BCG Education Fund

03/18/2026

Putting Skills to Work! Get your seat at these workshops at the NGS Family HistoryConference in May. Limited seats are available. Angela Packer McGhie will present on standards in context for traditional genealogy; Karen Stanbary will present on standards in context for DNA evidence. Register for one or both workshops. Additional details are available at bcgedfund.org.

02/22/2026

Congratulations to Kelley Conner Lear, CG®, selected as the 2026 Helen F. M. Leary Distinguished Lecture Series presenter by the BCG Education Fund. She will be presenting “An Unrevolutionary Life: Reconstructing the Lives of the Overlooked,” at the NGS Family History Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in May 2026. Conference details are available at conference.ngsgenealogy.org.

02/03/2026

Putting Skills to Work! Learn about putting genealogy and DNA standards in context with Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA, and Karen Stanbary, CG®, CGG®. Join us for the two Putting Skills to Work workshops on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as part of the NGS Family History Conference. To secure your spot in the workshops as part of your conference registration, please visit the NGS conference site, conference.ngsgenealogy.org.

11/27/2025

We are pleased to welcome Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG®, as a new Trustee of the BCG Education Fund. Diane will manage the Debbie Parker Wayne Memorial Scholarship and the Donald Mosher Memorial Award for Colonial Virginia Research, as well as sponsored conference lectures. She brings to the role her expertise in organizational leadership, genealogical programming, and a commitment to genealogical service and education. Diane joins Barbara A. Bombaci, JD, CG®, Stephanie Carbonetti, CG®, Jenny Rizzo Irwin, CG®, AG, and Annette Burke Lyttle, CG®, as trustees.

10/08/2025

The "Paper Trails and Legal Tales: Analyzing History One Record at a Time" workshop with Carolyn Ladd, JD, CG® and Judy G. Russell, JD, CG® is one month away! A limited number of seats remain. For registration and additional details see:

2025 Fall Virtual Putting Skills to Work The BCG Education Fund is pleased to announce our Fall 2025 Putting Skills to Work event which will be held virtually Saturday, 8 November 2025, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern) / 8:00 a.m. (Pacific) and ending at 7:00 p.m (Eastern)/4:00 p.m. (Pacific) inclu...

09/27/2025

We are pleased to welcome Barbara A. Bombaci, J.D., CG® and Annette Burke Lyttle, CG® as new Trustees of the BCG Education Fund. Barbara will also serve as Secretary. She brings to the role her expertise as a trusts and estates attorney, along with a passion for genealogy education. Annette has a strong background in organizational leadership and a deep commitment to education. Barbara and Annette join Stephanie Carbonetti, CG®, Jenny Rizzo Irwin, CG®, and Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA, as trustees.

09/27/2025

The Trustees of the BCG Education Fund announce that Eva Holmes, CG®, AG®, is stepping down after two years as Trustee and Secretary to focus on her new role as volunteer administrator of the GenProof Study Groups. Eva’s insight and leadership have been invaluable in all aspects of the Fund’s work.

Please join us in thanking Eva for her dedication to the Ed Fund and to wish her well in her new position with GenProof Study Groups.

08/31/2025

Registration opens Thursday, 9/4 at noon (Eastern) for the PStW workshop on 11/8 with Carolyn Ladd & Judy Russell! See below.

08/03/2025

From the BCG page:
BCG is hosting a webinar on the new 2025 BCG Application Guide on Tuesday, August 5th at 8:00 pm ET. Everyone is invited to come and learn about the application process and see what changed in 2025. Register for the free webinar at https://familytreewebinars.com/.../applying-for-bcg.../
This webinar will remain free to everyone indefinitely.

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07/08/2025

SAVE THE DATE for our fall virtual Putting Skills to Work workshop on 8 November 2025 titled, "Paper Trails and Legal Tales: Analyzing History One Record at a Time," with Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, FUGA and Carolyn Ladd, JD, CG, AG!

Registration details to follow in August.

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05/23/2025

Workshop exercises on “reasonably exhaustivr research” during today’s Putting Skills to Work workshop with Patti Hobbs!