-684-42352-1 (paper)

    1. Genealogists—Certification.

    2. Board for Certification of Genealogists (Washington, D.C.)—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Board for Certification of Genealogists (Washington, D.C.)

    CS8.5 .B38 2019

    929'.1–dc21

    Printed in the United States of America

    Second Edition, revised

    Contents

    Introduction to the Second Edition

    Introduction to the First Edition

    Chapter 1—

    The Genealogical Proof Standard

    Chapter 2—

    Standards for Documenting

      1.  Scope

      2.  Specificity

      3.  Purposes

      4.  Citation uses

      5.  Citation elements

      6.  Format

      7.  Shortcuts

      8.  Separation safeguards

    Chapter 3—

    Standards for Researching

    Planning Research

      9.  Planned research

    10.  Effective research questions

    11.  Sound basis

    12.  Broad context

    13.  Source-based content

    14.  Topical breadth

    15.  Efficient sequence

    16.  Flexibility

    17.  Extent

    18.  Terminating the plan

    Collecting Data

    19.  Data-collection scope

    20.  Careful handling

    21.  Respect for source caretakers

    22.  Using others’ work

    23.  Reading handwriting

    24.  Understanding meanings

    25.  Note-taking content

    26.  Distinction between content and comments

    27.  Note-taking objectivity

    28.  Images and printouts

    29.  Transcriptions

    30.  Abstracts

    31.  Quotations

    32.  Transcribing, abstracting, and quoting principles

    33.  Paraphrases and summaries

    34.  Agents

    35.  Source analysis

    36.  Information analysis

    Reasoning from Evidence

    37.  Sources, information, and evidence

    38.  Source preference

    39.  Information preference

    40.  Evidence mining

    41.  Evidence scope

    42.  Evidence discrimination

    43.  Evidence integrity

    44.  Evidence reliability

    45.  Assumptions

    46.  Evidence independence

    47.  Evidence correlation

    48.  Resolving evidence inconsistencies

    49.  Unresolved evidence inconsistencies

    50.  Assembling conclusions from evidence

    Using DNA Evidence

    51.  Planning DNA tests

    52.  Analyzing DNA test results

    53.  Extent of DNA evidence

    54.  Sufficient verifiable data

    55.  Integrating DNA and documentary evidence

    56.  Conclusions about genetic relationships

    57.  Respect for privacy rights

    Chapter 4—

    Standards for Writing

    Genealogical Proofs

    58.  Research scope

    59.  Proved conclusions

    60.  Selection of appropriate options

    61.  Logical organization

    Assembled Research Results

    62.  Integrity and ownership

    63.  Honesty

    64.  Background information

    65.  Content

    66.  Proofs included

    67.  Overall format

    68.  Structure

    69.  Clear writing

    70.  Technically correct writing

    71.  Cross referencing

    72.  Genealogical formats

    73.  Biographical information

    Special-Use Genealogical Products

    74.  Reports

    75.  Lineage-society applications

    76.  Source guides

    77.  Methodology guides

    78.  Compiled abstracts

    79.  Reviews

    80.  Database programs

    Chapter 5—

    Standards for Genealogical Educators

    Lecturers and Instructors

    81.  Planned outcomes

    82.  Content titles

    83.  Enhancements

    84.  Bibliographies

    85.  Presentation style

    86.  Ownership

    87.  Course design

    88.  Student evaluation

    Chapter 6—

    Standards for Continuing Education

    Knowledge and Skill Development

    89.  Development goals

    90.  Regular engagement

    Appendix A—

    The Genealogist’s Code of Ethics

    To protect the public

    To protect the client (paying or pro bono)

    To protect the profession

    To protect people who provide DNA samples

    Appendix B—

    About the Board for Certification of Genealogists

    Publications

    Educational Activities

    Certification Program

    Organizational Structure

    BCG’s Addresses

    Appendix C—

    Sources and Resources

    Source Material and Related Readings

    Resources for Examples

    Appendix D—

    Glossary

    Evidence Analysis:

    A Research Process Map

    Introduction to the Second Edition

    The practice of genealogy evolves as new developments and technologies emerge. Genealogy’s standards must keep pace also. Responding to this decade’s spate of advancements in the practice of genetic genealogy, the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) has modified four existing standards and added seven new standards to guide the use of DNA evidence in genealogical analysis.¹ This second edition of Genealogy Standards incorporates those changes.

    The seven new standards address

    •  planning of DNA tests;

    •  analysis of DNA test results;

    •  extent of DNA evidence;

    •  sufficiency of verifiable data;

    •  integration of DNA and documentary evidence;

    •  conclusions about genetic relationships; and

    •  respect for privacy rights.

    The modifications to existing standards call for

    •  documentation of sources for each parent-child link;

    •  distinction among adoptive, foster, genetic, step, and other kinds of familial relationships (when appropriate);

    •  effective use of graphics as aids; and

    •  explanations of deficiencies when research is insufficient to reach a conclusion.

    BCG also has updated the Genealogist’s Code to address the protection of individuals who provide DNA samples. New terms added to the glossary reflect the specialized language associated with DNA evidence.

    The revised standards arose from several years of

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