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Requirements1. Explain to your counselor what the words genealogy,ancestor, and descendant mean.2. Do ONE of the following:a. Create a time line for yourself or for a relative. Thenwrite a short biography based on that time line.b. Keep a journal for six weeks. You must write in it at leastonce a week.3. With your parent’s help, choose a relative or a familyacquaintance you can interview in person, by telephone,or by email or letter. Record the information you collectso you do not forget it.4. Do the following:a. Name three types of genealogical resources and explainhow these resources can help you chart your family tree.b. Obtain at least one genealogical document that supportsan event that is or can be recorded on your pedigreechart or family group record. The document could befound at home or at a government office, religious organization, archive, or library.c. Tell how you would evaluate the genealogical informationyou found for requirement 4b.35903ISBN 978-0-8395-3383-2 2013 Boy Scouts of America2016 Printing
5. Contact ONE of the following individuals or institutions.Ask what genealogical services, records, or activities thisindividual or institution provides, and report the results:a. A genealogical or lineage societyb. A professional genealogist (someone who gets paid fordoing genealogical research)c. A surname organization, such as yourfamily’s organizationd. A genealogical educational facility or institutione. A genealogical record repository of any type(courthouse, genealogical library, state or nationalarchive, state library, etc.)6. Begin your family tree by listing yourself and include atleast two additional generations. You may complete thisrequirement by using the chart provided in this pamphletor the genealogy software program of your choice.7. Complete a family group record form, listing yourself andyour brothers and sisters as the children. On another familygroup record form, show one of your parents and his or herbrothers and sisters as the children. This requirement maybe completed using the chart provided or the genealogysoftware program of your choice.8. Do the following:a. Explain the effect computers and the Internet are havingon the world of genealogy.b. Explain how photography (including microfilming)has influenced genealogy.9. Discuss what you have learned about your family and yourfamily members through your genealogical research.GENEALOGY 3
Genealogy Resources.Genealogy ResourcesScouting LiteratureBoy Scout Journal; American Heritagemerit badge pamphletVisit the Boy Scouts of America’sofficial retail website at http://www.scoutstuff.org for a complete listingof all merit badge pamphlets andother helpful Scouting materialsand supplies.BooksBrockman, Terra. A Student’s Guide toItalian American Genealogy. OryxPress, 1996.Burroughs, Tony. Black Roots: ABeginner’s Guide to Tracing theAfrican American Family Tree. Simon& Schuster, 2001.Hendrickson, Nancy. Finding Your RootsOnline. Betterway Books, 2003.Kavasch, E. Barry. A Student’s Guide toNative American Genealogy. OryxPress, 1996.Kemp, Thomas Jay. InternationalVital Records Handbook, 5th ed.Genealogical Publishing, 2009.McKenna, Erin. A Student’s Guide to IrishAmerican Genealogy. Oryx Press, 1996.Paddock, Lisa Olson. A Student’sGuide to Scandinavian AmericanGenealogy. Oryx Press, 1996.Renick, Barbara. Genealogy 101: Howto Trace Your Family’s History andHeritage. Rutledge Hill Press, 2003.Robl, Gregory. A Student’s Guide toGerman American Genealogy.Oryx Press, 1996.Rollyson, Carl Sokolnicki. A Student’sGuide to Polish American Genealogy.Oryx Press, 1996.Ryskamp, George A. Finding YourMexican Ancestors: A Beginner’sGuide to Mexican AmericanGenealogy. Ancestry Publishing, 2007.Schleifer, Jay. A Student’s Guide to JewishAmerican Genealogy. Oryx Press, 1996.She, Colleen. A Student’s Guide toChinese American Genealogy.Oryx Press, 1996.United States National Archives andRecords Administration. Guide toGenealogical Research in the NationalArchives. National Archives andRecords Administration, 2001.Wolfman, Ira. Climbing Your FamilyTree: Online and Offline Genealogyfor Kids. Workman Publishing, 2002.Yamaguchi, Yoji. A Student’s Guideto Japanese American Genealogy.Oryx Press, 1996.62 GENEALOGY
.Genealogy ResourcesMagazinesGenealogy WebsitesFamily ChronicleToll-free telephone: AfriGeneasWebsite: http://www.afrigeneas.comFamily Tree MagazineToll-free telephone: 855-840-5122Website: http://www.familytreemagazine.comCyndi’s List of Genealogy Siteson the InternetWebsite: http://www.cyndislist.comArchives and LibrariesNational Archives and RecordsAdministrationToll-free telephone: 866-272-6272Website: http://www.archives.govLibrary of CongressLocal History and GenealogyReading RoomWebsite:http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogyThe Newberry LibraryWebsite: yGenealogical SocietiesAncestry.comWebsite: http://www.ancestry.comFamilySearchWebsite: https://www.familysearch.orgGenealogy.comWebsite: http://www.genealogy.comThe USGenWeb ProjectWebsite: http://www.usgenweb.comThe WorldGenWeb ProjectWebsite: http://www.worldgenweb.orgGenealogy SoftwareFamily Tree gy Pro for Mac OS XWebsite: http://www.macgenealogy.orgThe Family History Library andFamily History CentersWebsite: https://www.familysearch.orgFamily Tree Maker 2008Website: http://www.genealogy.com/softmain.htmlNational Genealogical SocietyWebsite: http://www.ngsgenealogy.orgLegacy 6.0 Family TreeWebsite:http://www.legacyfamilytree.comNew England HistoricGenealogical SocietyWebsite: http://www.nehgs.orgPersonal Ancestral FileThe Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day SaintsWebsite: https://www.familysearch.orgReunion 9Website: http://www.leisterpro.comGENEALOGY 63
62 GENEALOGY Genealogy Resources. Genealogy Resources Scouting Literature Boy Scout Journal; American Heritage merit badge pamphlet Books Brockman, Terra. A Student’s Guide to Italian American Genealogy. Oryx Press, 1996. Burroughs, Tony. Black Roots: A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
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Chinese American Genealogy Henry Tom May 9, 2019 FamilySearch Chinese Genealogy Workshop Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Chinese Genealogy Research Is Chinese genealogy research possible . es/ Reliance on English & translated Chinese sources; Books:
Achieve Real Growth through Scouting Look at the picture of the bridge and Baden Powell from President Monson’s office. How is Scouting a bridge? Share your thoughts. Determine how you can bring about real growth for individuals and the Church through Scouting (see “A Century of Scouting in the Church,” Ensign, Oct. 2013, 11–15). 1
Scouting Heritage - Merit Badge Workbook Page. 2 of 7 Include in your discussion how Scouting was introduced in the United States, and the origins of Boy Scouting and Cub Scouting under Baden-Powell. Introduction in the United States: Origins of B
An Introduction to Genetic Genealogy Overview Genetic Genealogy using genetic analysis as a genealogical tool relies on two special types of DNA (one for direct male line and one for direct female line) Some of my experiences with genetic genealogy Pike Surname DNA Project started in summer of 2004 currently has 24 participants (2 from Newfoundland)
Manager, Houston Public Library, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research Presented by Hannah Kubacak, Genealogy Librarian, Genealogy Center Waco-McLennan County Library Sponsored by Waco-McLennan County Library 4:10 to 5:00 pm 5:10 to 6:00 pm Virtual Family History Month / The Genealogy Center / October 2021
Nietzsche's Towards a Genealogy of Morals was genealogy in practice, incorporating and blurring method, psychology, philosophy, philology into one tale. While Nietzsche may be attributed as a 'founder of discursivity ' or the author of an epistemological shift, in Foucault's hands genealogy
1550-1950, which she curated with Anne Sutherland Harris for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the show was accompanied by the catalogue of the same title co-authored by both scholars. Linda Nochlin has written numerous books and articles focusing attention on social and political issues revealed in the work of artists, both male and female, from the modernist period to the present day .
